Health Information Technology Summit: Agenda: Day One

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HIT Summit Agenda: Day 1 Monday, September 25, 2006
7:00 a.m.	Registration and Coffee
8:00 a.m.	Opening Remarks John Glaser, PhD Chief Information Officer Partners HealthCare System President, eHealth Initiative
8:15 a.m.	Keynote Address: Current State of Our Healthcare System: Quality and Health Information Technology Francois de Brantes National Coordinator Bridges to Excellence Janet M. Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation
8:45 a.m.	Keynote Address Robert M. Kolodner Interim National Coordinator of Health Information Technology Washington, DC
9:15 a.m.	Keynote Address Mark McClellan, MD, PhD Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
9:45 a.m.	Introduction to National Assembly of State Leaders Focused on Improving Health and Healthcare through Health Information Exchange Janet M. Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation Emily Welebob Vice President, Operations eHealth Initiative and Foundation
10:00 a.m.	Transition Break
10:30 a.m.	Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Central Region
	IA - Tom Newton Director of Environmental Health Iowa Department of Public Health
	IL - Todd Hart Director, Illinois Health Network
	IN - J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI President and Chief Executive Officer Indiana Health Information Exchange Associate Professor of Medicine Indiana University School of Medicine Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute
	KY - Trudi Matthews Chief Policy Advisor Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family
	MI - George Boersma Technology Partnerships Director Department of Information Technology
	MI - Beth Nagel Assistant to the Director Department of Information Technology
	MN - Martin LaVenture, MPH, PhD Director, Center for Health Informatics Minnesota Department of Health
	MO - Julie Eckstein Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Missouri Healthcare and Information Technology Task Force
	ND - Darrell Vanyo Member, North Dakota HIT Steering Committee Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Blue Cross Blue Shield North Dakota
	NE - David P. Lawton, RN, PhD Health Surveillance Section Administrator, Public Health Assurance, NEHHSS
	OH - Philip Powers Director of Health Informatics Health Policy Institute of Ohio
	WI - Helene Nelson Secretary, Department of Health and Family Services, State of Wisconsin
10:30 a.m.	Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Eastern Region
	CT - Scott Cleary Project Manager, eHealth Connecticut, Inc.
	DE - Gina Perez Project Director, Delaware Health Information Network
	MA - Micky Tripathi, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
	MD - Grace S. Zaczek Director, Office of Performance Improvement and Patient Safety, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
	ME - Devore Culver Chief Executive Officer, Maine Health Information Center
	NH - Robert J. McGrath, PhD Executive Director, New Hampshire Health Information Center
	NY - C. William Schroth Chair, Working Group for Health Information Technology New York State Department of Health
	PA - Martin Ciccocioppo Chairman, The Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative
	RI - Amy Zimmerman, MPH Director, Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Project Rhode Island Department of Health
	VT - Gregory Farnum President, Vermont Information Technology Leaders
	VA - Michael Matthews Chief Executive Officer, MedVirginia
	WV - John Wiesendanger, MHA Chief Executive Officer, The West Virginia Medical Institute
10:30 a.m.	Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Southern Region
	AR - Nancy Archer Director, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care
	FL - W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board
	GA - Dennis White Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Medical Care Foundation
	LA - Roxane A. Townsend, MD Deputy Secretary, Department of Health & Hospitals
	MS - James S. McIlwain, Jr., MD President, Information & Quality Healthcare
	NC - W. Holt Anderson Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.
	SC - David Boucher, MPH, CHE Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
	TN - Mark Frisse, MD, MBA, MSc Director, Regional Health Initiatives, Vanderbilt Center for Better Health
10:30 a.m.	Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Southwestern and Western Region
	AZ - Andy Miller Government Information Technology Agency, State of Arizona
	CO - Pamela Hanes, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer, Colorado Health Institute
	KS - Karen Braman, MS Director, Quality and Innovation, Division of Health Policy and Finance
	NM - Bob White, MD, MPH Medical Director, New Mexico Health Information Collaborative
	OK - Mark Jones, MS, MBA Principal Investigator, AHRQ HIT grant, Tahlequah City Hospital
	TX - Stephen Palmer Policy Analyst, Office of Governor Rick Perry
	UT - Francesca Lanier, MS Project Coordinator, Privacy and Security Project, Utah Department of Health
	AK - Tom Nighswander, MD, MPH Facilitator, The Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council
	CA - Donald Holmquest, MD, PhD, JD Chief Executive Officer, California Regional Health Information Organization
	ID - Michael Cannon Vice President, Information Services, Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc.
	MT - Raymond Rogers Chief Development Officer, National Center for Health Care Informatics
	OR - Jody Pettit, MD Director, Oregon Health Information Infrastructure Project
	WA - Juan Alaniz Project Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority, WA
12:30 p.m.	Lunch by Regional Caucus
1:30 p.m.	Transition Break
1:45 p.m.	Concurrents I
Track 1.01	Funding the Care Revolution: How to Pay for HIT Track Co-Chairs: A. John Blair, III, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Taconic IPA, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MedAllies J. Marc Overhage, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMI, President and Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Health Information Exchange, Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute Alternative State Approaches to Funding W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA, Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) C. William Schroth, Chair, Working Group for Health Information Technology, New York State Department of Health Micky Tripathi, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
Track 1.02	Technology in Practice Today Track Co-Chairs: Peter Dudley Greaves, Senior Enterprise Architect, HCA Healthcare Hugh Zettel, Director, Government and Industry Relations, GE Healthcare Integrated IT Solutions; Director, EHR-VA Association Standards 101 for State Leaders Bill Braithwaite, MD, PhD, Chief Medical Officer, eHealth Initiative Foundation John Loonsk, MD, Director of Interoperability and Standards, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint)
Track 1.03	Legal Issues Track Chair: Gerry Hinkley, JD, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Securing Tax-Exempt Status for Your Health Information Organization Douglas Anning, JD, Partner, Polsinelli Shalton Welte & Suelthaus Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Doug Emery, Director, Reimbursement Policy, eHealth Initiative Foundation Robert Louthian, JD, Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
Track 1.04	Health Information Technology in the States Track Chair: John K. Evans, FACHE, President, Strategic Alliance Advisors, Inc., Former Chair, VITL Board of Directors Security Challenges and Health Information: Legislative Trends and Implications Alex Fowler, Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Jenny Grover, Senior Analyst, Health Care Team, United States Government Accountability Office Hasan Jafri, Information Security Officer, Kaiser Permanente Dara Murray, CISO, Program Support Center, US Department of Health & Human Services Joy Johnson Wilson, Director, Health Policy, National Conference of State Legislatures
Track 1.05	Healthcare Quality and HIT at the Crossroads Track Co-Chairs: Michael S. Barr, MD, MBA, FACP, Vice President, American College of Physicians Joseph M. Heyman, MD, Trustee, American Medical Association Board of Trustees Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Hospitals, Quality and HIT: Important Issues and Intersections Gail E. Latimer, MSN, RN, VP, Chief Nursing Officer, Siemens Medical Solutions USA Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Margaret Van Amringe, VP, Public Policy and Government Relations, JCAHO James M. Walker, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Information Officer, Geisinger Health System
3:15 p.m.	Transition Break
3:30 p.m.	Concurrents II
Track 2.01	Funding the Care Revolution: How to Pay for HIT Innovative Approaches to Government HIT Funding Rosemary Garza, Health Legislative Assistant, Office of the Honorable Charles Gonzalez (D-TX) Jenifer Healy, Legislative Assistant on Health, Office of the Honorable Phil Gingrey (R-GA)
Track 2.02	Technology in Practice Today Technology in Practice Today/ Issues with Patient Matching, Identification and The National Provider Identifier Lorainne Fernandes, RHIA, Senior Vice President, Healthcare Practice, Initiate Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Scott D. Myers, Managing Director, Government Health and Life Sciences, Accenture Tim Turner, Chairman, Statewide Health Coordinating Council's Health Information Technology Advisory Committee, State of Texas Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) Allison F. Viola, MBA, RHIA, Director of Federal Relations, American Health Information Management Association Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint)
Track 2.03	Legal Issues HIT System Procurement Issues and Pitfalls Joseph M. DeLuca, MA, FACHE, Managing Practice Director, Information Technology Optimizers Gerry Hinkley, JD, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint)
Track 2.04	Health Information Technology in the States Medicaid and HIT: Giving the Best Care to Those in Need W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA, Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board Roxane A. Townsend, MD, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health & Hospitals John Thomasian, Director of the Center for Best Practices, National Governors Association (Moderator)
Track 2.05	Healthcare Quality and HIT at the Crossroads Update on CMS, MMA and DOQ-IT Demonstrations Justin V. Graham, MD, MS, Medical Director for Quality and Informatics, Lumetra Chuck Parker, Vice President, Chief Technology Officer/DOQ-IT, Masspro Presentation Material (Acrobat) Presentation Material (Powerpoint) James Sorace, Medical Officer and Clinical Advisor, DOQ-IT Program, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
5:00 p.m.	Reception
7:00 p.m.	eHI's Dinner Honoring State Leaders (separate registration required)