An Overview of ONC 's Vision and the Role of HealthIT and HITECH in Health System Change and Health Care Reform

Another one... this time from ONC

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2010 ONC Update
December 14-15, 2010
Washington, D.C.

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Tuesday, December 14, 2010
8:30 am - 5:00 pm EST

8:30 – 9:00 am Opening Remarks
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
Introduction by David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health
Information Technology (ONC), HHS

9:00 – 9:45 am An Overview of ONC’s Vision and the Role of Health IT and HITECH in Health
System Change and Health Care Reform
David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information
Technology, ONC
Donald Berwick, MD, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(CMS), HHS

9:45 – 10:15 am An Overview of ONC’s Strategy and Programs
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy,
ONC

10:15 – 11:00 am Break

11:00 – 12:15 pm Update on Privacy Regulations and Activities in the Office of the Chief Privacy
Officer
Joy Pritts, JD, HHS Chief Privacy Officer, ONC

12:15 – 12:30 pm Break

12:30 – 2:00 pm Getting to Health Information Exchange
Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy,
ONC
Doug Fridsma, MD, PhD, Director, Office of Standards and Interoperability, ONC
Claudia Williams, Acting Director, State Health Information Exchange Program,
ONC

2:00 – 2:15 pm Break

2:15 – 3:30 pm An Overview of HITECH Programs Supporting Providers in Achieving Meaningful Use
Moderator: Mat Kendall, Director, Office of Provider Adoption and Support, ONC
Panelists: Paul Kleeberg, MD, Clinical Director, REACH
Robyn Leone, Regional Extension Center Director, Colorado Regional Health
Information Organization
Norma Morganti, Executive Director, Midwest Community College Health IT
Consortium, led by Cuyahoga Community College
Rick Shoup, Director, Massachusetts eHealth Institute

3:30 – 3:45 pm Break

3:45 – 5:00 pm An Overview of Medicare and Medicaid Incentive Programs

Moderator: Michelle Mills, CMS
Panelists: Robert Anthony, CMS
Elizabeth Holland, CMS
Jessica Kahn, CMS