On January 3, 2011, the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Program Registration and Attestation System portal went live, a major milestone in the government’s timeline to incentivize providers to demonstrate the “meaningful use” of certified EHRs to improve care delivery and for the exchange of information.  Stage 1 Meaningful Use criteria have been published and Stages 2 and 3 requirements are currently open for debate. The health care industry has been given a call to action.  There’s never been a more challenging time for providers to adopt, implement & optimize an EHR to reach quality of care goals & bend the cost curve. Especially with Attestation for the Medicare EHR Incentive Program beginning April 18; the last day to begin the 90-day reporting period for 2011 incentive payments July 3 for eligible hospitals & critical access hospitals; and Oct. 1 for eligible providers-- all major milestones in the government’s timeline to incentivize providers & demonstrate the “meaningful use” of certified EHRs to improve care delivery & exchange of information. 

The World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on the Meaningful Use of Certified EHRs and Other Technologies to Improve Health Carewill convene delegates from hospital and health systems, medical groups, health plans, health information exchanges, states and government to discuss strategies for implementation and optimization of EHRs and other technologies that will meet the requirements for Meaningful Use.

• Develop a strategic plan to demonstrate Stage 1 Meaningful Use
• Manage the impact of HIT on physician workflow and patient safety
• Meet Meaningful Use thresholds and establish a behavior modification process at the provider level
• Obtain stimulus funds and learn lessons from practices who have been paid
• Implement best practices in integrating “patient contributed” data with your EHR
• Develop a financial sustainability plan for establishing and participating in an HIE
• Plan concurrently for HIPAA 5010, ICD-10 as well as demonstrate Meaningful Use
• Utilize clinical decision support tools, develop care transition programs and pharmacy applications to transform care

Confirmed 2011 Speakers:
Indranil Ganguly, CHCIO, FHIMSS Vice Chair StateNet; Vice President and Chief Information Officer CentraState Healthcare System
2011 Confirmed Speakers
James R. Albert CIO and Director of Informatics The Charlotte Hungerford Hospital	Jitin Asnaani, MBA Initiative Coordinator, Office of Interoperability & Standards Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
Deborah Bass Executive Director and Board Member Nebraska Health Information Initiative (NeHII)	Craig Brammer Deputy Director, Beacon Community Program, Health and Human Services
Matthew F. Burke Policy Analyst Office of Economic Analysis & Modeling Office of the National Coordinator for HIT	Maya Capur Vice President, Business Development Healthline Networks, Inc.
Dustin Charles Public Health Analyst, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT	Mary Reich Cooper, MD, JD Senior Vice President and Chief Quality Officer Lifespan Corporation
Keith Cox Chief Executive Officer Health Information Partnership for Tennessee (HIP TN)	Jac Davies, MS, MPH Director, Beacon Community of the Inland Northwest Inland Northwest Health Services
William J. DeMarco, MA, CMC President and Chief Executive Officer DeMarco and Associates, Inc.	Willa Drummond, MD, MS Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology and Attending Neonatologist University of Florida College of Medicine
Palmer Evans, MD Former Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Tucson Medical Center	Karen C. Fox, PhD President and Chief Executive Officer Delta Health Alliance
Indranil Ganguly, CHCIO, FHIMSS Vice Chair StateNet; Vice President and Chief Information Officer CentraState Healthcare System	Lacey A. Hart, MBA, PMP® Program Director for Biomedical Statistics & Informatics PMO Program Manager, SHARP & Beacon Grants Mayo Clinic
Meera Kanhouwa, MD, MHA, FACEP Medical Information Officer MedPlus, a Quest Diagnostics company	Dan Kinsella Senior Vice President Ingenix Consulting
Ronald M. Klar, MD, MPH President, Health Services Analysis, Inc., Washington, DC	Jason Kunzman Sr. Project Officer, Beacon Community Program Office of the National Coordinatorbr> Health and Human Services
Daniel Lemberg Senior Principal Engineer ViPS, a General Dynamics Information Technology Company	Nelly Leon-Chisen, RHIA Director of Coding and Classification American Hospital Association
Randy McCleese, CHCIO, FHIMSS Vice Chair, StateNet; Vice President, Information Services and Chief Information Officer St. Claire Regional Medical Center	Anne McCune Senior Vice President Ingenix Consulting
Robert L. Murry, PhD, MD Director of Medical Informatics Hunterdon Healthcare System	Gary Ozanich, PhD Chair, Business Development & Finance Committee, Kentucky Health Information Exchange
Daniel E. Porreca Executive Director HealtheLink	Steve Smith, MBA, CMPE General Manager and Chief Executive Officer Allied Physicians
Ted Smith Senior Advisor Innovations Office of the National Coordinator for HIT	Chris Snyder , DO Chief Medical Informatics Officer Peninsula Regional Medical Center
Bill Spooner Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer Sharp HealthCare	Dick Thompson Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer Quality Health Network
Rodolfo M. Urby, MD, MPH, MBA Chief Executive Officer and Medical Director Southwest Texas Network	Gijs van Oort, PhD Executive Director Healthcare Access San Antonio (HASA)
Michael D. Williams, MD Chief of Healthcare Operations District of Columbia Primary Care Association	Wil Yu Special Assistant, Innovations The Office of the National Coordinator, Health IT

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For general questions and program inquiries, contact:
Nancy Felsheim
Conference Manager
The World Congress 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on the Meaningful Use of Certified EHRs and Other Technologies to Improve Health Care
Phone: 781-939-2591
Email: [email protected]

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