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HIT Summit
September 25 - 27, 2006
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PRESS RELEASE: The Third HIT Summit Will Feature National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives and HIT Pay for Performance Mini-Summit
- The Leading Conference for Health Information Technology Policy: At the Federal and State Levels
- Co-Sponsored by eHealth Initiative and Bridges to Excellence
- Collocated with the Thirteenth National HIPAA Summit
- Features National Assembly of State Leaders Focused on Improving Quality Through HIT and Health Information Exchange
- September 25 - 27, 2006, at the Washington DC Renaissance Hotel, Washington, DC
- www.HITSummit.com
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PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.HITSummit.com
WASHINGTON DC USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- JULY 27, 2006: The Second HIT Summit, www.HITSummit.com, September 25 - 27, 2006 at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel, will feature a National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives and HIT Pay for Performance Mini-Summit. The HIT Summit is sponsored by eHealth Initiative, www.eHealthInitiative.org, and Bridges to Excellence, www.BridgestoExcellence.org. The HIT Summit is Collocated with the Thirteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Craig R. Barrett
Chairman of the Board, Intel Corporation |
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Francois de Brantes
National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence |
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John Glaser, PhD
Chief Information Officer, Partners HealthCare System; Chair, eHealth Initiative and Foundation |
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Michael O. Leavitt (Invited)
Secretary of Health and Human Services, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services |
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Janet M. Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation |
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Mark McClellan, MD, PhD (Invited)
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration |
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Bill McInturff
Partner and Co-Founder, Public Opinion Strategies |
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Mark S. Mellman
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Mellman Group |
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John Tooker, MD, MBA, FACP
Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer, American College of Physicians; President, eHealth Initiative Foundation |
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NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF STATE AND REGIONAL HIT INITIATIVES:
On Monday, September 25, 2006, the HIT Summit will present a unique National Assembly of State and Regional HIT Initiatives which will include presentations by the following:
Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Eastern Region
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CT - Scott Cleary (Invited)
Project Manager, eHealth Connecticut, Inc.
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DE - Gina Perez
Project Director, Delaware Health Information Network
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MA - Micky Tripathi, PhD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Massachusetts eHealth Collaborative
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MD - Samuel Lin, MD, PhD, MBA, MPA, MS (Invited)
Chair, Maryland Community Health Resources Commission
U.S. Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General (Retired)
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health (Retired)
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ME - Suanne Singer
Project Director, Maine Health Information Network Technology
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NH - Robert J. McGrath, PhD
Executive Director, New Hampshire Health Information Center
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NJ - Martin P. Margolies
Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc.
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NY - C. William Schroth
Chair, Working Group for Health Information Technology
New York State Department of Health
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PA - Martin Ciccocioppo (Invited)
Chairman, The Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative
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RI - Amy Zimmerman, MPH
Director, Rhode Island Health Information Exchange Project
Rhode Island Department of Health
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VT - Gregory Farnum
President, Vermont Information Technology Leaders
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VA - Michael Matthews
Chief Executive Officer, MedVirginia
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WV - John Wiesendanger, MHA
Chief Executive Officer, The West Virginia Medical Institute
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Central Region
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IA - Tom Newton
Director of Environmental Health
Iowa Department of Public Health
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IL - Todd Hart (Invited)
Director, Illinois Health Network
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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
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KY - Trudi Matthews
Chief Policy Advisor
Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family
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MI - George Boersma
Technology Partnerships Director
Department of Information Technology
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MI - Beth Nagle
Assistant to the Director
Department of Information Technology
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MN - Martin LaVenture, MPH, PhD (Invited)
Director, Center for Health Informatics
Minnesota Department of Health
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MO - Julie Eckstein
Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services
Missouri Healthcare Information Technology Task Force
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ND - Lynnette Dickson, MS, LRD (Invited)
Project Director, Center for Rural Health
University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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NE - Steve Grandfield (Invited)
Nebraska Health Information Initiative
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OH - William Hayes (Invited)
President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio
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OH - Brian Keaton, MD (Invited)
Emergency Medicine Informatics Director, Summa Health System
President-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians
Project Chair, Northeastern Ohio RHIO
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SD - TBA
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WI - Helene Nelson (Invited)
Secretary, State of Wisconsin
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Southern Region
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AL - Don Williamson, MD (Invited)
State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health
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AR - Amy L. Rossi, LCSW (Invited)
Associate Director for Community Relations, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement
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FL - W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA
Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board
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GA - Dennis White (Invited)
Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Medical Care Foundation
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LA - Roxane A. Townsend, MD
Medicaid Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
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MS - James S. McIlwain, Jr., MD
President, Information & Quality Healthcare
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NC - W. Holt Anderson
Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc.
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SC - David Boucher (Invited)
Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina
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TN - Antoine Agassi (Invited)
Chairman, Governor's eHealth Advisory Council, State of Tennessee
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Southwest Region
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AZ - Chris Muir
Strategic Projects, Government Information Technology Agency
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CO - Lynn Dierker (Invited)
Director for Community Initiatives, Colorado Health Institute
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KS - TBA (Invited)
Division of Health Policy and Finance
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NM - Stuart Hidalgo (Invited)
Director of Information Technology, The New Mexico Medical Review Association
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OK - TBA
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TX - Stephen Palmer (Invited)
Policy Analyst, Office of Governor Rick Perry
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UT - Marc Probst
Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Intermountain Healthcare
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Caucus of State Leaders
Focused on HIT: Western Region
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AK - Tom Nighswander
Facilitator, The Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council
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CA - Donald Holmquest, MD, PhD, JD |
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HI - Gary Allen (Invited)
Executive Director, Hawaii Business Health Council
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ID - Michael Cannon
Vice President, Information Services, Blue Cross of Idaho Health Service, Inc.
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MT - Raymond Rogers
Chief Development Officer, National Center for Health Care Informatics
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NV - TBA
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OR - Jody Pettit, MD
Director, Oregon Health Information Infrastructure Project
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WA - Juan Alaniz (Invited)
Project Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority, WA
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WY - Geoffrey Smith (Invited)
Chairman, Wyoming Health Information Organization
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HIT PAY FOR PERFORMANCE MINI-SUMMIT:
On Wednesday, September 27, 2006 the HIT Summit will present a unique HIT Pay for Performance Mini-Summit which will include presentations by the following:
8:00 a.m. |
Introduction and Opening Remarks
by Francois de Brantes, National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence and Janet M. Marchibroda, Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation
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8:15 a.m. |
Keynote Presentation
by Carolyn Clancy, MD (Invited), Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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8:45 a.m. |
The P4P Market: Where We are Today and Where We Expect to be Tomorrow
by Francois de Brantes, National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence
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9:00 a.m. |
Importance of Incentives
Robert Fortini, PNP, Clinical Operations, Manager Community Care Physicians; A. O-Tayo Lalude, MD, Practicing Physician, Louisville, KY; Jon Shematek, MD, Vice President, Quality & Medical Policy, Carefirst BlueCross BlueShield; Jessica DiLorenzo, Program and Operations Leader, Bridges to Excellence (Moderator)
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10:30 a.m. |
Outcomes Reporting: Challenges and Opportunities
Elizabeth McGlynn, PhD (Invited), Associate Director, RAND Health; John Williams, Consultant, Towers Perrin; Doug Emery, Director, Reimbursement Policy, eHealth Initiative (Moderator)
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11:45 a.m. |
Bridges to Excellence Role
A. John Blair, III, MD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Taconic IPA Inc.; Francois de Brantes,
National Coordinator, Bridges to Excellence
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12:15 p.m. |
Adjourn
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EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:
For sponsorship and exhibit information contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.
REGISTRATION INFORMATION:
Register for the HIT Summit online at www.hitsummit.com/registration.html.
For further registration information, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:
HIT Summit Office
7790 Barberry Ave.
Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284
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