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 CT - Scott Cleary (Invited) 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 - 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) ME - Suanne Singer Project Director, Maine Health Information Network Technology NH - Robert J. McGrath, PhD Executive Director, New Hampshire Health Information Center NJ - Martin P. Margolies Chief Executive Officer, Healthcare Quality Strategies, Inc. NY - C. William Schroth Chair, Working Group for Health Information Technology New York State Department of Health PA - Martin Ciccocioppo (Invited) 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 Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Central Region IA - Tom Newton Director of Environmental Health Iowa Department of Public Health IL - Todd Hart (Invited) 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 Nagle Assistant to the Director Department of Information Technology MN - Martin LaVenture, MPH, PhD (Invited) Director, Center for Health Informatics Minnesota Department of Health MO - Julie Eckstein Director, Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services Missouri Healthcare Information Technology Task Force ND - Lynnette Dickson, MS, LRD (Invited) Project Director, Center for Rural Health University of North Dakota, School of Medicine and Health Sciences NE - Steve Grandfield (Invited) Nebraska Health Information Initiative OH - William Hayes (Invited) President, Health Policy Institute of Ohio OH - Brian Keaton, MD (Invited) Emergency Medicine Informatics Director, Summa Health System President-Elect, American College of Emergency Physicians Project Chair, Northeastern Ohio RHIO SD - TBA WI - Helene Nelson (Invited) Secretary, State of Wisconsin

Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Southern Region AL - Don Williamson, MD (Invited) State Health Officer, Alabama Department of Public Health AR - Amy L. Rossi, LCSW (Invited) Associate Director for Community Relations, Arkansas Center for Health Improvement FL - W. Michael Heekin, JD, MBA Chair, Florida Governor's Health Information Infrastructure Advisory Board GA - Dennis White (Invited) Chief Executive Officer, Georgia Medical Care Foundation LA - Roxane A. Townsend, MD Medicaid Medical Director, Louisiana Department of Health and 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 (Invited) Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina TN - Antoine Agassi (Invited) Chairman, Governor's eHealth Advisory Council, State of Tennessee Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Southwest Region AZ - Chris Muir Strategic Projects, Government Information Technology Agency CO - Lynn Dierker (Invited) Director for Community Initiatives, Colorado Health Institute KS - TBA (Invited) Division of Health Policy and Finance NM - Stuart Hidalgo (Invited) Director of Information Technology, The New Mexico Medical Review Association OK - TBA TX - Stephen Palmer (Invited) Policy Analyst, Office of Governor Rick Perry UT - Marc Probst Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Intermountain Healthcare Caucus of State Leaders Focused on HIT: Western Region AK - Tom Nighswander Facilitator, The Alaska Telehealth Advisory Council CA - Donald Holmquest, MD, PhD, JD HI - Gary Allen (Invited) Executive Director, Hawaii Business Health Council 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 NV - TBA OR - Jody Pettit, MD Director, Oregon Health Information Infrastructure Project WA - Juan Alaniz (Invited) Project Manager, Washington State Health Care Authority, WA WY - Geoffrey Smith (Invited) Chairman, Wyoming Health Information Organization

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
8:15 a.m.	Keynote Presentation by Carolyn Clancy, MD (Invited), Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
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
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)
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)
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
12:15 p.m.	Adjourn

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.