1. Mary P. Griskewicz,
Healthcare Information
and Management Systems
Society (HIMSS)
Patrick M. Hamilton,
Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services (CMS)
Thomas Novak, Office of
the National Coordinator
for Health IT (ONC)
Hailey Schepp, Sanford
Health
Lisa S. Stump, Yale New
Haven Health
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July 27 & 28, 2015, Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, Philadelphia, PA
Navigate Stage 2 attestation & avoid penalties under Stage 3 regulation
Conference Highlights:
• First Hand Experience
with CMS Meaningful
Use Audits
• Improved Patient Care
and other Non-Financial
Benefits to EHR Systems
Speakers Include:
Christine
VanZandbergen, Penn
Medicine Information
Services
Karen A. Packard,
MaineHealth
Stephanie Battista,
MedStar Health
Anita Somplasky, Quality
Insights Pennsylvania
Antonio Vega, Telligen
Balavignesh
Thirumalainambi, New
Jersey Health Information
Technology Extension
Center (NJ-HITEC)
Lisa Rosenberger,
National Opinion
Research Center (NORC)
Gena Fouke, Hayes
Management Consulting
James B. Wieland,
Ober | Kaler
Daniel F. Gottlieb,
McDermott Will & Emery
• Meaningful Use Stage
3 Roll Out - Program
Changes & New
Requirements
• Sustaining an EHR
System – Cost/Benefit
Analysis
• Successfully Navigating
the CMS Audit Landscape
• HIT Plugged In:
A Case for Health IT
Management
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8:30 Registration & Complimentary Breakfast
9:00 Opening Remarks from GHP Network
Brandy Baker, Program Research Director, GHP Network
9:05 Opening Remarks from Conference Chair
Thomas Novak, Director of Delivery System Reform, Office
of Provider and Adoption Support, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT
9:10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Achieve Meaning from
the Meaningful Use of EHRs: Stage 1 and
Beyond
Review the history and true intent of the EHR Meaningful Use
program
·· Understand the progress on the program through today
·· Look at the proposed rule for Stage 3, the final stage of the
Meaningful Use program
Mary P. Griskewicz, MS, FHIMSS, Senior Director, Healthcare
Information Systems, Healthcare Information and
Management Systems Society
9:50 EHR Incentive Programs Overview
·· Provide an update on the latest participation data for the EHR
Incentive Program
·· Explain broadly the goals of the EHR Incentive Programs
·· Discuss incentive payments, payment adjustments, and audits
Patrick M. Hamilton, Health Insurance Specialist/Rural Health
Coordinator, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Philadelphia
Regional Office
10:30 Morning Break: Tea & Refreshments
11:00 Stage 3 of Meaningful Use and the ONC
Roadmap to Interoperability
·· Providing more flexibility for providers and simplifying
requirements
·· Supporting interoperability and the adoption of EHRs
·· Improving outcomes for patients
Thomas Novak, Director of Delivery System Reform, Office
of Provider and Adoption Support, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT
11:40 Sanford Health: Successfully Attesting to
Stage 2 and Pro-actively Planning for Stage 3
Hailey Schepp, MPA, Director of Meaningful Use, Sanford
Health
12:20 Lunch Break
1:20 Benefits of EHR Systems – Beyond Meaningful
Use Incentives
·· Explanation of Epic system at YNHH and our next steps
·· Leveraging Health IT across the continuum
·· Driving improved quality, safety and lower costs
Lisa S. Stump, MS, RPh, FASHP, Vice President, Associate Chief
Information Officer, Yale New Haven Health
2:00 Health IT Workforce Development: A Return on
Investment
·· Variability in workforce needs depending on setting, location
and other factors
·· Variability in the backgrounds of employees has a large effect
on their success
·· Health IT workforce needs are constantly evolving
Lisa Rosenberger, MPH, Research Scientist, National Opinion
Research Center at the University of Chicago
2:40 Afternoon Break: Tea & Refreshments
3:10 EHR Selection, Implementation & Sustainability
for Critical Access Hospitals
·· Discuss best practices for selecting and implementing
electronic health records
·· How to set an actionable plan to sustain a Meaningful Use
Program
·· A look at some of the barriers involved with Critical Access
Hospitals to sustaining and implementing a Meaningful Use
Program
Antonio Vega, Health Information Technology Advisor, Telligen
3:50 PANEL DISCUSSION: Meaningful Use - What
Stage 3 Means for the Future
·· Changes in the Meaningful Use Program for Eligible Hospitals
·· Planning to meet new requirements
·· Avoiding penalties in 2018 and planning for the future
Moderator:
Balavignesh Thirumalainambi, MS, MBA, CPHIMS, CHTS-
CP, Meaningful Use Director, New Jersey Health Information
Technology Extension Center
Panelists:
Christine VanZandbergen, MPH, PA-C, Associate CIO Clinical
Applications, Penn Medicine Information Services
Lisa S. Stump, MS, RPh, FASHP, Vice President, Associate Chief
Information Officer, Yale New Haven Health
Hailey Schepp, MPA, Director of Meaningful Use, Sanford Health
4:50 Close of Day One from Conference Chair
Thomas Novak, Director of Delivery System Reform, Office
of Provider and Adoption Support, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT
5:00 Happy Hour: GHP invites all speakers and
delegates to discuss the day’s presentations at
the informal networking drinks reception
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DAY ONE: Monday, July 27, 2015
3. DAY TWO: Tuesday, July 28, 2015
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8:30 Complimentary Breakfast & Networking
9:00 Opening Remarks from Conference Chair
Thomas Novak, Director of Delivery System Reform, Office
of Provider and Adoption Support, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT
9:10 Mitigating the Risks of an Audit
·· Issues to consider in order to be prepared for a potential audit
·· How to fine-tune the response to an audit request, depending on
the source of the audit and its subject
·· Three potential strategies for dealing with an attestation issue
that is discovered prior to an audit, potentially avoiding the need
to withdraw and refund
James B. Wieland, Principal, Ober | Kaler
9:50 Mock Audits: Preparing for a CMS Audit
·· Preventing recoupment by thinking like an auditor
·· Operational: finding data, organizing evidence, developing
checklists
·· Quality and improvement should always be the end goal
Karen A. Packard, MS, Program Manager, Meaningful Use,
Information Systems, MaineHealth
Gena Fouke, RHIT, BSBA, Meaningful Use Consultant, Hayes
Management Consulting
10:30 Morning Break: Tea & Refreshments
11:00 OIG and Figliozzi Meaningful Use Audits
·· Understand the differences between meaningful use audits
conducted by Figliozzi and the U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG), including,
without limitation, the extent to which incentive payments are at
risk under each audit
·· Understand how to maintain appropriate documentation of
meaningful use, including, without limitation, requirements for
a security risk assessment under the protecting electronic health
information core measure
·· Learn how to develop an effective response to meaningful use
auditors
·· Understand the path from audit to appeal
Daniel F. Gottlieb, Esq., Partner, McDermott Will & Emery
11:40 How to Survive Multi-Facility MU Audits
·· Identify processes and timelines preparing for a CMS audit
·· Identify key organizational strategies for audit preparation
·· Identify documents required for an audit
Stephanie Battista, RN BSN, Meaningful Use Analyst and Program
Coordinator, MedStar Health
12:20 Lunch Break
1:20 "Meaningful" Use of EHR Technology to Improve
Patient Outcomes
·· Understand how native EMR functionality can improve
communication between care teams and patients
·· Understand how an automated, real time IT intervention can
help care teams recognize and intervene on critical, resulting in
improved outcomes
·· Understand how to leverage existing data in electronic health
records to create custom tools to support patient care
Christine VanZandbergen, MPH, PA-C, Associate CIO Clinical
Applications, Penn Medicine Information Services
2:00 PANEL DISCUSSION: HIT for Improved Healthcare
Quality, Efficiency & Safety
·· Leveraging HIT to improve outcomes
·· Determine how “meaningful” EHR MU data is
·· Ensuring patient safety with effective use of Health IT
Moderator:
Thomas Novak, Director of Delivery System Reform, Office
of Provider and Adoption Support, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT
Panelists:
Balavignesh Thirumalainambi, MS, MBA, CPHIMS, CHTS -
CP, Meaningful Use Director, New Jersey Health Information
Technology Extension Center
Anita Somplasky, RN CHTS-CP, CHTS-PW, Director of Quality
Measure and Regional Extension Center Initiatives, Quality
Insights of Pennsylvania
Antonio Vega, Health Information Technology Advisor, Telligen
3:00 Close of Meaningful Use Audit and Compliance
Conference from Conference Chair
Thomas Novak, Director of Delivery System Reform, Office
of Provider and Adoption Support, Office of the National
Coordinator for Health IT
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