Day 02 March 24th

• 07:45 a.m. « » 08:45 a.m.

  States of HIT Implementation Roundtables

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  State HIT representatives will lead discussion/thought leadership roundtables around their State's/Organization's HIT implementation Strategy and how this is underpinning the broader health reform process. This is a unique opportunity to share their experiences with peers and problem solve in a collaborative setting with peers facing similar challenges as well as to provide information on current and planned RFPs that are being issued to meet State/Organizational goals.
  
  Roundtable 01: Integration of MU and the PCMH: Quantifying and rewarding Clinical Quality
  Presenter: James F Bush MD, FACP, Wyoming Medicaid Medical Officer
  
  Roundtable 02: MCO Transparency and Data Analytics in the Sunshine State.
  Presenter: Heidi Fox, Interim Director, Florida Center for Health Information and Policy Analysis, Agency for Health Care Administration
  
  Roundtable 03: Optimizing Patient Care and Access to Information Through HIE Initiatives
  Presenter: Antonio J Sisco Jr, State HIT Coordinator, Common Wealth of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico Department of Health
  
  Roundtable 04: A Statewide Service Network of Master Person Indices for Public Health, Healthcare Providers and Payers: Utah’s Exploration
  Presenter: Wu Xu, Ph.D., Director, Center for Health Data and Informatics, Utah Department of Health
  
  Roundtable 05: Developing a Successful and Cost-Effective State-Based Alternative to the Federally Facilitated Marketplace
  Presenter: Bruce Gilbert, Executive Director of the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange
  
  Roundtable 06: Care Reform: Why Health IT Make This Time Different
  Presenter: David Grinberg, Deputy Executive Director, Pennsylvania eHealth Partnership Authority
  
  Roundtable 07: Care Reform: Health Information Exchange in Rural and Underserved Communities
  Presenter: Dr. Denise Hines, PMP, FHIMSS, Executive Director, Georgia Health Information Network, CEO, eHealth Service Group
  
  

• State Innovation, Analytics and Population Health Management Forum
  09:00 a.m. « » 10:00 a.m.

  Keynote Panel : SIM (State Innovation Model) Strategies, Analytics and Population Health Management

  Moderator: Hunt Blair, HIT Enabled Care Transformation SME, ONC/DHHS
  Camille Harding, LPC, Quality And Health Improvement Unit Manager
  Kate Kiefert, Governor's Office - Colorado Health Implementation Coordinator, State HIT Coordinator
  William Golden MD MACP, Medical Director, Arkansas Medicaid
  Cathleen Bennett, CIO & Director, Policy & Strategic Planning, New Jersey Department of Health
  Yvonne Powell, SVP States and Payers, The Lewin Group
  Rex Plouk, Enterprise Health IT Officer, State of Ohio

  Round Two of the State Innovation Model (SIM) program grants have recently been announced, creating a lot of excitement industry wide as the program gains momentum with a total of 17 Model Testing states and 21 Design states. Panelists will reflect on SIM efforts to date, as well as next steps for SIM participants. While every state's SIM initiative is different, reflecting the needs of each state, there are many commonalities, especially around the need for effectively capturing, sharing, and analyzing both clinical and claims data. States will present, compare and contrast their HIT-HIE and data analytics capabilities to support their SIM transformation efforts, what they can do today, and what they'd like to be able to do.

• 10.00 « » 10.10

  Short Break

• 10.10 a.m. « » 10:55 a.m.

  Breakout Sessions

  Track 1
  Enabling Identity Ecosystems for Health and Human e-Services
  
  Moderator: Lewis Etheridge, National Practice Manager, Public Healthcare, Symantec
  Mike Wirth, Special Advisor on eHHR Integration, Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources
  Pyreddy Reddy, CISO, North Carolina, Dept. Health and Human Services
  Timothy Reiniger, Director Digital Services Group, FutureLaw

  As Internet accessibility and mobile technology adoption has increased in the United States, governments at all levels are embarking upon or extending e-Government initiatives to provide a higher, more convenient level of service to their clients and lower the cost of government services by doing so. How can new programs, potentially encompassing more confidential data, be brought online without unacceptable levels of risk to states’ and citizen’s data? Join a discussion on the expansion of citizen enablement initiatives, alignment with NIST’s National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace, identity proofing, user authentication and enrollment).
  
  

  Track 2
  Community Analytics, Care Coordination and Managing Complex Conditions
  
  Moderator: Craig Rhinehart, Director, Smarter Care Strategy and Market Development, IBM
  George Beckett, HIT Coordinator, Tennessee
  Cynthia Green Edwards, Director, Office of Medicaid Health Information Technology, State of Michigan
  Minakshi Tikoo, Connecticut State HIT Coordinator

  Typically, patients in most need of care suffer from many clinical conditions that can make healthcare delivery challenging. Community analytics programs can conduct research on patient and population databases to arrive at evidence-based, effective ways to coordinate healthcare delivery to the most challenging populations. Learn what states are discovering and doing at this valuable session.

• 10.55 a.m « » 11.15 a.m.

  Networking Break in Exhibit Hall

• 11.15 p.m « » 12.00 p.m

  Breakout Sessions

   

  Track 1
  Building a Data-Sharing Model for State Payment Transformation
  
  Moderator: Barbara DeBuono, MD, MPH. Senior Director for Population and Payer Solutions at 3M Health Information Systems
  Marni Bussell, Project Manager, SIM Director, Iowa Medicaid Enterprise
  James Lucht Informatics Manager, Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner, State of Rhode Island
  Tracey Campbell, Vice President of Strategy and Business Development, Center for Improving Value in Health Care (CIVHC)
  Linda Green, All Payer Claims Database & State Health Policy Lead,Freedman HealthCare LLC
  

  States and health systems face several technology-related obstacles in the shift from volume- to value-based payment models. Foremost is the need for actionable data from diverse IT systems. One way to support this is with a state-wide all-payer claims database (APCD). Multi-payer, multi-provider, and multi-source data sets are critical to the success of payment reforms such as value-based payment, accountable care, and capitation.
  

  This presentation will explore the critical capabilities that help an APCD to:
  · Foster collaboration among parties
  · Share data with the right entities at the right time
  · Provide insights to align payment with outcomes
  
  

  
  
  Track 2
  Statewide Payment Reform: Concepts, Data Management and Success Over 3 Years
  
  Nena Sanchez, Senior Director, General Dynamics Health Solutions,
  William Golden MD MACP, Medical Director, Arkansas Medicaid

  In 2012, the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) embarked on a statewide, multi-payer effort (Arkansas Health Care Payment Improvement Initiative, (ACHPII)). The central concept of this effort seeks to transition the state from a fee-for-service payment model to one that rewards value, quality and clinical outcomes.
  
  Implementation to date includes over a dozen clinical episodes and the launch of nearly 150 patient-centered medical homes to over 70% of eligible beneficiaries. This session will highlight the design, dissemination, implementation, data management and program results behind this innovative program.

• 12.00 p.m « » 01.00 p.m

  Solution Provider Networking and Lunch

• Medicaid Modernization, Health Insurance Exchange (HIX) and Enterprise Systems Forum
  01.00 p.m « » 2.00 p.m

  Keynote Panel: Medicaid IT Reform, Exploring New Models for IT Procurement

  Moderator: Laura Groschen, Vice-President, Government Solutions, Optum
  Jessica Kahn, Director, Data and Systems Group, CMS
  Karen Parker, Director of the Bureau of Medicaid Operations, Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget
  Linda Pung, Information Officer, Michigan Dept. of Technology, Management & Budget
  Stuart Fuller, CIO, Montana Dept. of Public Health & Human Services

  The ACA, state modernization efforts, budget, technology advances – are all critical factors shaping, and in some cases forcing states to consider new ways to procure health care information technology. This session will explore the critical issues that federal and state leaders are grappling with as they look to adopt new technologies, fund extensive infrastructure needs, and improve procurement processes to build a modern health care system.

• 2.00 p.m « » 2.10 p.m

  Short Break

• 2.10 p.m « » 2.55 p.m

  Breakout Sessions

  Track 1
  Modern Mississippi: The First State to Offer a Medicaid Clinical Provider Portal
  
  Chris Smith, Clinical Data Interoperability Program Manager, Mississippi Division of Medicaid
  Dan West, Associate Vice President of Product Marketing at MedeAnalytics Inc

  In 2013, the Mississippi Division of Medicaid linked the clinical history of its 2.3M historical beneficiaries when it deployed a clinical Master Patient Index. As of 2014, Medicaid providers across the state have secure access to the records, creating a clinical portal for all active beneficiaries. Presenters will discuss the importance of provider access, how this fosters greater interoperability, enables population health and the preliminary results it has had on Medicaid expenses and quality.

  
  
  Track 2
  Health Insurance Exchange (HIX): Inter-State Collaboration and Technology Re-Use
  
  Moderator: Peter A. Van Loon, Executive Director, Access Health Exchange Solutions
  Subramanian Muniasamy, CIO, Maryland Health Benefit Exchange
  Ethan Owen Director, CIO, Your Health Idaho
  Jason Hetherington, Chief Information Officer, Massachusetts Health Connector
  Prabhakar Ram, SVP & Head of Products, hCentive Inc.

  Sustainability is a top priority for existing Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX) and for States looking to establish them. Development grants to implement HIX are now in the past, states are now looking internally and externally for efficiencies. External efficiencies are being sought through collaboration and technology re-use between and amongst states with common technology requirements and through shared services in order to reduce operational and maintenance expenditures.

  Join  this panel session to hear 3 states experiences whose have achieved self-sustainability and how they plan to collaborate and partner with other states and industry partners in the future.

• 2.55 p.m « » 3.05 p.m

  Short Break

• 3.05 p.m « » 3.50 p.m

  Keynote Panel: Health Insurance Exchange (HIX) Data Analytics, Operations and Sustainability

  Moderator: Greg Franklin, CEO, Franklin Health Solutions
  Karen Ruiz, Project Director at Covered California - CalHEERS
  Peter Van Loon, Executive Director, Access Health Exchange Solution
  Anthony Chough, Senior Vice President, Product Development Group, EngagePoint
  

  Millions of formally uninsured individuals have purchased coverage through government online health insurance marketplaces created by the Affordable Care Act. The data collected and generated by this population will be invaluable for 19 state based health insurance marketplaces that are developing the operational side of the house, particular as they address future sustainability. Meeting the challenges of sustainability will not be easy, given a technological ecosystem that is still in its infancy.

  What further systems integration and modernization will be need? What are the lessons learn from the most recent open enrollment that can be applied today?

  The session aims to provide an insightful and thought provoking discussion about state base health insurance marketplace technological approaches to full operationalization and sustainability and the role of data analytics.

• 03.50 p.m « » 04.00 p.m

  Closing Remarks: Rob Waters, VP Development, Healthcare IT Connect

• 04.00 p.m « » 04.30 p.m

  Networking and Farewell Coffee/Refreshments