9:00 AM WELCOME -METROPOLITAN EAST/WEST CONFERENCE ROOM

The Honorable Phil Bredesen, Governor of Tennessee, and The Honorable Jim Douglas, Governor of Vermont, co-chairs of the State Alliance for e-Health, will provide opening remarks and introduce new members of the State Alliance.

9:15 AM NATIONAL AGENDA ON HIE INFRASTRUCTURE AND HEALTH IT ADOPTION

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) incorporates a number of health IT-related provisions that, if passed, would have significant impact on states. The State Alliance will receive presentations on the stimulus from the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), NGA and Manatt, and discuss prospects for federal investments and what states must do to prepare for implementation. Additional state representatives will then join the discussion and provide their perspectives on how states might leverage federal funding to develop new health IT and HIE initiatives and bring existing programs to scale.
Panel 1:

•Jodi Daniel, JD, Director, Office of Policy and Research, ONC, HHS
•John Thomasian, Director, NGA Center for Best Practices
•Lammot du Pont, Senior Manager, Manatt Health Solutions Panel 2:

•Tony Rodgers, Director, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System
•Richard Onizuka, PhD, Health Policy Director, Washington Health Care Authority
•Kathleen Nolan, Director, Health Division, NGA Center for Best Practices

11:15 AM PRIVACY AND SECURITY: STATE MEASURES THAT CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

A representative from ONC will share information about the principles in the HHS Privacy and Security Framework, and there will be a presentation on a report that analyzes state medical records access laws around the country. In a follow-on discussion, the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC), which comprises 42 states and territories, divided into multistate workgroups, will present findings and recommendations from three workgroups. HISPC aims to address privacy and security challenges where multistate collaboration could foster the development of common, replicable solutions. HISPC representatives
Panel 1:

•Jodi Daniel, JD, Director, Office of Policy and Research, ONC, HHS
•Joy Pritts, JD, Assistant Research Professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University
Panel 2:
•Kelly Coyle, JD, Michigan Public Health Institute, Co-chair, HISPC Harmonizing State Privacy Laws Collaborative
•Victoria Prescott, JD, CEO, McBroom Consulting, Co-chair, HISPC Interstate Disclosure and Patient Consent Requirements Collaborative
•Bill Mitchin, Project Director, Ohio HISPC, Co-chair, HISPC Interstate and Intrastate Consent Policies Collaborative

1:30 PM STATE FINANCING AND OVERSIGHT MODELS FOR HIE

The University of Massachusetts Medical School Center for Health Policy and Research was commissioned by the State Alliance and NGA to examine financing and oversight models to sustain electronic health information exchange. Models developed in the project and their respective pros and cons will be presented by NGA, followed by State Alliance discussion of possible recommendations for states on the issues of financing and oversight of HIE.
•John Thomasian, Director, NGA Center for Best Practices
•Shaun Alfreds, Senior Project Director, UMASS Center for Health Policy and Research

2:30 PM UPDATE ON MEDICAL LICENSURE AND PUBLIC HEALTH EFFORTS

The NGA and the Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) convened state medical boards to collaborate in the development of a process for expediting licensure for physicians wishing to practice in a state where they are currently not licensed. A representative of FSMB will share how meeting participants thought through the issues and what ideas emerged from this effort. •Blake Maresh, Executive Director, Washington Department of Health
The Association of State and Territorial Health Officers (ASTHO), through its Informatics Committee, has led an effort to develop a value statement for public health’s participation in HIE and identify specific ways for public health departments to become more engaged in HIE initiatives locally and nationally. A member of the ASTHO Informatics Committee will initiate a forward thinking discussion on prospects for advancing public health-based e-health initiatives.
•Bill Hacker, Commissioner, Kentucky Department for Public Health