WELCOME

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 review the agenda.

UPDATE FROM HHS

The Office of the National Coordinator will outline the series of grant initiatives that have been announced and discuss the unique roles of the states related to coordination, points of leverage for HIE deployment, and system transformation.

CMS will review the importance and role of state Medicaid programs in implementing Meaningful Use and preparing for payment incentives and the need for coordination with other HIE activities within the states

Farzad Mostashari, MD, MSc.
Deputy National Coordinator for Programs and Policy

Penny Thompson, Deputy Director, Center for Medicaid and State Operations at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

EXAMPLES OF COLLABORATION AS A TOOL

A panel of state representatives will discuss using a multi-state, regional and stakeholder collaboratives as a means to share experience, solutions and services.

Moderator:
Carol Steckel, Alliance member, Alabama
Hunt Blair, Vermont
Trudi Matthews, Health Bridge
Rachel Block, New York

BUILDING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ONCE AND FOR ALL

Especially in the face of current economic conditions, states are looking toward collaboration to maximize efficiency. Certain critical infrastructures that enable health information exchange that can be universally utilized can be advantageous to states. Additionally, states as employers and payers can use policy levers to advance the future we look forward to seeing in the era of health information exchange. This panel will discuss ways that different states have tackled these issues.

Rachel Block, New York
Trudi Matthews, Health Bridge
Tina Nye, Florida
Jeanene Smith, MD., Oregon

PANEL AND DISCUSSION ON SUSTAINABILITY

Given the financial position of the states and the limits of federal grants, how will states find a path to sustainability while HIE is underdevelopment?
A panel of private sector representatives will speak from the perspectives of a business health coalition, a health plan and philanthropy.

Becky J. Cherney, Executive Director, Florida Health Care Coalition
Bruce H. Taffel, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Shared Health, Tennessee
Margaret Laws, California Health Care Foundation

FUTURE ACTIVITIES FOR THE STATE ALLIANCE & PUBLIC COMMENT AND CLOSING REMARKS

Plans for Regional State Consultations, Webinars and Tools for and with the States
Kathleen Nolan
Ree Sailors

Members of the audience may sign-up to provide comments to the State Alliance for e-Health. The co-chairs of the State Alliance will make closing remarks.