Welcome
Michael Lundberg – Virginia Health Systems, Executive Director NAHDO Board, Chair
Keynote Speaker
David W. Fleming, MD – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Deputy Director for Science
National Health Information Infrastructure (NHII)
William Yasnoff, MD, Ph.D. – DHHS, Senior Advisor to the NHII
NHII Panel - Response: How do States fit? Who pays?
Robert Burns – National Governors Association, Policy Analyst, Health Policy Studies
Kala Ladenheim, MSPH – National Conference of State Legislatures, Program Manager
Marc Volavka – Pennsylvania Health Care Containment Council, Executive Director
Concurrent 1A: Methods & Policy Session
HRSA Health Insurance Planning Grants: Policy Toolkit
Joe Thompson, MD, MPH – University of Arkansas
Lynn Blewett, Ph.D. – SHADAC, University of Minnesota
William Custer, Ph.D. – Georgia State University
Concurrent 1B: Measuring Health Disparities
Race and Ethnicity Data Collection: Best Practices and Barriers.
Romana Hasnain Wynia, Ph.D. – Health Research Educational Trust/AHA, Director, Research and Evaluation
Candace Diamond – California OSHPD, Manager
Jay Buechner, Ph.D. – Rhode Island Department of Health, Chief Health Statistics
Concurrent 1C
HIPAA: Transactions Claims Attachments: Implications for Public Health and Research
Maria Ward – PriceWaterhouseCoopers USA
Sally Klein, RN, MBA – Montana Medicaid, HIPAA Coordinator
Concurrent 2A (Sponsored by CDC)
Public Health Information Network: Showcase of State Achievements
Mike Davisson – New York State Department of Health, Director Electronic Disease Surveillance Unit
Tom Safranek, MD – Nebraska Department of Health, State Epidemiologist
Barbara Rudolph, Ph.D. – University of Wisconsin, Associate Scientist
Concurrent 2B
Patient Safety: State Demonstration Grants Technical Methods Session
Susan Elder – Missouri DHSS, Director, Section of Health Statistics
Paul Hougland, MD – Utah Department of Health, Epidemiologist II
Gerasimos Petratos, MD – University of Utah School of Medicine, Medical Informatics Fellow
Vi Naylor (part 2)– Georgia Hospital Association, Executive Vice President
Concurrent 2C
HIPAA: Impact of Privacy on Public Health and Research
Myra Moran – U.S. DHHS, HIPAA Privacy Specialist/Olmstead Regional Coordinator
Claudia Steiner, MD, MPH – AHRQ, Senior Research Physician
Leah Hole-Curry – Fox Systems, Senior HIPAA Legal Consultant
Michael Mullen – Office of the North Dakota Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General
Plenary (Sponsored by HealthInsight of Nevada & Utah)
Quality Panel: Current Directions in Quality
What are current data requirements? How do existing data fuel the quality engine?
National Quality Report discussion Participants:
Tom Burton – Wall Street Journal
Richard S. Johannes, MD, MS – MediQual, Vice President
Ed Kelley, Ph.D. – AHRQ, Senior Service Fellow, National Healthcare Quality Report
Jerod Loeb, Ph.D. – JCAHO, Vice President
Pat Merryweather, MA – Illinois Hospital Association, Vice President
Don Nielson, MD – American Hospital Association, Senior Vice President for Quality Leadership
Lisa Hines MS, BSN – Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Health Insurance Specialist
Keith Servis – New York State Department of Health, Deputy Director
Steve Wetzell – Leapfrog, Consumer/Purchaser Disclosure Project, Wetzell Health Care Strategies, CEO
Concurrent 3A
Quality Roundtable Discussion (continued discussion from morning plenary)
Concurrent 3B
Call for Papers: Emergency Department Data: Making the Most of State ED Data
Roxanne Andrews, Ph.D. – Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Senior Service Fellow
Anna Waller – University of North Carolina, Assistant Professor
Kathy Fuda – MA Division of Health Care Finance and Policy, Manager, Data Initiatives and Analysis
Concurrent 3C
HIPAA: EDI Part One - Lessons Learned in State Implementation, Best Practices in Implementing EDI in a State Health Data Agency
Jeanette Bergeron – New Jersey DHSS, Director, Health Care Financing Systems
Starla Ledbetter, MHSA, RHIA – California OSHPD, Assistant Manager
Alan Prysunka – Maine Health Data Organization, Director
Concurrent 4A
Hospital Quality Indicators: State Applications
Denise Remus, Ph.D., RN – AHRQ, Senior Research Scientist
Shulamit Bernard, Ph.D.– Research Triangle Institute, Director, Program on Health Care Quality (contributed paper)
Jim Loyd – Texas Health Care Information Council, Executive Director
Vi Naylor (pt1, pt2)– Georgia Hospital Association, Executive Vice President
Concurrent 4B
Call for Papers: Quality and Linkage Applications
“The Potential of Record Linkage for Health Research”
Jennifer Taylor – New Hampshire State DDHS, Chief
“Avoidable Hospitalizations in Rural Areas: An Important Quality Indicator”
Maria Owings, Ph.D. – NCHS/CDC
“Using OASIS as a Tool to Inform Public Health”
Mark Carozza – Institute for Health Policy and Health Services Research
and
Shiloh Turner – Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
Concurrent 4C
HIPAA: EDI Part Two—Implementation Issues – The Tools and Pitfalls
HIPAA Guide: the Conceptual Model
Bob Davis – New York State Department of Health
Operationalizing, The mapping
John Dunn – Orion Systems International
The Pitfalls
Larry Watkins – Claredi Corporation