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Deborah Larkin-Carney, Corporate VP for Quality, RWJBarnabas Health, and Catherine Gorman-Klug, Director Quality Service Line, Nuance Communications, Inc.  Beginning in February 2017, hospitals will be required to submit quality measures electronically to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). While all electronic health records (EHRs) are required to be certified to submit the proper […]

David Betts, Principal, and Sarah Thomas, Lead, Deloitte's Center for Health Solutions and Managing Director, Deloitte Services LLP.  In the future, value in health care will likely be captured by those who can play a role in reducing costs and improving health outcomes. New MACRA regulations further compound these pressures to reduce costs and improve […]

Brent Steineckert, Director, EMR, Access and Health Information Management, Sharp Rees-Stealy, and Marcy Mishiwiec, Director, IT Ancillary Services, Sharp HealthCare. For more than two years, Sharp Rees-Stealy (SRS) medical centers have been connecting patients with their primary care physician or specialist through the use of telemedicine.  Patients have the option to receive care for certain […]

Brian Yeaman, MD, CEO, Yeaman & Associates and Coordinated Care Health Network, and Ray George, Director, Business Development, Nuance.  Early in 2017, Coordinated Care of Oklahoma (CCO), a multi-state HIE, announced its dissolution and the launch of Coordinated Care Health Network (CCHN), a nationwide secure data exchange network with image sharing. Like many HIE organizations, […]

Dan Golder, MD, Principal Advisor, Henry Stokman, Principal, Jason Fortin, Senior Advisor, and Larry Katzovitz, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors. This session provides an in-depth review and analysis of the calculations used to score each of the four MIPS components (Quality, Advancing Care Information, Improvement Activities, and Cost). Learn how to understand some of the complexities used in the […]

Dr. Timothy Buchman, PhD, MD, MCCM, Director Emory Critical Care Center, and Cheryl Hiddleson, MSN, RN, CCRN-E, Director Emory eICU Center. There is a shortage of critical care providers in the United States. Finding new ways of utilizing existing resources to provide high quality care to larger populations is essential for filling the gap found […]

Don Lovasz, President, KentuckyOne Health Partners. While forming the health system 4 years ago, CHI's KentuckyOne also created its Accountable Care Organization (ACO). Currently the KentuckyOne Health Partners (KHP) ACO is ranked in the top decile nationally among over 400 ACOs across the country in terms of quality, total medical spend savings, and covered lives. […]

John Roseman, MD, Behavioral Health Clinical Content Lead, Jennifer Gray, RN, Application Manager, Andrew Murphy, Application Coordinator, and Liann Devereux, Application Coordinator, Partners HealthCare System. After three years of enterprise discussion and consensus on workflows and content, Partners began a new EMR implementation process in 2015. This has resulted in the successful implementation of the […]

Gary Wainer, DO, Medical Director Northwestern Medicine Physician Partners, Eric Finocchiaro, Managing Director, and Tony Jurek, Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting, LLP.  With the current MACRA reporting year underway, organizations continue to focus on 2017 metrics while simultaneously turning attention to the 2018 reporting requirements and beyond. As the MACRA requirements change, so must each participating […]

Peter Fleischut, MD, Chief Innovation Officer and Chief Medical Operating Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian.  NYP On Demand Is a comprehensive suite of digital services to get the right doctor to the right patient, nationally, regionally and locally. The On Demand program consists of second opinions in 80+ specialties, urgent care in four states, pediatric and adult ED […]

Matthias Kochmann, MD, Clinical Informatics Fellow, Regenstrief Institute, Inc., and Jason Schaffer, MD, IU Health. Drs. Kochmann and Schaffer discuss the Regenstrief "SMART on FHIR" pilots underway to standardize the process of integrating HIE data into different EMRs so that HIE data can be integrated into a physician's workflow to improve patient care. This is […]

Brenda Reiss-Brennan, PhD, APRN, Mental Health Integration Director, Intermountain Healthcare, and Jeffrey Rose, MD, Senior VP of Clinical Strategy, Hearst Health.  Properly diagnosing and treating mental disorders through an effective integrated team approach is vital to achieving population health. In 2000, Intermountain created a Mental Health Integration program for patients that made mental health evaluation […]

Dan Golder, DDS, MBA, Principal Advisor, Henry Stokman, Principal, Jason Fortin, Senior Advisor, and Larry Katzovitz, Senior Advisor, Impact Advisors.  This session will look at the "other half" of the MACRA legislation: incentives for participating in Alternative Payment Models (APMs).  Topics will include an in-depth review and analysis of the different APM options defined under […]

Grayling Yarbrough, Director of Population Health Management, and Randy Osteen, Associate CIO and Vice President for Information Management, CHRISTUS Health.  Over the past few years, Population Health Management has become a buzz word in the healthcare industry as payment and care delivery moves from fee-for-service to value-based care models.  In 2013, CHRISTUS Health began its […]