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10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

HANYS will host a session of the HANYS’ Health Information Technology (HIT) Strategy Group in conjunction with HANYS’ Annual Membership Conference at the Sagamore Resort on Lake George.

Who should attend

Professionals working in the following areas are appropriate for this:

• HIT Stategy Group Memebers

What you will learn

• Members will have the opportunity to discuss the latest state and federal HIT issues including the progress of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on developing rules for hospitals and non-hospital based physicians to qualify for the Medicare and Medicaid HIT incentive payments authorized as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
• We expect a definition of “meaningful use” to have been proposed by HHS.
• Members will have the opportunity to dialogue with Deputy Commissioner Block on the state’s progress implement of provisions of the ARRA in conjuction with its ongoing work to develop its health information exchange infrastructure, the “SHIN-NY.”

Faculty

Susan Van Meter, Vice President, Federal Relations
Healthcare Association of New York State

Rachel Block, Deputy Commissioner
NYS Department of Health’s Office of Health Information Technology Transformation (OHITT)

Continuing Credits

No credits are available for this program

Registration Deadline/Cancellation

The deadline for registration for this meeting is June 17, 2009.

For further information regarding registration please contact Joan Stewart at jstewart@hanys.org or by phone at (518) 431-7990.

Materials

Materials will be made available at the meeting.