HIMSS is pleased to have officials from many federal government agencies share their new initiatives currently underway to improve electronic health information sharing and support national health interoperability standards through education sessions and demonstrations at HIMSS13.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

#126: Reserved for AHRQ
Featuring Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, AHRQ
March 6, 2013
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Room 227

 

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

#165: Streamline Quality Measurement Reporting to Meet State and Federal Requirements
Featuring Dan Pollock, MD, Surveillance Branch Chief, CDC
March 7, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 271

 

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

Exhibitor Booth #: 2868

HIE Symposium (Pre-Conference): Closing Keynote: CMS Perspective on HIE
Featuring Jessica Kahn, MPH, Senior Technical Director, CMS
March 3, 2013
3:00 PM – 4:15 PM
Room 293
Separate fees apply for each symposium

#4: The Ins and Outs of Meaningful Use: Understanding Stage 1 Changes & Stage 2 Requirements
Featuring Robert Anthony, Policy Analyst, CMS
March 4, 2013
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
New Orleans Theater C

#23: Stage 1: EHR Incentive Programs
March 4, 2013
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
New Orleans Theater C

#62: Stage 2: EHR Incentive Programs
March 5, 2013
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
New Orleans Theater C

#81: CMS Town Hall: CMS eHealth: Building the Future
March 5, 2013
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
New Orleans Theater C

#131: ICD-10 and Administrative Simplification
March 6, 2013
8:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Room 294

#138: Views from the Administrator
Featuring Marilyn Tavenner, Acting Administrator, Chief Operating Officer, CMS
March 6, 2013
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
New Orleans Theater C

#178: CMS Quality Measurement
March 7, 2013
11:15 AM – 12:15 PM
New Orleans Theater C

 

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

#45: Federal Health Community Synergy Session
Featuring Dr. Terry Adirim, Director of the Office of Special Health Affairs, HRSA
March 4, 2013
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Room 255

 

 

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

#160: NIST Tools in Support of HealthCare Interoperability Testing
Featuring John Garguilo, Project Leader - Medical Devices, NIST; and Robert Snelick, Project Leader, NIST
March 7, 2013
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Room 245

 

National Library of Medicine (NLM)

Exhibitor Booth #: 4779

 

 

Office of Civil Rights (OCR)

#7: Federal Health Community Synergy Session
Featuring Leon Rodriguez, Director, OCR
March 4, 2013
12:15 PM – 1:15 PM
Room 255

#93: Update on OCR's Health Information Privacy Enforcement and Audit Program
Featuring Susan McAndrew, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy and Security, OCR; and David Holtzman, Senior Health Information Technology and Privacy Specialist, OCR
March 5, 2013
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Room 294

 

Office of the National Coordinator (ONC)

Meaningful Use Symposium (Pre-Conference): Opening Keynote
Featuring Kevin Larsen, MD, FACP, Medical Director, Meaningful Use, ONC
March 3, 2013
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Room 280
Separate fees apply for each symposium


#4: The Ins and Outs of Meaningful Use: Understanding Stage 1 Changes & Stage 2 Requirements
Featuring Steven Posnack, Director, Federal Policy Division, ONC
March 4, 2013
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
New Orleans Theater C

#42: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) Town Hall
Featuring Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC
March 4, 2013
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM
New Orleans Theater C

#100: Federal Health IT Safety Initiatives
Featuring Jodi Daniel, Director, Office of Policy and Planning, ONC; and Jacob Reider, MD, Chief Medical Officer, ONC
March 5, 2013
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
New Orleans Theater C

#119: eHealth: Empowering Patients as Partners in Health
Featuring Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN, Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy, ONC; and Lygeia Ricciardi, Acting Director, Office of Consumer eHealth, ONC
March 6, 2013
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
New Orleans Theater C

Keynote Session
Featuring Farzad Mostashari, MD, ScM, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, ONC
March 7, 2013
8:30 AM – 9:45 AM
Great Hall A

#159: ONC Health IT Certification Program: Multi Agency Panel Discussion
Featuring Judy Murphy, RN, FACMI, FHIMSS, FAAN, Deputy National Coordinator for Programs & Policy, ONC; and Carol Bean, Director, Office of Certification and Testing, ONC
March 7, 2013
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM
New Orleans Theater C

#191: ONC HIE Town Hall
March 7, 2013
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Room 383

 

Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)

Veterans Affairs Office of Acquisition & Logistics: Exhibitor Booth #: 7123

#2: Views from the Top: Current and Future State of Health Informatics for Veterans Health Administration
Featuring Theresa Cullen, Director, Health Informatics, VHA
March 4, 2013
9:45 AM – 10:45 AM
New Orleans Theater A

#26: Beyond Clinical Uses: VA's Other Uses of Shared Health Information
Featuring Arthur J. Paiva, Executive Director, Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record, VA
March 4, 2013
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Room 255

#88: VA Invited Session
Featuring Stephen Warren, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, VA
March 5, 2013
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Room 277