Register for the Live Webcast of the August 2nd 2013 eHealth Summit
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) invites you to participate in the 2013 eHealth Summit by webcast on Friday, August 2, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM ET. The summit will take place in Woodlawn, MD.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services eHealth initiative aligns health information technology (Health IT) and electronic standards programs. Together these eHealth initiatives will help the health care industry deliver higher quality care and reduce costs. The CMS eHealth Summit programs include:
- Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Record (EHR) Incentive Programs
- Quality Measurement
- Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS)
- Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting (Hospital IQR) Program
- eRx Incentive Program
- Administrative Simplification
- ICD-10
- Health Plan Identifier (HPID)
- Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
- Electronic Remittance Advice (RA)
On Friday August 2nd the 2013 eHealth Summit will be webcast. At the summit CMS wants to hear from key industry thought leaders on specific eHealth issues, challenges, and successful models. Panelists will also reflect on the present and potential future utilization of health IT. The day’s panels will include:
- Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services – Health Information Exchange
- Administrative Simplification Group – Interoperability 2.0: The Convergence of Administrative and Clinical Information and Transactions
- Privacy and Security – Challenges and Opportunities with Privacy and Health Information Technology
- Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs – Interoperability Through the Lens of a Healthcare Provider, CIO, Clinical Informaticist, and Developer
Learn more on how to participate and register for the webcast.
Resources from CMS eHealth
- eHealth Fact Sheet – The eHealth fact sheet provides an overview on eHealth and how it advances our nation’s health care.
- eHealth Roadmap – The CMS eHealth Roadmap shows how improved quality of care, better health outcomes, and reduced costs can be achieved through eHealth.
- What Administrative Simplification Does for You – The fact sheet gives an overview of Administrative Simplification and its connection to eHealth.
- 2013 PQRS Medicare EHR Incentive Pilot Participation Guide – The fact sheets guides providers through the participation process for the 2013 PQRS-Medicare EHR Incentive Pilot program, including information on how to submit quality measures for PQRS and the EHR Incentive Program simultaneously.