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Health Information Technology Champions (HITCh) Meeting

NCSL Fall Forum Meeting
San Antonio, Texas
December 5, 2006

The NCSL Foundation Partners project, HITCh, will begin its year-long study process.

For questions about this meeting, send an e-mail to Kala Ladenheim at kala.ladenheim@ncsl.org.  


Session 1: Welcome and Introductions 

Welcome

  • Senator Leticia Van de Putte, TX

Participants and Partners Introduction

Project Overview and Update 

  • Kala Ladenheim, Program Director, NCSL

Session 2: Building and Funding State-Level HIT Initiatives 

What’s going on in our host’s state: The TX Health IT Advisory Committee

  • Stephen Palmer, Policy Advisor, TX Health Care Policy Council

What’s going on in your state? We will have a discussion about other state-level HIT initiatives.  How do states build or encourage them?


Session 3:  HIT and Medicaid, Options and Opportunities

The Evolution of Medicaid and HIT

Medicaid as a RHIO Hub

Three opportunities: 

  • Data linking and analysis to improve programs and lower costs
  • Getting diagnostics information where it needs to go
    • Andrea Wallach, Quest Diagnostics
  • Keeping the focus on patients
    • Brooke Yoder, Cerner

Discussion

Group Discussion 

How can states use HIT to improve Medicaid programs? 

Foundation Gold Sponsor Reception

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