June 2007 Health Webcasts

June 1: HIT and Medicaid: Opportunities for States
June 20: HIT and the Safety Net

Reports from the State Alliance for e-Health Part I: HIT and Medicaid: Opportunities for States

Friday, June 1

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A consultation with experts from the State Alliance for e-Health Taskforce on Health Information Communication and Data Exchange. Here are some of the questions addressed during the May 16-17 meeting:

How can states bring Medicaid and HIT activities together? Can Medicaid create a funding stream to launch state-level HIT? Does the 90-10 match for Medicaid IT apply to electronic health records? Where have states found real savings through use of HIT for their Medicaid programs? With vendors knocking at the door, what can states do to learn from one another about how various products work for Medicaid? Transcripts of the May 16-17 meeting are available on-line at http://www.nga.org/portal/site/nga/menuitem.1f41d49be2d3d33eacdcbeeb501010a0/?vgnextoid=5066b5bd2b991110VgnVCM1000001a01010aRCRD#HIC.

This is one of a planned series of three web-assisted conferences to provide legislators and staff a glimpse into the deliberations of the State Alliance for e-Health. The Alliance has three task forces working to clarify areas where states may act and make recommendations. The other two task forces are the Health Information Protection Taskforce, addressing information privacy and security, and the Health Care Practice Taskforce, addressing the practice of medicine. For more information on the Alliance and its taskforces, go to http://www.nga.org/center/ehealth.

Speakers:

Anthony D. Rodgers,
Task Force on Health Information Communication and Data Exchange Co-Chair
Director, Arizona AHCCCS (Medicaid and SCHIP programs)

Shaun Alfreds**,
Health Policy Analyst
University of Southern Maine
Muskie School of Public Service
Institute for Health Policy

Event Resources:

PowerPoint presentations

This event is produced by the National Conference of State Legislatures under contract with the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. This web-assisted audioconference is financed in part by funds provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services E-Health Alliance Initiative. Addition funding was provided by HRSA/Bureau of Primary Health Care grant number U30CS07490. The program contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and participants and do not necessarily represent the official views of NGA, NCSL, or HRSA/BPHC.

HIT and the Safety Net

Wednesday, June 20, 2007
4:30 pm Eastern time

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Safety net providers have often led the way in health information and telemedicine. Health centers, major inner city hospitals and teaching centers have pioneered the use of electronic linkages to provide better care and reach populations that might not otherwise get needed expertise. Some communities have looked to shared information as a tool to improve continuity of care for people who are uninsured and outside the conventional payment and service systems. But caregivers to the poor tend to be undercapitalized. Are they still in the vanguard, or are they at risk of being left behind as the health system takes up HIT? What role will the safety net play in state-level HIT adoption? What special threats and opportunities does HIT present for the caregivers to economically vulnerable groups, and what can state lawmakers learn from past experiments and ongoing projects?

Speakers:

Cheryl Austein-Casnoff [Presentation]
Director Office of Health Information Technology
HRSA
David Cambpell [Presentation]
Chief Executive Officer
Community Health Network of West Virginia

Dr. Sarah Chouinard [Presentation]
Medical Director
WV Primary Care System Inc.
Mat Kendall [Presentation]
Director of Operations
Primary Care Information Project
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Speakers' resources:
HRSA Office of Health Information Technology fact sheet
HRSA Health Information Technology webpage
NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Primary Care Information Project
Community Health Network of West Virginia

Related resources:
NCSL project HITCh
Using Information Technology to Improve Health Quality and Safety in Community Health Centers
FCC Rural Health Care Pilot Program
Cal RHIO Safety Net Forum II
Establishing a Foundation for Medicaid’s Role in the Adoption of Health Information Technology: Opportunities, Challenges, and Considerations for the Future
The Value Of Electronic Health Records In Community Health Centers: Policy Implications, R. H. Miller and C. E. West
Health Affairs., January 1, 2007; 26(1): 206 - 214.
Health Information Technology And Quality Improvement For Community Health Centers, Fiscella and Geiger
Health Affairs.2006; 25: 405-412.

Health Webcasts

June 2007 Health Webcasts

June 1: HIT and Medicaid: Opportunities for States

June 20: HIT and the Safety Net

Reports from the State Alliance for e-Health Part I: HIT and Medicaid: Opportunities for States

Friday, June 1

HIT and the Safety Net

Health Webcasts