Transforming Healthcare: Information Technology Tools for Accountable Care Organizations

Join us for the next Capitol Hill HIT lunch briefing program Wednesday, April 6th, 12:00 – 1:45 pm in Room SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building focused on: “Transforming Healthcare: Information Technology Tools for Accountable Care Organizations”.

Join us for the next Capitol Hill HIT lunch briefing program Wednesday, April 6th, 12:00 – 1:45 pm in Room SD-562 Dirksen Senate Office Building focused on: “Transforming Healthcare: Information Technology Tools for Accountable Care Organizations”.

Wikipedia defines an accountable care organization (ACO) as “a type of payment and delivery reform model that starts to tie provider reimbursements to quality metrics and reductions in the total cost of care for an assigned population of patients”.  The implementation of various healthcare information technologies are viewed as critical to the success of ACOs.  Many private sector healthcare organizations and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services are actively exploring how IT can best be utilized for ACOs.

Some of the nation’s leading policy experts regarding the intersect of ACOs and HIT will be on hand April 6th to help address your questions

The program is publically available and widely attended, and a box lunch will be served.  To register please email: [email protected] or [email protected] 

Draft Program:

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (Invited)
• Lisa Harvey-McPherson, Vice President, Eastern Maine Healthcare System & Home Care Technology Association of America
• Pamela Friedman, Vice President, Strategy and Governance, Ingenix, Inc. 
• Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (TBD) 
• Keith Figlioli, Senior Vice President of Informatics, Premier Healthcare Alliance

The sessions are part of a 2011 series of educational programs on behalf of the Capitol Hill “Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics.”  Ongoing Steering Committee Honorary Co-Chairs include: Senators Kent Conrad (D-N.D.); Mike Crapo (R-ID); John Thune (R-S.D.); Tom Udall (D-N.M); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.); and, Representatives Tim Murphy (R-PA); Rep. David Wu (D-OR); Rep. Tom Price (R-GA); Rep. Eric Cantor (R-VA); and, Rep. Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA)

The program is being convened collaboratively by the 19 year-long Capitol Hill “Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics”, which has convened more than 150 widely attended educational sessions and healthcare technology demonstrations since 1993 for Members of Congress, congressional staff, key federal agency officials, industry professionals and the general public. Visit www.e-healthpolicy.org for more program information.