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MEETING AGENDA

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Time

Event

Location

7:30am – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

8:00am – 11:15am

Leadership Meeting

(Breakfast will be served)
(private meeting—separate registration required)

8:15am – 8:45am

AHQA Business
Marc Bennett, AHQA President

8:45am – 9:45am

Governance
Anne McGeorge, National Managing Partner of the

Healthcare Practice, Grant Thornton, and Jennifer

Lundblad, PhD, MBA, CEO, Stratis Health

9:45am – 11:15am

The following CMS staff will be meeting with CEOs, medical directors, and other senior staff:

Barry Straube, Terris King, Paul McGann, Jean

Moody-Williams, Rod Benson, Teresa Titus-

Howard and Brian Hebbel

Grand Salons H, I & J

11:30am – 12:15pm

Quartile Caucus Meetings

(closed meeting – AHQA Institutional Member staff and Board members only)

 

Quartile 1 Caucus Meeting

Meeting Room 9

Quartile 2 Caucus Meeting

Grand Salons H, I, & J

Quartile 3 Caucus Meeting

Grand Salons A & B

Quartile 4 Caucus Meeting

Grand Salons C & D

12:15pm – 1:30pm

 

General Conference Lunch
with Rod Benson and Brian Hebbel, OAGM,

CMS to discuss contract issues

Grand Salon F

1:30pm – 2:30pm

 

AHQA Opening Plenary session

T. Logan Malone, Ed.D, CEO, FMQAI

Marc Bennett, President and Chief Executive Officer, HealthInsight

Greg Simmons, CEO, MetaStar

David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA

Fred Ferree, CEO, AQAF and President of James Q. Cannon Endowment Board of Directors Remarks by candidates for AHQA President-Elect

Grand Salon E

2:30pm – 3:30pm

CMS Plenary session

Barry Straube, MD, Director, Office of Clinical

Standards and Quality/ Chief Medical Officer, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Marc Bennett, President and Chief Executive Officer, HealthInsight (moderator)

Grand Salon E

3:30pm – 4:30pm

Afternoon Break—Voting for President-Elect

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Plenary Session

“Integrating National Standards and Priorities with the Need for Local Innovation and Control: The Challenge for Data Sharing, Quality Improvement, and Value-Driven Healthcare”

Lewis G. Sandy, MD, Senior Vice President of Clinical Advancement, United Healthcare and Andrew Webber, President and Chief Executive

Officer, National Business Coalition on Health Marc Bennett, President and Chief Executive Officer, HealthInsight (moderator)

Grand Salon E

7:00pm – 9:00pm

AHQA/CMS Senior Leadership Meeting

(AHQA Executive Committee)

(Dinner will be served) (private meeting)

Meeting Room 11

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Time

Event

Location

7:30am – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

7:30am – 8:30am

General Conference Breakfast

Grand Salon F


 

 

8:30am – 9:30am

Concurrent Sessions A1 – A3

 

 

A1: Leadership/Communications

“ The QIO Program in a New Brand World: The CMS Perspective ”

Kelly Anderson, CMS

Melissa Hill, OFMQ (moderator)

Grand Salons B, C & D

 

A2: Patient Safety

“Rising to the Challenge – Prevention and Treatment of High Risk Pressure Ulcers”

Lynne Woods and Lucy Rogers, Ethica Health & Retirement Communities

Marilyn Reierson, Stratis Health (moderator)

Grand Salon H

 

A3: Data Analysis

“ Maximizing Efficiency in Quality Measures:  Examining the Cost-Effectiveness of Integrating  Clinical, Laboratory and Administrative Data ”

Anne Elixhauser, AHRQ

Grand Salon A

 

9:45am – 10:45am

Plenary Session

“Activating Consumers to Improve Quality and Outcomes”

Judith Hibbard, University of Oregon

David Schulke, AHQA (moderator)

Grand Salon E

10:45am – 11:00am

Morning Coffee Break

 

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

11:00am – Noon

Concurrent Sessions B1 – B4

 

 

B1: Disparities

“Disparities Update”

Terris King, Deputy Director, OCSQ, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Logan Malone, Ed.D, CEO, FMQAI (moderator)

Grand Salons B, C & D

 

B2: Leadership

“Chartered Value Exchanges and QIOs” Panel Presentation about work with CVEs on Care Transitions and performing data aggregation for CVEs

John Weisendanger, MHA, WVMI and Jackie Rosenblatt, Ph.D., MPRO

Dawn Fitzgerald, MS, MBA, Center for Healthcare Quality, QSource (moderator)

Grand Salon A

 

Time

Event

Location

11:00am – Noon

Concurrent Sessions B1 – B4 (continued)

 

 

B3: Patient Safety

“Achieving the Triple Aim: The Simultaneous Pursuit of Population Health, Enhanced Individual Care, and Controlled Costs for a Population”

Bonnie Zell, CDC

Grand Salon H

 

B4: Communications

“ Input Your Data – Output Your Website:  An AHRQ Web-Based Tool for Quality and Utilization Reporting ”

Anne Eli xhauser, AHRQ

Michele Johnson, AHQA (moderator)

Grand Salon G

Noon – 1:00pm

Board of Directors Organizational Meeting

(Lunch will be served)

Meeting Room 4

Noon – 1:00pm

General Conference Lunch

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

Noon – 1:00pm

QIPRO Presentation about EHRez

Grand Salon G

1:15pm – 2:15pm

 

Plenary session

CMS Regional Office Update

Teresa Titus-Howard, ARA, CMS Kansas City Regional Office

Greg Simmons, CEO MetaStar (moderator)

Grand Salon E

2:30pm – 3:30pm

Concurrent Sessions C1 – C4

 

 

 

C1: Patient Safety

“ Managing Risk for Hospital-Acquired Infections – An Emerging “Perfect Storm” of Liability ”

Russ Nassof, TRC

Grand Salon H

 

 

 

C2: Care Transitions

“Care Transitions Update”

Jane Brock, MD, MSPH, CFMC

Grand Salon A

 

C3: Leadership/Communications

“The Art of Branding the QIO”

Richard Earle, The Regis Group, Inc.

Grand Salons B, C & D

 

C4: Beneficiary Protection

“ Updating QIO Manuals and Standardization of the SOW9”

Lance Coss, Health Insight, and

Tom Kessler, CMS (via phone)

Grand Salon G

3:30pm – 3:45pm

Mid-Afternoon Break

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

Time

Event

Location

3:45pm – 4:45pm

Concurrent Sessions D1 – D4

 

 

D1: Patient Safety

“MRSA and NHSN”

Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, OFMQ

Grand Salon H

 

 

D2: Prevention

“Prevention Theme Update”
Sallie Cook, MD, VHQC

Grand Salon G

 

D3: Leadership

“ Compliance Update: New Government Business Ethics Regulations and Other Requirements ”
Constance Wilkinson, Epstein Becker & Green,

Rod Benson, CMS, and Brian Hebbel, CMS

David Schulke, AHQA (moderator)

Grand Salons B, C & D

 

D4: Communications/ HCQIP

“Proactive Planning and Project Execution in a Limited Resource Environment”

Linda Sion, IPRO

Grand Salon A

5:00pm – 7:00pm

Network Meetings

 

 

FishNet

Grand Salon H

 

HCQIP Network

Grand Salon G

 

Case Review/Beneficiary Protection Network/ Workgroup Meeting

Grand Salon I

Thursday, February 26, 2009

Time

Event

Location

7:30am – 12:00pm

Conference Registration

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

7:30am – 8:30am

General Conference Breakfast

Grand Salon F

8:30am – 9:30am

Plenary Session

“Beneficiary Protection Redesign”

Jean Moody-Williams, Director, Quality Improvement Group, CMS

Marc Bennett, President and Chief Executive

Officer, HealthInsight (moderator)

Grand Salon E

9:45am – 10:45am

Concurrent Sessions E1 – E4

 

 

E1: Prevention

“RHIO – From Concept to Community Application to Improve Quality”

Greg Larkin, The Indiana Health Information Exchange

Michele Johnson, AHQA (moderator)

Grand Salon G

Time

Event

Location

9:45am – 10:45am

Concurrent Sessions E1 – E4 (continued)

 

 

E2: Patient Safety

“Positive Deviance”

Cheryl Creen, MSN, RN, V A Pittsburgh Healthcare System

John Wiesendanger, MHA, WVMI (moderator)

Grand Salon H

 

E3: Beneficiary Protection

“Reforming the Beneficiary Complaint Process”

Lance Coss, Health Insight, and Andrea Goldstein, IPRO 

David Schulke, AHQA (moderator)

Grand Salon A

 

E4: Leadership/Finance

“Detailed Discussion of FISMA Audit Process”

Mary Ellen Dalton, PhD, MBA, RN, HSAG

Mark Emery, HSAG

Grand Salons B, C & D

10:45am – 11:00am

Morning Break

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

11:00am – 12:00pm

Concurrent Sessions F1 – F4

 

 

F1: Leadership

“Latest Regulatory Developments Impacting QIO Ability to be Patient Safety Organizations”
Peggy Binzer, McKenna Long & Aldridge

Rick Royer, Primaris (moderator)

Grand Salon A

 

F2: Beneficiary Protection

“The Care Guidelines and Quality Healthcare”

Louise Bower, RN, Milliman Care Guidelines

Bruce Ehrle, AHQA (moderator)

Grand Salon G

 

F3: Finance

“Changes in DCAA Accounting System Reviews”
Noah Leiden, Navigant

Malcolm Holley, MA, Delmarva Foundation of the District of Columbia (moderator)

Grand Salon H

 

F4: Patient Safety

“Building State-Level Capacity for Quality Improvement & Safety:  Using Coalitions Effectively”

John Wiesendanger, MHA, WVMI, and

John Combes, MD, American Hospital Association

Grand Salons B, C & D

12:00pm – 1:00pm

General Conference Lunch

Grand Ballroom Foyers E & F

Time

Event

Location

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Abstract Sessions G1 – G4

 

 

G1: Outpatient

“Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of an Electronic Medical Record Prompt for Bone Density Testing,”
Sharon Rolnick, PhD, MPH, HealthPartners Research Foundation

“Multi-Tasking: GFR Results for CKD Detection, Tracking, Treatment, and Patient Self-Management,”
Laura Gamba, BA, CBA, FMQAI (pdf)

Grand Salon H

 

G2: Communications

“Partnering for Patients P-for-P (P4P),”
Debra Nixon, HGA

“Leveraging AHRQ’s Outreach Materials to Support Success in the Medicare 9th Scope of Work,” Allan J. Lazar, MBA, AHRQ

Grand Salon G

 

G3: Patient Safety

“ Reduction of Use of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in the Elderly,”
Jay Gold, MD, JD, MPH, MetaStar

“Habitat for MRSA Reduction: Building a Statewide Collaborative,”
Anne Timmins, BChD, MPH, NMMRA

Grand Salon A

 

G4: Analytic Methodologies

“Geographic Analysis of Patterns of Data to Target Efforts with Recruited Physicians,”
Diane Chronis and Jifeng Ma, PhD, FMQAI

Grand Salons B, C & D

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