Time

Event

Location

10:00am – 12:00pm
3:00pm – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Galerie Booth Foyer
2^nd Floor

12:00pm – 4:00pm

Exhibitor Set-up

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

2:00pm – 3:30pm

AHQA Finance Committee

Galvez
5^th Floor

4:00pm – 5:30pm

AHQA LAC Meeting

Audubon
5^th Floor

6:00pm – 9:00pm

AHQA Board of Directors Meeting
(dinner will be served)

Galarie 3
2^nd Floor

7:00am – 12:00pm
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Galerie Booth Foyer
2^nd Floor

7:00am – 8:00am

Conference Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

7:30am – 8:30am

Special CEO Section Meeting about BQI funding out of QIO core contracts (breakfast will be served)

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

8:00am – 4:00pm

Speaker Ready Room

Iberville
4^th Floor

8:00am – 4:00pm

Press Office

Bacchus
4^th Floor

8:30am – 11:15am

CEO Section Meeting
(closed meeting)

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

8:30am – 11:15am

Medical Affairs Section Meeting
(closed meeting)

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

11:15am – 11:30am

Morning Break

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

11:30am – 12:30pm

Quartile Caucus Meetings

Quartile 1 Caucus Meeting

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

Quartile 2 Caucus Meeting

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

Quartile 3 Caucus Meeting

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

Quartile 4 Caucus Meeting

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

12:30pm – 1:30pm

MAS & CEO Section Joint Meeting
with Barry Straube and Terris King about SOW9 development (lunch will be served)

Salon D
3^rd Floor

12:30pm – 1:30pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall (1^st prize drawing)

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

1:30pm – 2:30pm

AHQA Opening Plenary session

Gary Curtis, CEO, Louisiana Health Care Review

David Schulke, Executive Vice President, AHQA

Sallie Cook, MD, outgoing AHQA President

Marc Bennett, incoming AHQA President

Candidates for President-Elect

Acadia
3^rd Floor

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, and

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

Acadia
3^rd Floor

3:30pm – 5:30pm

Voting for President-Elect during break and plenary

Galaries 1/3
2^nd Floor

4:00pm – 5:00pm

Plenary Session
“Pay for Performance and Public Reporting: The Latest Evidence”

Dale W. Bratzler, DO, MPH, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality - Bio

Acadia
3^rd Floor

6:00pm – 8:00pm

Welcome Reception

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

6:30pm – 8:30pm

Executive Committee Meeting
with Barry Straube and Terris King (dinner will be served)

Salon F
3^rd Floor

7:00am – 12:00pm
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Galerie Booth Foyer
2^nd Floor

7:00am – 8:00am

Conference Breakfast in Exhibit Hall

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

8:00am – 4:00pm

Speaker Ready Room

Iberville
4^th Floor

8:00am – 4:00pm

Press Office

Bacchus
4^th Floor

8:00am – 9:30am

Leadership Workshop I

(QIO governance and operations improvement session for Board Members, CEOs, COOs, and other leaders)

“Conflict of Interest and Organizational Integrity Standards”

Connie Wilkinson, JD, Epstein Becker & Green

Rodney Benson, JD, Director of CMS Office of Acquisition and Grants Management - Bio

Balcony I/K
4^th Floor

8:30am – 9:30am

Concurrent Sessions A1 – A7

A1: Case Review

“Quirk or Common?: How Many Charts are Enough to Know That an Incidental Quality Concern Does Not Represent a Pattern?”

John Brehm, MD, FACP, WVMI - Bio

Faisal Kahn, MBBS, MPH, WVMI - Bio

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

A2: Home Health

“Update on the Home Health Quality Alliance: How Can QIOs Get Involved?”

Mary St. Pierre, NAHC - Bio

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

A3: Hospital

“National Hospital Quality Initiatives Part I—Update about New IHI Campaign”

Joe McCannon, IHI - Bio

Connie Hubbel, KFMC

Thelma Baker, VHQC - Bio

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

A4: Prescription Drug

“Part D Project Evaluation and QIO Lessons Learned”

JiFeng Ma, PhD, Physician Practice Pharmacy QIOSC, FMQAI

Richard Welsh, RN, CPHQ, Physician Practice Pharmacy QIOSC, FMQAI

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

A5: Nursing Homes

“Integrating Quality Improvement in to HIT: Pressure Ulcer Prevention”

Siobhan Shakey, Institute of Clinical Outcomes Research

Sandra Hudak, Health Management Strategies - Bio

Alan Gibson, Country Villa Health Services - Bio

Eileen Wolfard, Lumetra

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

A6: Physician Office

“Care Management and Clinical Decision Support: The Foundation of a Strong Office Practice”

LuAnn Kimker, RN MSN, Masspro - Bio

Charles Parker, Masspro (moderator)

Q&A (via phone):

Sue Fleck, GTL, CMS

Jim Sorace, MD, GTL, CMS

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

A7: Efficiency Measures

“Measuring and Improving Efficiency and Quality of Care”

Bruce Bagley, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians - Bio

Tony Shih, MD, MPH, Commonwealth Fund - Bio

Jane Brock, MD, CFMC

Salon A/B
3^rd Floor

9:30am – 9:45am

Morning Break

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

9:45am – 10:45am

Plenary session

“Pay for Performance and Transparency”

Robert Berenson, MD, Urban Institute

Acadia
3^rd Floor

10:45am – 11:00am

Morning Break

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

11:00am – 11:45am

Plenary session

“QIO Contributions to Transparency Initiatives—Part I”

John Tooker, MD, Executive Vice President American College of Physicians, Co-Chair, Ambulatory Quality Alliance - Bio

Jennifer Lundblad, CEO, Stratis Health - Bio

Marcia Petrillo, CEO, Quality Partners of Rhode Island - Bio

Ted Will, CEO, IPRO - Bio

Acadia
3^rd Floor

11:45am – 12:45pm

Plenary Session

“QIO Contributions to Transparency Initiatives—Part II--BQI Pilot Sites”
Presentation 1
Presentation 2

Diane Mayberry, MHA, RN, CPHQ, MN Community Measurement - Bio

Betsy Clough, MPH, Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality - Bio

Cathie Markow, BSN, MBA, CCHRI, Pacific Business Group on Health

Judy George, MHSA, Delmarva Foundation (moderator) - Bio

Acadia
3^rd Floor

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Board of Directors Organizational Meeting
(closed meeting – lunch will be served)

Balconies J/K
4^th Floor

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall (2^nd prize drawing)

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

2:00pm – 3:00pm

Plenary Session

U.S. Representative Michael Burgess, MD (via two- way video teleconference)

U.S. Senator Max Baucus (recorded statement)

Acadia
3^rd Floor

3:00pm – 3:15pm

Afternoon Break

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

3:15pm – 4:15pm

Concurrent Sessions B1 – B7

B2: Home Health

“VNAA Disease Management Program”

Shelley Ludwick, VNAA - Bio

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

B3: Hospital

“National Hospital Quality Initiatives Part II—ACC Door to Balloon Time (D2B)”

Colleen Kordish, RN, Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital - Bio

Matthew E. Fitzgerald, DrPH, American College of Cardiology - Bio

Bruce Bagley, MD, American Academy of Family Physicians (moderator) - Bio

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

B4: Prescription Drug Therapy

“Best Practices of QIOs in Measuring and Improving the Quality of Pharmacotherapy”

Michael Tooke, MD, Delmarva Foundation

Carmen Tyler Winston, Delmarva Foundation

Sharon Donnelly, HealthInsight - Bio

Galina Priloutskaya, NMMRA - Bio

Elaine Krantzberg, RN, Physician Practice Pharmacy QIOSC, FMQAI (moderator)

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

B5: Nursing Homes

“Preventing Nursing Home Hospitalizations—A Special Study to help prepare for the SOW9 ”

Joseph Ouslander, MD, Emory University - Bio

Mary Perloe APRN-BC, GNP, GMCF - Bio

JoVonn Hughely, MPH, GMCF

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

B6: Physician Office

“Applying Legal Record Requirements to EHR Selections and Operations”

Reed Gelzer, MD, Advocates for Documentation Integrity and Compliance - Bio

“The Role of QIOs in HIT Contracting”

Mike Uretz, The EHR Group - Bio

Patricia Montoya, NMMRA (moderator)

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

B7: Communications

“Using Communications to Achieve Task Goals”

Paulette Strader, Primaris - Bio

Michael Jones, AQAF - Bio

Marc McCombs, WVMI

Tom Leyden, MPRO (moderator)

Salon A/B
3^rd Floor

3:15pm – 4:15pm

Leadership Workshop II

(QIO governance and operations improvement session for Board Members, CEOs, COOs, and other leaders)

“Strengthening Nonprofit Governance: Government Regulation vs. Self-Regulation”

Pat Read, Independent Sector - Bio

Acadia
3^rd Floor

4:25pm – 5:45pm

Leadership Workshop III (QIO governance and operations improvement session for Board Members, CEOs, COOs, and other leaders)

“Best Practices: Nuts and Bolts of QIOs Earning State Quality Awards and the Malcolm Baldrige Award” Experience of Successful State Quality Award Winners

Joy Hogan Rozman, President and CEO, VHQC - Bio

Kathryn Schulke, Senior Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton

Greg Simmons, President and CEO, MetaStar, Inc.

Acadia
3^rd Floor

4:30pm – 5:30pm

Concurrent Sessions C1 – C7

C1: Case Review/Communications

“Update about Political and Policy Environment for Case Review and Communications”

David Schulke, EVP, AHQA

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

C2:

“CMS Mentoring Program—QIO Peer to Peer Assistance to Succeed on the Medicare Contract”

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

C3: Hospital

“Motivating Hospital Leadership and Governing Body to Embrace Improvement”

Duncan Moore, University of Iowa

Dale Bratzler, DO, MPH, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality (moderator) - Bio

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

C4: Prescription Drug

“The Case for E-Prescribing: From Errors to Economics and Emergencies”

Rick Ratliff, SureScripts - Bio

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

C5: Finance and Human Resources

“An Organization in Transformation”

Nick Paslidis, MD,

Susie Moore, and

Leonus Shedd, MD, AFMC

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

C6: Physician Office

“Addressing Health Care Disparities and Improving Cultural Competency”

Steve Preston, PhD, CMS

Susan Brittman, QSource (moderator)

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

C7: QIO/VA Collaboration

“Opportunities for QIOs to Collaborate with Veterans Health Service”

Dede Ordin, MD, MPH, Veterans Health Administration

Salon A/B
3^rd Floor

6:15pm – 8:15pm

AHQA Network Meetings

Analytic Network

Balcony I
4^th Floor

CommNet

Balcony K
4^th Floor

FishNet

Balcony N
4^th Floor

HCQIP Network

Balcony M
4^th Floor

HPMP/Case Review

Balcony J
4^th Floor

7:00am – 12:00pm
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Conference Registration

Galerie Booth Foyer
2^nd Floor

7:00am – 8:00am

Conference Breakfast in Exhibit Hall (last day to receive information from exhibitors)

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

8:00am – 4:00pm

Speaker Ready Room

Iberville
4^th Floor

8:00am – 4:00pm

Press Office

Bacchus
4^th Floor

8:00am – 9:00am

Concurrent Plenary Session

“QIO Partnerships with Business Coalitions”

Marc Bennett, CEO, HealthInsight

Arja Adair, Jr, Colorado Foundation for Medical Care

Rick Royer, CEO, Primaris - Bio

Salon A/C
3^rd Floor

8:00am – 9:00am

Concurrent Plenary session

“Update from the Certification Commission for Health Information Technology (CCHIT)”

Alisa Ray, Executive Director, CCHIT - Bio

“Update on Standards for Lab Interfaces”

Leroy Jones, Health Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP) - Bio

Walter Sujansky, Sujansky & Associates, LLC - Bio

Scott Endsley, MD, MSc, HSAG (moderator)

Acadia
3^rd Floor

9:15am – 10:15am

Concurrent Sessions D1 – D7

D1: Patient Safety

“Update on PSO Implementation”

Jim Battles, AHRQ

“Understanding the Impact of EHRs on Physician Office Patient Safety Practices”

David Gans, MD, MGMA - Bio

Sallie Cook, MD, VHQC (moderator)

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

D2: Physician Office—Disparities

“Promising Strategies to Improve Mammography Screening Rates”

Robert Smith, PhD, American Cancer Society - Bio

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

D3: Continuity of Care

“Update About Dry Run Phase of Mortality Measures Project and Next Steps”

Maureen O’Brien, PhD, CFMC - Bio

Dima Turkmani, MPH, MBA, CFMC - Bio

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

D4: Communications

“OCSQ Strategic Plan” Cynthia Wark, CMS

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

D5: Nursing Home

“National Nursing Home Campaign Update”

Paul McGann, CMS

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

D6: Physician Office—DOQ-IT

“ DOQ-IT University : Using e-Learning to Assist Practices in EHR Adoption and Care Management”

Susan Ordway, Masspro - Bio

Charles Parker, Masspro (moderator)

Q&A (via phone):

Kathy Winchester, GTL, CMS

Sue Fleck, GTL, CMS

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

D7: Case Review

“Beneficiary Complaints, HPMP Error Rates and Expedited Case Review”

Sheila Blackstock, RN, BSN, JD, GTL, CMS

Salon A/B
3^rd Floor

10:15am – 10:30am

Morning Break

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

10:30am – 11:45am

Concurrent Sessions E1 – E6

E1: Transparency

“Supporting Transparency Efforts at the Local Level”

Jaz-Michael King, IPRO - Bio

Hillary Jalon, United Hospital Fund of New York - Bio

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

E2: HPMP/Case Review

“HPMP QIOSC Update: Payment Error Trends, LAMAs, and PEPPER Training”

Kimberly Hrehor MHA, RHIA, CHE, HPMP QIOSC, TMF Health Quality Institute - Bio

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

E3: Hospital

“Using Data to Drive Interventions and Create a Culture of Safety in Rural Hospitals: A Four-State Collaborative"

Karen Hannah, MBA, WVMI - Bio

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

E4: Prescription Drug

“Refining and Projecting Drug Therapy Quality Measures”

James Grant, MA, FMQAI - Bio

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

E5: Communications

“Shop Talk”

Evan Stults and

Deborah Finley, Communications QIOSC

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

E6: Physician Office

“Best Practices in Improving Cultural Competency”

Susan Brittman, UQIOSC

Anne Butzen, The Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence - Bio

Phillip Smith, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality - Bio

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

11:45am – 12:45pm

Lunch in Exhibit Hall (last prize drawing - exhibit hall closes after lunch)

Bissonet/Carondelet
3^rd Floor

12:45pm – 1:45pm

Abstract Sessions F1 – F7

F1: Analytic Methodologies

“National and State Comparisons of Health Status for Medicare Managed Care and Fee-For-Service Beneficiaries,”

Vijit Chinburapa PhD, CPHQ, Health Services Advisory Group - Bio

Galerie 1
2^nd Floor

F2: Rural/Critical Access Hospitals

“Using Patient Safety Collaboratives to Reduce Repeat Falls in Hospitals and Long Term Care Facilities,”

Karen Hannah, MBA, WVMI - Bio

Galerie 2
2^nd Floor

F3: Hospital

“Access Database: Using a Data Collection Tool to Assist Hospitals in Performance Improvement”

Nancy West, RNMPH, CPHQ, Qualis Health - Bio

Galerie 3
2^nd Floor

F4: Case Review

“Making a Difference - 21st Century Beneficiary Complaints,” Andrea Goldstein, RN, MS, IPRO - Bio

“Maximize Your Web Site: Designing for HPMP,” Judi McCabe R.N., MSHP, CPHQ, TMF Health Quality Institute - Bio

“An Innovative Tool for High-Low DRG Pair Monitoring in HPMP,” David Lomely, WVMI - Bio

Galerie 4
2^nd Floor

F5: Nursing Homes

“Skin Care Fair: A CNA Educational Module,” Deborah Serio, Louisiana Health Care Review, Inc.

Presentation 1
Presentation 2
Skin Care Fair Microsoft Word Document
Bio

Galerie 5
2^nd Floor

F6: Physician Office

“Engaging Physicians in Cultural Diversity Training to Improve Care to Underserved Populations,” Judith Barr, ScD - Bio, and Michele Albert - Bio, MPH, Qualidigm

“Beyond EMR: DOQ-IT's Role in Healthcare Quality Improvement,” Joseph Holtschlag, Masspro - Bio

“Understanding the Small Internal Medicine Practice,” Michael Barr - Bio, MD, MBA, FACP, American College of Physicians

“Working Outside of the Box: A Unique Approach to the Culture Matters Cultural Competency Initiative,” Jennifer P. Lundblad, PhD, MBA, Stratis Health - Bio

Galerie 6
2^nd Floor

F7: Measurement and Public Reporting

“Quality Measurement: Reducing the Data Collection Burden,” Crystal Kallem, RHIT, American Health Information Management Association - Bio

Salon A/B
3^rd Floor

2007 AHQA ANNUAL MEETING ADJOURNS
2pm CST