Advocacy Day

HIMSS and 35 other associations co-sponsored the seventh annual HIMSS Advocacy Day on June 10-11th in Washington, DC. It was our privilege to have your support in the ongoing transformation of healthcare using information technology and management systems. We hope you enjoyed your experience. Close to 300 individuals from 46 states representing a cross section of our industry and society attended HIMSS 7th Annual Advocacy Day!

PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE: If you missed a session, you can now download the presentations used during this year’s advocacy day.

Advocacy Day Agenda

Tuesday, June 10 | Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
999 Ninth Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001

2008 Message Briefing and Legislative Strategy Training (For ALL Capitol Hill Participants)
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.| Room: Renaissance AB

5:00 – 5:05 p.m.	Welcome to Washington, D.C. H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, President and CEO. HIMSS Richard A. Correll, President and CEO, CHIME/li>
5:05 – 5:45 p.m.	Legislative Update David W. Roberts, MPA, FHIMSS, Vice President, Government Relations, HIMSS - Moderator Thomas M. Leary, MA, FHIMSS, Senior Director, Federal Affairs, HIMSS - Regulatory Update Robert J. Waters, MPA, JD, Partner, Drinker Biddle & Reath, LLP - Telehealth Update Neal Neuberger, CISSP, Executive Director- HIT Legislation Update Download the presentation >>
5:45 – 5:55 p.m.	Follow the Money: How Federal Dollars Flow Ned McCulloch, JD, Chair, HIMSS Advocacy & Public Policy Steering Committee Joseph A. Tracy, MS, Vice President - Telehealth Services, Lehigh Valley Hospital & Health Network Download the presentation >>
5:55 – 6:15 p.m.	Our three “Asks” for Capitol Hill Andrea M. Tull, Government Relations, MultiCare Health Systems
6:15 – 6:25 p.m.	Anatomy of a Hill Visit Skit
6:25 – 6:50 p.m.	Capitol Hill Role Playing K. Meredith Taylor, MPH, Manager, State Government Relations, HIMSS - Moderator
6:50 – 7:00 p.m.	Concluding Comments with Q&A Carla Smith, FHIMSS, CNM, Executive Vice President, HIMSS

HIMSS Communities Reception
7:00 – 8:30 p.m. | Room: Renaissance East

Wednesday, June 11 | Renaissance Washington DC Hotel
999 Ninth Ave., NW Washington, DC 20001
Room: Grand North

Networking Breakfast Reception
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.

2008 Advocacy Day Overview
8:00 – 8:10 a.m.

Dave Roberts, FHIMSS, Vice President, Government Relations, HIMSS - The Value of Advocacy Day
H. Stephen Lieber, CAE, President and CEO. HIMSS – Launch of the Institute for E-health Policy
Karen Edison, MD, Chair of Telehealth Leadership Initiative

National Introduction of the HIMSS Electronic Health Record Vendors Association (EHRVA) White Papers on Interoperability and Privacy & Security
8:10 – 8:25 a.m.

Jan Lee, MD, Vice President, Knowledgebase and Content NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc.
Floyd Eisenberg, MD, MPH, Senior Physician Consultant, Siemens

Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
John Wade, Chairman, HIMSS Board of Directors
8:25 – 8:30 a.m.

Keynote Address – A View from Capitol Hill on HIT
8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

The Honorable Allyson Y. Schwartz (D-PA) Member, United States House of Representatives, member of the House Budget Committee, Ways and Means Committee and New Democrats Coalition

Break - 9:00 – 9:15 a.m.

Policy Panel 1:
Davies Award Winning Stories – We Did IT, So Can You!
9:15 – 10:15 a.m.

Neil Calman, MD, President and CEO, Institute for Family Health, 2007 Public Health Recipient
Daniel Griffin, MD, Alpenglow Medical, PLCC, 2006 Ambulatory Recipient
Susan Heichert, VP Health Information and System, Allina Hospitals and Clinic, 2007 Organizational Recipient
David Collins, CPHIMS, FHIMSS, Sr. Manager of the Davies Awards Program, HIMSS- Moderator

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Break - 10:15 – 10:30 a.m.

Policy Panel 2: Point/Counterpoint – Privacy & Security Issues
10:30 – 11:30 p.m.

Deborah Peel, MD, Founder of Patient Privacy Rights
Howard Burde, JD, Blank Rome LLP
Lisa Gallagher, BSEE, CISM, Sr. Director of Privacy and Security, HIMSS- Moderator

Break and lunch setup - 11:30 – 11:45

Lunch - 11:45

Presentation of the HIMSS 2008 State Advocacy Awards
12:10 – 12:40 p.m.

State Leadership Award, The Honorable
Herb Conaway, MD, Member, New Jersey General Assembly – Presented by John Hansmann, HIMSS Board Member
State Leadership Award, The Honorable Rhonda M. Medows, MD FAAFP, Georgia Department of Community Health – Presented by Justin Barnes, HIMSS Advocacy & Public Policy Steering Committee Member and HIMSS EHRVA Executive Committee Member
State Award, New York, Accepted by Lori M. Evans, Deputy Commissioner for the Office of Health Information Technology Transformation at the New York State Department of Health – Presented by Miriam Paramore, HIMSS Board Member and Charlie Jarvis, HIMSS EHRVA Executive Committee Member
State Award, Tennessee, Accepted by Melissa Hargiss, Assistant Director of the Tennessee eHealth Initiative – Presented by Victoria Bradley, HIMSS Board Vice Chair

Concluding Comments
12:40 – 12:45 p.m

Blair R. Hedgepeth, Senior Manager of Congressional Affairs, HIMSS

Travel to Capitol Hill (Shuttle service provided)
12:45 – 1:20 p.m

Advocacy Day Visits on Capitol Hill
(Location Varies) 1:30 – 5:00 p.m.

For your first visit, please meet your group outside of the Member’s office 10 minutes before your meeting.
Attend a Congressional Hearing
Visit the Congressional Gift Shops
Visit Union Station
Visit the Library of Congress

Networking Reception and Federal Leadership Awards Ceremony The Library of Congress, Madison Building, Montpelier Room, Independence Ave SE, between1st & 2nd Streets
5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Federal Leadership Award, The Honorable Sheldon Whitehouse (D-Rhode Island) – Presented by John Wade, HIMSS Board Chair
Federal Leadership Award, The Honorable Phil Gingrey, MD (R-Georgia) – Presented by Chuck Christian, HIMSS Board Chair-Elect (2008–2009)
Federal Leadership Award, Rob Kolodner, MD, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology – Presented by Barry Chaiken, MD, HIMSS Board Chair-Elect (2009–2010)

Below are a few of the documents used for meetings with members of Congress and their staff. PRESENTATIONS NOW AVAILABLE: If you missed a session, you can now download the presentations used during this years advocacy day.

Dear Colleague Letter in support of EMEDS Legislation
Advocacy Day Ask One Pagers
Advocacy Day Talking Points
Legislative Principles
Hill Dining Areas

HIMSS would like to thank this year’s co-sponsors:

Association of Clinicians for the Underserved (ACU)
American Hospital Association (AHA)
American Hospital Association – Solutions (AHA – Solutions)
Alliance for Nursing Informatics (ANI)
Association of Medical Directors of Information Systems (AMDIS)
American Association for Medical Transcription (AAMT)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP)
American Telemedicine Association (ATA)
California HealthCare Information Organization (CalRHIO)
CAP/SNOMED College of American Pathology
Capitol Hill Steering Committee on Telehealth and Healthcare Informatics
Center for Information Therapy
Telehealth Leadership Initiative
College of Healthcare Information Management Executives (CHIME)
Electronic Health Record Vendors Association (EHRVA)
Health Tech Strategies
Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE)
Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network
Microsoft Health User Group
Modern Healthcare
National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO)
National Association for Public Health Information Technology (NAPHIT)
North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance (NCHICA)
Pennsylvania eHealth Initiative
RCHN Community Health Foundation
Rural Health Resource Center
The Summit Health Institute for Research and Education, Inc. (SHIRE)
Texas Organization of Rural and Community Hospitals (TORCH)
The Department of Medical Informatics & Clinical Epidemiology of Oregon Health & Science University
Technology Informatics Guiding Education Reform Initiative (TIGER)
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
UPMC Health Plan
Institute of Federal Health Care
Zarb Consulting