NAHDO Announcements

For Immediate Release
Wednesday, November 19, 2014
Contact:press@cms.hhs.gov

CMS Creates New Chief Data Officer Post

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today announced the formation of the Office of Enterprise Data and Analytics (OEDA) which will be led by Niall Brennan, the agency’s first Chief Data Officer (CDO), and tasked with overseeing improvements in data collection and dissemination as the agency strives to be more transparent. OEDA will help CMS better harness its vast data resources to guide decision-making and develop frameworks promoting appropriate external access to and use of data to drive higher quality, patient-centered care at a lower cost.

The upcoming AMIA’s “Public/Population Health Informatics” PreSymposium will be held in Washington DC on Sat Nov 15th. A record-setting attendance is expected this year with more than 95 attendees including 15 speakers.

More information about the presymposium and webcast registration can be found at:
http://www.amia.org/amia2014/tutorials (see WG06)

There is also a $75 flat fee live webinar option available for attendees that cannot travel on Sat Nov 15th and are not planning to attend AMIA's symposium.

Thanks again for supporting the PHI presymposium.

Regards,

Hadi Kharrazi, MHI MD PhD

SAVE THE DATE 

CMS Tribal Affairs Webinar American Indians & Alaska Natives in the Marketplace

Wednesday November 5, 2014

1:00 - 2:00 pm, Eastern Time (ET)

Need Outpatient Surgery?
VHI Guide Helps Consumers Learn about Outpatient Procedures and Those Performing Them
 
Richmond, VA --- When faced with a need for an outpatient procedure, Virginia Health Information’s (VHI) Consumer Guide to Outpatient Procedures helps Virginians learn more about commonly performed outpatient procedures and where they are performed.  Located at www.vhi.org/outpatient, the free online guide describes why a procedure may be needed, questions to ask your doctor and information to help you compare and select where the procedure will be performed.
 

Deadline set for October 1, 2015

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued a rule today finalizing Oct. 1, 2015 as the new compliance date for health care providers, health plans, and health care clearinghouses to transition to ICD-10, the tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases. This deadline allows providers, insurance companies and others in the health care industry time to ramp up their operations to ensure their systems and business processes are ready to go on Oct. 1, 2015.

For more information on the rule, view the press release.

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA)
Public Health Informatics Working Group Webinar Series

Presents:

Population Health Management Systems – What are they and how can they help public health?

August 18th, 2004
1:00 – 2:30 PM EDT

"The West Health Policy Center announced today that it is in the process of contracting with the University of New Hampshire to create a “Manual for APCD Development.” The University of New Hampshire and the National Association of Health Data Organizations supports and staffs the APCD Council, which, since its inception in 2007, has worked with many states to facilitate the planning and implementation of state-based APCDs. Over the years, states have requested guidance in several common areas, and the Council has developed a number of white papers and presentations to address these issues. Packaging these materials and lessons learned into a manual will formally collate the collective learnings from states, and promote uniformity in a structured document to guide all facets of APCD planning for states."

Read the whole article here!

A State Policy Framework for Integrating Health and Social Services
by Tricia McGinnis, Maia Crawford, and Stephen A. Somers

Abstract
Recognizing that health is determined by a variety of interrelated factors, states are looking to connect health care, public health, and social services to help achieve improved population health, better care, and reduced cost of care.