HIT Policy Committee Meeting: February 17, 2010
Recommendations on CMS and ONC Rules
Agenda, Documents, How to Participate Remotely
Health IT Policy Committee meeting on Feb 17, 2010 focuses on recommendations to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on the Notice for Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) about EHR incentives and to Office of National Coordinator for Health IT on the Interim Final Rule (IFR) on Certification Criteria.
Time: 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m./Eastern
Location:  Washington, DC

Agenda [PDF - 393 KB]
10:00 a.m. CALL TO ORDER – Judy Sparrow, ONC for Health IT
10:05 a.m. Opening Remarks – David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
10:15 a.m. Review of the Agenda – Paul Tang, Vice Chair of the Committee
10:20 a.m. Meaningful Use Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM)
- Paul Tang, Chair
- George Hripcsak, Co-Chair
11:30 a.m. Adoption/Certification Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on the NPRM and the Interim Final Rule (IFR) on Certification Criteria
- Paul Egerman, Co-Chair
- Marc Probst, Co-Chair
12:00 p.m. LUNCH BREAK
12:45 p.m. Information Exchange Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on Health Information Exchange in the NPRM
- Deven McGraw, Chair
- Micky Tripathi, Co-Chair
1:30 p.m. Privacy & Security Policy Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on the Privacy & Security Objective in the NPRM
- Deven McGraw, Chair
- Rachel Block, Co-Chair
2:30 p.m. NHIN Workgroup Recommendations
- David Lansky, Chair, NHIN Workgroup
- Daniel Weitzner, Co-Chair, NHIN Workgroup
- Farzad Mostashari, Office of the National Coordinator
3:15 p.m. Update: Strategic Plan Workgroup
- Paul Tang, Chair, Strategic Plan Workgroup
- Jodi Daniel, Co-Chair
3:45 p.m. Public Comment
4:00 p.m. Adjourn

Documents
–Meaningful Use Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on the NPRM [PPT - 1.22 MB]
NPRM Recommendations [PDF - 488 KB]
–Adoption/Certification Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on the NPRM and IFR on Certification Criteria [PPT - 1.15 MB]
–Information Exchange Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on Health Information Exchange in the NPRM [PPT - 229 KB]
–Privacy & Security Policy Workgroup: Comments & Discussion on the Privacy & Security Objective in the NPRM [PPT - 216 KB]
–NHIN Workgroup Recommendations [PPT - 1.14 MB]