Final Agenda

National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics

June 3-4, 1997

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Federal Building
450 Golden Gate Avenue
San Francisco, California

Perspectives on Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Standards and Medical/Clinical Coding and Classification Issues in Implementation of Administrative Simplification Provisions of P.L.104-191

Minutes of the Meeting

Tuesday, June 3, 1997

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9:00 a.m.

Call to Order

Welcome and Introductions

Review of Agenda

Dr. Detmer

Dr. Iezzoni

9:05 a.m.

Panel On Insurers, Health Plans and Providers

Sharon Ferrel
Larry Matejka
California Billing Association

Joe Harrington, Administration, Lodi Memorial Hospital

Dorel Harms, VP Professional Service, California Healthcare Assoc.

Kay Franks, MBA, Sutter Memorial Hospital

10:45

Break

11:00 a.m.

Panel on Public Health and Research

George Flores, M.D.
Sonoma County Dept. of Health Services

Ciaran Phibbs, Department of Veterans Affairs, Center for Health Care Evaluation

Mark Schiller, Ph.D.

Nelda McCall, President, Laguna Research Associates

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Panel on Public Health and Research

Robert Newcomer, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Harold Luft, Ph.D. Professor of Health Economics, Institute for Health Policy Studies

Mitchell LaPlante, Ph.D., Director Disability Statistics Rehabilitation Research and Training Center

George (Peter) B Abbott, M.D. Acting Chief, Center for Health Statistics

3:30 p.m.

Break

3:45 p.m.

Panel on Public Hospitals, Community Health Centers, and Academic Medical Centers

Daniel Essin, M.D., LAC+USC Medical Center
Shahla Yaghmai, Ph.D.
L.A. County-Department of Health Services

Edward (Ted) Shortliffe, M.D., PhD.
Stanford University Section on Medical Informatics

4:15 p.m.

Advocacy Panel

Eileen Hansen
AIDS Legal Referral Panel

Marj Plumb
Gay and Lesbian Medical Association

5:00 p.m.

Open Forum, Questions and Answers

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

Wednesday, June 4, 1997

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9:00 a.m.

Call to Order

Introductions

Dr. Detmer

Dr. Iezzoni

9:05 a.m.

Advocacy Panel (continued)

Benson Nadell, Long Term Care Ombudsman

Heidi Tom, Project Coordinator, Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum

Jean Campbell, Ph.D. Professor, Missouri Institute of Mental Health

Rita Moyer, President/CEO, National Health Foundation

10:00a.m.

Panel on Integrated Health Systems and Employers

Marianne Laouri, Director of Quality Measurement and Research, PacifiCare

Michael Ralston, M.D.
Quality Demonstration, Kaiser Permanente California Division - North

Mark Quillici, Special Projects Manager, CalPers

David Hopkins, Ph.D.
Health Information Inprovement, Pacific Business Group on Health

Robin Wythe, Pacific Telesis

11:00 a.m.

Break

11:15 a.m.

State Health Data Panel

Rick Peters, M.D.
Claaudi Tessier
ASTM Representatives

Kathy McCaffrey, Deputy Director, Health Facility Data Division

Denise Love, Director, Office of Health Data Analysis, Utah Dept. of Health

Jim Loyd, Acting Executive Director, Texas Health Care Information Council

12:30 p.m.

Lunch

1:30 p.m.

Provider Panel

Ann Geyer, President and CEO, Healthcare Data Information Corporation

Tom Trabin, Ph.D., Institute for Behavioral Research

Gretchen Swanson, President, Swanson and Company, Inc.

David Manigault
Cohr

Pat Forbis, Assoc. Executive Director, American Association for Medical Transcription

3:15 p.m.

Break

3:30 p.m.

Provider Panel (cont.)

Geraldine Olivia, Director, Family Health Outcomes Project

David Schinderle, St. Joseph Health System

Michael Kassis, Project Director, California Health Information for Policy Project

Michael Ball, California Health Information Corporation

Dr. Anthony Nespole, Medical Director CMRI

4:30 p.m.

Open Forum, Questions and Answers

Philip Marshall, M.D.

5:30 p.m.

Adjourn

Other Testimony Received

Jeanne Scott, Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT)

Barbara Simons, U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing