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Tuesday 8/26/2008
*Time*	*Place*	*Activity*
08:30AM - 10:15AM	Ballroom III & IV	Welcome to QualityNet 2008 - "Rising to the Challenge: New Heights in Healthcare Value and Quality" Barry M. Straube, M.D., CMS Chief Medical Officer, Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ) Keynote Speech: "Improving Quality of Care Across Settings" Eric Coleman, M.D., MPH, Professor, Division of Health Care Policy and Research and Geriatric Medicine at the University of Colorado, Denver
08:35AM - 10:15AM	Plenary Breakout Rooms	*Concurrent Breakout Sessions...*

9:00

10:00

SIB Meeting

Quentin Tyson, ISG, OCSQ, CMS

Information Technology / Security

Room 345

10:15AM - 10:30AM	Ballroom Lobby	*Break*
10:30AM - 12:00PM	Plenary Breakout Rooms	*Concurrent Breakout Sessions...*

10:30	12:00	Key Changes in the Beneficiary Protection Theme Donna Williamson, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; Thomas Kessler, QIG, OCSQ, CMS	Beneficiary Protection	Room 327
10:30	12:00	Prevention CORE Eugene Freund, MD, MSPH, CAPT., USPHS, Senior Clinical Advisor, QIG, OCSQ, CMS	Prevention (Core)	Room 336
10:30	12:00	The CMS-National Patient Safety Initiative Elizabeth A. Donohoe, M.D., M.H.S.A., QIG, OCSQ, CMS; Jade Perdue, QIG, OCSQ, CMS	Patient Safety	Room 337/338
10:30	12:00	CARE Transitions - The Promise and the Plan Michael Rapp, MD., JD, FACEP, QMHAG, CMS; Doug Brown, QMHAG, CMS; Joanne Lynn, M.D., Support QIO Lead, CMS	Care Transitions (Sub-national)	Room 340
10:30	12:00	OCSQ Leadership, DQI Leadership, QIO CEOs Meeting n/a	OCSQ Leadership	Room 341/342
10:30	12:00	Fistula First Breakthrough Initiative - Past, Present, and Future - JOINT SESSION with ESRD Participants Mary King, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; Teresa Casey, RD, LD., QIG, OCSQ, CMS	CKD (Sub-national)	Room 344 ESRD

12:00PM - 01:00PM	Ballroom III & IV	Lunch
01:00PM - 03:15PM	Plenary Breakout Rooms	*Concurrent Breakout Sessions...*

01:00	01:30	Prevention Core - How to Git 'er Done - Lessons from the Indian Health Service Theresa Ann Cullen, M.D., M.S., CIO, Indian Health Service	Prevention (Core)	Room 336
01:00	02:00	9th SOW FISMA Requirements Michael R. Blake, CMS, ISSO; BCSSI Security Team	Information Technology / Security	Room 328
01:00	02:00	CMS Central and Regional Office Leadership and Program Management Roles and Responsibilities n/a	Executive Leadership	Room 341/342
01:00	02:00	Theme 7.3 Chronic Kidney Disease Task (CKD) Overview Teresa Casey, RD, LD., QIG, CMS ; Eugene Freund, MD, MSPH, Capt., USPHS, Senior Clinical Advisor, QIG, OCSQ, CMS	CKD (Sub-national)	Room 343
01:00	02:00	ESRD Conditions for Coverage Final Rule Lynn Riley, RN, MA, CSG, OCSQ, CMS	ESRD	Room 344 ESRD
01:00	02:30	CARE Transitions: Intervention Training - Naylor's Approach Mary Naylor and Team	Care Transitions (Sub-national)	Room 340
01:00	03:15	In Depth Review of Patient Safety Components (SCIP/HF and MRSA) Dawn Sievert; Rebecca Kliman, Jade Perdue and CDC	Patient Safety	Room 337/338
01:00	05:00	QIO Synergy CMS	Partnerships/Communications	Room 339
01:30	03:00	Standardization Efforts Regarding Beneficiary Protection Theme Activities Donna Williamson, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; Thomas Kessler, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; BP QIOSC (TMF)	Beneficiary Protection	Room 327
02:00	03:00	QNET Security & Administration Policies and Procedures Review (Ops & Admin Manual Review), Confidentiality, and External Media Requirements & Security Michael R. Blake, ISSO, CMS ; CAPT. Arnold Farley, Ph.D., Confidentiality Specialist, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; BCSSI Security/Wintel; IFMC	Information Technology / Security	Room 328
02:00	03:00	MIS (Management Information System) and Data for the 9th SOW Rick McNaney, Acting Director, ISG, OCSQ; Glenn Sperle, ISG, OCSQ; Mark Jardell, ISG, OCSQ; Susan Adams, Manager, IFMC; Allison Sator, Program Manager, 2020 Company, LLC. and CGI Federal	Information Technology / Security	Room 341/342
02:00	03:00	National CKD Efforts - National Kidney Disease Education Program Andrew Narva, M.D., NIH	CKD (Sub-national)	Room 343
02:00	03:00	Challenging Patient Issues Glenda Harbert, RN, CNN, CPHQ, NW 14; Glenda Payne, MS, RN, Dallas RO	ESRD	Room 344 ESRD
02:30	03:00	Successful reporting to the EHR Warehouse Richard C. Blate, Healthcare Technology Consultant; Georgia Medical Care Foundation; ; Kim Harris-Salamone, PhD, Director, Physician Office Quality, Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.; Robert Neal	Prevention (Core)	Room 336
02:45	04:15	CARE Transitions: Completion of Training in Naylor Method and Exploration of Variations Closed - Must have attended Prior Session Mary Naylor and Team - with Lead from Support QIOSC	Care Transitions (Sub-national)	Room 340
03:00	04:00	OCSQ Leadership Meeting with AHQA tbd	OCSQ Leadership	Room 341/342
03:00	04:00	Using Information Technology in Physician Offices to Identify and Care for Patients with CKD Jacqueline B. Rosenblatt, Director, Ambulatory Quality Improvement, MPRO	CKD (Sub-national)	Room 343

03:15PM - 03:30PM	Ballroom Lobby	*Break*
03:30PM - 05:00PM	Plenary Breakout Rooms	*Concurrent Breakout Sessions...*

03:30	04:30	Incident Response - Policies & Responsibilities CMS and BCSSI/IFMC Security Teams	Information Technology / Security	Room 328
03:30	04:30	CROWNWeb Training Overview Christian Campbell, QIS Study Director; Jackie Abt, RN, MS, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; CSC; NW 7 Representative	ESRD	Room 344 ESRD
03:30	04:45	Beneficiary Outreach Study: Lesson Learned Allison Lee, QIG, OCSQ, CMS; KePRO and Lumetra	Partnerships/Communications	Room 327
03:30	04:45	Successful reporting to the EHR Warehouse Richard C. Blate, Healthcare Technology Consultant; Georgia Medical Care Foundation; ; Kim Harris-Salamone, PhD, Director, Physician Office Quality, Health Services Advisory Group, Inc.; Robert Neal	Prevention (Core)	Room 336
03:30	05:00	TeamSTEPPS and Surveys James B. Battles, Ph.D. Senior Service Fellow for Patient Safety (AHRQ); David Baker, M.D. ; Joann Sorra	Patient Safety	Room 337/338
04:15	05:00	Care Transitions: Specific Plans for Each Participating Community Support QIO lead, each participating QIO, and Doug Brown	Care Transitions (Sub-national)	Room 340
04:30	05:00	ESRD/CROWNWeb Round Table Discussion Kathleen Egan, Glenda Payne, Jackie Abt, Emerson Carvalho, ; Matthew Leipold, Michelle Tucker, Vickie Schlining, NW 7Representatives, Andy Hanks	ESRD	Room 344 ESRD

Wednesday 8/27/2008
*Time*	*Place*	*Activity*
08:30AM - 10:15AM	Ballroom III & IV	*Plenary Theme - Disparities* Introduction by Terris King, Deputy Director, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality (OCSQ) James Randolph Farris, M.D., Consortium Administrator, Consortium for Quality Improvement and Survey & Certification Operations "Understanding Health and Healthcare Through a Local Context" Elliott Fisher, M.D., Dartmouth Edu. Award Presentations: Brenda Burton Award Quality Champions
08:35AM - 10:15AM	Plenary Breakout Rooms	*Concurrent Breakout Sessions...*

8:35	10:30	3M Coding & Reimbursement System for DRG Coding 3M	Information Technology / Security	Room 331 Training Lab
9:00	9:45	FIVs Redesign Frank Blair, eDaptive	Finance/Admin	Room 330 Training Lab
9:15	10:15	QIO IT Round Table None	Information Technology / Security	Room 328
9:15	10:15	CRIS (Case Review Information System) Marilyn E. Schulte, R.N., C.P.H.Q., M.S., IFMC	Information Technology / Security	Room 329
9:30	10:15	QualityNet Identity Provisioning System (QIPS) Michelle Tucker, DESCM, ISG, OCSQ, CMS; Andy Hanks, CSC	Information Technology / Security	Room 344 ESRD
9:45	11:45	PATRIOT Hands-On Training Leslee Madison, IFMC	Information Technology / Security	Room 330 Training Lab

10:15AM - 10:30AM	Ballroom Lobby	*Break*
10:30AM - 12:00PM	Plenary Breakout Rooms	*Concurrent Breakout Sessions...*

10:30	11:15	Migrating to Exchange from Groupwise - Plan Overview & Steps BCSSI Wintel	Information Technology / Security	Room 328
10:30	11:15	Community Health Worker Implementation for the 9th Statement of Work and Beyond Carl Rush, MRP, Former Director, New Jersey Community Health Worker Institute; Jackie Scott,J.D.,Dir., Center for Sustainable Health Outreach, Georgetown Univer/ School of Law	Disparities (Sub-national)	Room 339
10:30	11:30	2008 - 2009 PQRI Program Daniel H. Green, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., Medical Officer, QMHAG, OCSQ; Leslie Latousha, OCSQ, CMS