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National HIT Audioconference: Preparing to Achieve the Benefits and Incentives from e-Prescribing
Thursday, December 11, 2008
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Eastern)
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm (Central)
11:00 am - 12:30 pm (Mountain)
10:00 am - 11:30 pm (Pacific)
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FEATURED FACULTY
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Margret Amatayakul, MBA, CPEHR, CPHIT, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS
President, Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Adjunct Faculty, College of St. Scholastica, Member, Board of Examiners, Health IT Certification, LLC, Former Executive, CPRI; AHIMA, Schaumburg. IL
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Daniel Green, MD, FACOG
Medical Officer, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Washington, DC
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Harry L. Reynolds, Jr.
Vice President of HIPAA and Information Compliance Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield of North Carolina, Inc., Chair, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Chair, Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE), CAQH, Durham, NC
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Caroline Samuels, MD
Director of Ambulatory Care, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Prince George's Hospital Center, Managing Member, CSMed LLC, Author, HIMSS EHR Selector, Cheverly, MD |
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Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPHIT, CPEHR, CPHIE, FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information. Member, Board of Examiners, Health IT Certification, LLC, Past Chair, Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange, Former Executive, Medical Group Management Association, Denver, CO (Moderator) |
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AUDIOCONFERENCE OVERVIEW
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Effective January 1, 2009, Medicare will provide physicians who use e-prescribing a 2% incentive for their Medicare patients. This is in addition to the benefits patients and providers are seeing in convenience and patient safety. This audioconference provides an overview of how to get started in e-prescribing, information on the new CMS incentives, tips on using e-prescribing, and description of benefits resulting from information available through e-prescribing systems.
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