Final Agenda
NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS
Subcommittee on Standards
Administrative Simplification under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
The Acknowledgment Transaction Standard and Maintenance and Modifications to
Standards and Operating Rules (the present and the future)
Marriott Washington Hotel
1221 22nd Street, NW (Between M & N Sts)
Washington, DC 20037
Phone: 202-872-1500; Fax: 202-874-1424
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
AGENDA
Transcript
Meeting Summary
| 8:15 – 8:30 a.m. | Call to order. Welcome/Introductions
Note: Each session includes time for committee Q&A |
Judith Warren, Co-Chair Walter Suarez, Co-Chair Denise Buenning, CMS |
Morning Audio Stream and Presentation Archive |
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| PART I – STANDARD TRANSACTIONS FOR ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | ||
| 8:30 – 9:30 a.m. | Session 1.1: Overview of acknowledgments (in plain language) and perspectives from standards organizations and operating rule entitiesGeneral overview History of acknowledgments Standards organizations Operating rule use of acknowledgments |
Margaret Weiker, X12 Mike Cabral, CMS (written) Lisa Miller, X12 and Annette Gabel, NCPDP Gwen Lohse, CAQH CORE |
| 9:30 – 9:45 a.m. | Questions by the Subcommittee | |
| 9:45 – 10:00 a.m. | BREAK | |
| 10:00 – 11:00 a.m. | Session 1.2: Provider, payer and general industry perspectives of acknowledgments | J. Robert Barbour, AMA* *in collaboration with MGMA Noam Nahary, Montefiore (via phone) Barbara Mayerick, VA provider (written) Greg Fisher, United Peter Walker, Aetna Jim Whicker, WEDI |
| 11:00 – 11:15 a.m. | Questions by the Subcommittee | |
| 11:15 – 11:45 a.m. | Session 1.3: Other perspectives of acknowledgments | Susanne Powell, Emdeon (via phone) Doug Bilbrey, SSI Group John Kelly, NaviNet Shelagh Kalland, MN AUC (via phone) |
| 11:45 – 12:00 p.m. | Questions by the Subcommittee | |
| 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. | Break for Lunch | |
Afternoon Audio Stream and Presentation Archive |
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| PART II: MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION FOR STANDARDS AND OPERATING RULES | ||
| 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. | Session 2.1: Overview of statutory and regulatory requirements for maintenance and modifications of standards, implementation specifications and operating rules | Denise Buenning, CMS |
| 1:15 – 1:30 p.m. | Questions by the Subcommittee | |
| 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. | Session 2.2: Overview of current process for requesting, processing and communicating change requests to standards | Stacey Barber, DSMO (via phone) Margaret Weiker, X12 Lynne Gilbertson, NCPDP John Quinn, HL7 |
| 2:00 – 2:15 p.m. | Questions by the Subcommittee | |
| 2:45 – 3:00 p.m. | Session 2.3: Overview of current maintenance and modification process for operating rules | Gwen Lohse, CAQH CORE |
| 3:00 – 3:15 p.m. | BREAK | |
| 3:15 – 4:30 p.m. | Session 2.4: Panel on process improvement – Proposals and recommendations pertaining to standards and operating rules | John Kelly, NaviNET Laurie Darst, MN AUC Pete Cutler, Washington State Greg Fisher, UHC Tammy Banks, AMA Don Bechtel, WEDI Randy Miller, NMEH (written) Richard Donoghue, NYUMC/Linxus |
| 4:30 – 4:45 p.m. | Questions by the Subcommittee | |
| 4:45 – 5:00 p.m. | Concluding comments and next steps | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Adjourn | |
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June 21, 2011