Chapter Advocacy Roundtable (CAR) Monthly Call Pam Varhol CAR - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Chapter Advocacy Roundtable (CAR) Monthly Call

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Pam Varhol CAR Chair New England Chapter

November 15, 2019

Agenda

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• Brand Update
• Round Robin
• Announcements
• State/Local & Federal Government updates
• Adjourn and action items

Brand Update

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Alana Lerer

Manager, State Government Affairs

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New Brand Announced!

• Updated brand on logo, www.himss.org, PowerPoint template, etc….
• Brand rolled out to Chapters ~Spring 2020
• Learn more about our brand transformation here:

https://www.himss.org/himss-whats-next-health

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Reform the global health ecosystem through the power

• f information and technology.

Mission

To realize the full health potential of every human, everywhere.

Vision

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• What is one successful advocacy effort

you have had this year and what led to its success?

• What challenges have you been

experiencing? Ask your peers for guidance!

• Any questions or comments you would

like to raise with the CAR?

CAR Round Robin

CAR Announcements

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Alana Lerer

Manager, State Government Affairs

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2019 Chapter Advocacy State Health IT Roadmap Challenge

Congratulations to our two recipients!

Alabama Chapter New Mexico Chapter

Thank you for all your submissions. Whether or not you received the award, let us know how we can help further your efforts!

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Year End Recognition

• Remember – keep track of your efforts and accomplishments! They all count

towards year-end recognition!

• Click here for Recognition form

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Blockchain in Healthcare FAQs

• Led by the HIMSS Informatics and Government Relations team in tandem with the

HIMSS Blockchain in Healthcare Policy & Ethics workgroup

• Audience: HIMSS Members interested in having a basic understanding about

blockchain’s application in healthcare in order to speak on the topic with policymakers and other stakeholders

• Created in tandem with Policy Considerations for Blockchain in Healthcare, currently

under review Click here to view draft FAQs and please provide feedback into document by Fri 11/22

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Blockchain in Healthcare FAQs

• View here.
• We request your review! Please pay attention to the following questions:
• Is it understandable?
• Do you find this resource helpful to your understanding of blockchain and/or to your

advocacy efforts?

• Would you share with your chapter members?
• How can we modify the resource?
• Comment or edit directly into document or send to Alana at alerer@himss.org

by Friday November 22nd.

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• Chapter Leader Workshop: Monday, March 9, 2020 at 2:00 – 4:30 pm ET | Room W303A
• Smart Communities and Health Policy Luncheon: Tuesday, March 10th 11:45am –

1:15pm

• Public Policy Educational sessions: Tuesday, March 10th – Thursday, March 12th
• State and Local Policy Learning Labs: Tuesday, March 10th – Wednesday, March 11th

Visit www.himssconference.org or http://clra.himsschapter.org/himss-global-conference to register and learn more. Chapter Leader discount code: DIS20CHP

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Chapter Leader Webinars

• Next webinar: Chapter Leaders Engaging Through Social Media
• Wednesday, December 4, 12:00 – 1:00pm CT
• Register Now
• Education to Protect Chapter Leaders from Phishing Schemes
• Dec. 11, 12:00pm CT
• Register here
• Latest webinar: Engaging Organizational Affiliates
• Held Wednesday, October 4
• Recording

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Resource Libraries

• Use CLRA for a more comprehensive resource library
• Use Google folder for new, most important CAR resources
• Chapter Advocacy Toolkit
• CLE Advocacy Day 2 Takeaways – October 2019
• CAR Recognition Program FY20

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State & Local Government Updates

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Valerie Rogers

Director, State Government Affairs

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Smart Communities – Cities & Health

November 19 @ 12 noon webinar: What is SMART Care and its Role in Addressing the Determinants of Health?

No Community can be Smart if it does not support or address population health outcomes. Smart Communities and Cities may be most impactful when they are able to interoperate across systems that impact social determinants of

• health. This involves core health, human services or other non-health sector systems including, environmental health,

emergency medical services, public safety, transportation, and education. Join us for this important one-hour look at how local and global leaders can effectively address local health challenges and support "a state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"[1] by employing Smart Communities and Cities strategies. Register Here: https://www.himsslearn.org/what-smart-care-and-its-role-addressing-determinants-health

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Takeaways from the American Public Health Association

• APHA has endorsed the CSTE-HIMSS Data: Elemental to Health aimed at securing $1 billion over 10 years – $100

million in Federal Fiscal Year 2020 – in a new appropriation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for an innovative initiative that will transform the public health surveillance enterprise.

• APHA has established the Health Informatics & Information Technology (HIIT) Section. The section runs a HIIT

Disparities Wearathon - This is the third year the section has successfully implemented the APHA HIIT Wearathon focused on solving community driven issues relating to vulnerable populations such as the African American aging community.

• The APHA HIIT Section collaborated on a series of activities and discussions related to social determinants of

health including one led by Karen Desalvo and Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, the executive vice president at Trust for America’s Health among many esteemed others emphasized that health informatics and the work of data strategists as paramount to transforming public health practice, and addressing population health, SDOH and health policy at all levels. The recording of the session can be found at: https://apha.confex.com/apha/2019/meetingapp.cgi/Session/59274

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Federal Government Updates

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Eli Fleet

Director, Federal Government Affairs

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New FDA Draft CDS Guidance

• The Cures Act excludes certain CDS software functions from device definition if all

four of these Criteria are met:

• 1. NOT intended to acquire, process, or analyze a medical image or a signal from an in

vitro diagnostic device or a pattern or signal from a signal acquisition system

• 2. Intended for the purpose of displaying, analyzing, or printing medical information

about a patient or other medical information(such as peer-reviewed clinical studies and clinical practice guidelines)

• 3. Intended for the purpose of supporting or providing recommendations to a health care

professional about prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a disease or condition; and

• 4. Intended for the purpose of enabling a health care professional to independently

review the basis for such recommendations that such software presents so that it is not the intent that such health care professional rely primarily on any of such recommendations to make a clinical diagnosis or treatment decision regarding an individual patient

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Summary of Criteria for Device CDS & Non-Device CDS

Is the Intended User a Health Care Professional? Can the User Independently Review the Basis? Is it Device CDS? Yes Yes No, it is Non-Device CDS No Yes, it is Device CDS No, it is a patient of caregiver Yes Yes, it is Device CDS No Yes, it is Device CDS

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Ideas for HIMSS-PCHAlliance Comment Letter

• Is using the International Medical Device Regulators Forum

(IMDRF) Framework directionally-appropriate?

• Is IMDRF intended to be “adopted”?
• Does the guidance provide the clarity that the community

needs?

• The concept of “independently evaluate” still seems quite

subjective

• The emphasis is on CDS not intended to be relied upon, while

in others (examples especially) the HCP does not rely upon

• “Not intended” is controlled by the manufacturer; “Does not”

is controlled by the HCP

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Overview of MIPS Value Pathways

• CMS is committed to the transformation of the Merit-based Incentive Payment

System (MIPS) through the MIPS Value Pathways (MVPs) beginning in the 2021 performance year

• This new framework will:
• Remove barriers to Alternative Payment Model (APM) participation
• Move away from siloed activities and towards an aligned set of measure options

more relevant to a clinician’s scope of practice that is meaningful to patient care

• Promote value by focusing on Quality and Cost measures and Improvement

Activities built on a foundation of population health measures calculated from administrative claims-based quality measures and Promoting Interoperability concepts

• CMS is finalizing a modified proposal to define MVPs as a subset of measures and

activities established through rulemaking

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MIPS Value Pathways Program

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Graphic Courtesy of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

When Will the Interoperability Regulations Be Finalized?

• Two interesting possibilities
• ONC 2020 Annual Meeting
• January 27-28, 2020, in Washington, DC
• HIMSS20 Global Health Conference & Exhibition
• March 9-13, 2020, in Orlando, FL

Closing & Action Items

• Suggested Monthly tasks:
• Review blockchain FAQs and provide feedback by

Friday 11/22

• Review Google drive resources
• CAR call slides and recordings posted on the CLRA.

(Get Involved  CAR Calls)

• Next monthly call: Friday, January 17th at 12pm ET (No

December CAR call)

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