HIMSS Government Relations Roundtable
HIMSS Government Relations Roundtable is a monthly public policy roundtable comprised of volunteers who represent the nearly sixty HIMSS Diamond Corporate Members. The mission statement of the Government Relations Roundtable is to:
- Harness the extensive knowledge and expertise of our 60 Diamond Corporate members to promote improvements and investments within our healthcare technology domain.
- Provide counsel from the corporate member perspective to the HIMSS Public Policy Committee to be the recognized source of information and provide access to key decision makers.
To achieve these goals, the Government Relations Roundtable hosts monthly luncheon and roundtable discussions where members of the roundtable network, receive updates from Congressional and Federal Regulatory Agency staff on the latest health information technology policy initiatives, and discuss changes in the health IT policy landscape and what those changes mean for industry.
Over the past fiscal year, the Government Relations Roundtable has been briefed by federal government representatives such as:
- Jessica Kahn, Technical Director for Health IT, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Ned Ellington, Director, Health IT Resource Center (HITRC), Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Department of Health and Human Services
- Bakul Patel, Policy Advisor, Centers for Device and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration
- Kerry McDermott, MPH, Omnibus Broadband Initiative, Office of Strategic Planning and Policy, Federal Communications Commission
- Tony Trenkle, Director, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Steve Posnack, Director, Federal Policy Division , Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services
- Carol Bean, Director, Certification and Testing Division, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services"
The Government Relations Roundtable is active in all government relations activities, to include providing input to HIMSS responses to legislation and proposed federal regulations; assisting the planning and development of the National Health IT Week agenda and the HIMSS Public Policy Forum; coordinating site visits for Congressional Staff, and engaging in the Project Public Health IT-CDC education track at HIMSS Annual Conference & Exhibition.
The Government Relations Roundtable is led by Chairperson Steve Erd, Account Manager, Northrop Grumman Information Systems; and Leigh Burchell, Vice President, Government Affairs, Allscripts.
For more information on how to participate in the Government Relations Roundtable, please contact Stephanie Tsoucalas, Coordinator for Government Relations, at stsoucalas@himss.org or 703-562-8824.
October 2011
Agenda
The Leadership Foundry Presentation
ONC Query Health Initiative Presentation
Nationwide Patient Identification Solution Issue Presentation
September 2011
National Health IT Week Face-to-Face Meeting
August 2011
Agenda
Minutes
Presentation
July 2011
Agenda
June 2011
Agenda
May 2011
Agenda
Presentation
April 2011
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Presentation
March 2011
No Meeting
February 2011
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