NASL Winter Legislative & Regulatory Conference
Pre-register now through January 31st.
Schedule of Events (Speakers and events will be added as they are confirmed)
Monday, February 5
12:00-5:00pm
Registration Open
Dolley Madison Foyer
2:00 – 3:00pm
Current Trends and Future Drivers in Skilled Nursing and Post-Acute Care Robert G. Kramer, Founder and Strategic Advisor, National Investment Center for Seniors Housing & Care (NIC) Mr. Kramer is founder and strategic advisor to NIC, a non-profit education and resource center that serves debt and equity investors interested in the seniors housing and care industry. NIC is the leading provider of research as well as business and financial performance data on this sector for capital providers. NIC’s focus is to enable access and choice in seniors housing and care by providing data, analytics and connections that bring together investors and care providers. Mr. Kramer, a frequent writer and speaker on trends in seniors housing and long-term care, directed NIC from its inception in 1991 until July, 2017. A former county government official and Maryland state legislator, Mr. Kramer was a leader on health and environmental issues while representing the state capital of Annapolis in the 1980s.
Dolley Madison Ballroom
3:00 – 4:00pm
With Health IT, the Future Is Now – A Keynote by America’s Top Health IT Official Hear directly from the National Coordinator for Health IT Don Rucker, MD about how HHS is working through ONC to facilitate patient access to their health information and leverage health IT to improve population health. We’ll also hear how emerging standards and technology are driving innovation and quality improvement and how ONC views LTPAC’s role in the nation’s health IT landscape. Don Rucker, M.D., National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC), US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dr. Don Rucker, the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, comes to the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) from the Ohio State University where he was Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine and Biomedical Informatics and Premise Health, a worksite clinic provider, where he served as Chief Medical Officer. Dr. Rucker started his informatics career at Datamedic Corporation, where he co-developed the world's first Microsoft Windows based electronic medical record. He then served as Chief Medical Officer at Siemens Healthcare USA. Dr. Rucker led the team that designed the computerized provider order entry workflow that, as installed at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, won the 2003 HIMSS Nicholas Davies Award for the best hospital computer system in the US. Dr. Rucker has served terms on the Board of Commissioners of the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology and Medicare's Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee (MEDCAC) and has extensive policy experience representing healthcare innovations before Congress, MedPAC and HHS.
4:00 - 4:30pm
Networking Break
4:30 – 5:30pm
Congressional Committee Staff Panel: Priorities for 2018 Panelists: Una Lee, Chief Oversight Counsel,House Energy & Commerce Committee James Paluskiewicz, Professional Staff, Majority House Energy & Commerce Committee Nicholas Y. Uehlecke, Professional Staff, House Ways & Means Committee Health Subcommittee
6:00 – 7:30pm
NASL Opening Night Reception Party with the Presidents
Rural Society
Tuesday, February 6
7:00-8:00am
NASL Breakfast
7:00am-4:00pm
8:00-10:30-am
NASL Medical Services Committee Meeting
New Evaluation CPT Codes – NASL Survey
Medicare Therapy Cap Issues
Therapy Discipline Panel Panelists:
All are encouraged to attend. **Approval for 2.0 CEUs has been requested.**
10:30-11:00am
11:00am-12:00pm
IQIES – CMS’ New Platform for Quality Improvement Reporting
You’re not the only one looking at health IT innovations. Be the first to hear from CMS about plans to completely overhaul the current Quality Improvement & Evaluation System (QIES) and Automated Survey Processing Environment (ASPEN) systems used for data submission and reporting. CMS is taking a User Centered Design (UCD) approach in creating this new platform and NASL is getting a chance to weigh in first on what works. Shamier V. Casselle, Program Analyst DAS, Information Services Group, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS Elizabeth McKenna Division of Quality Systems for Assessments and Surveys, Information Services Group, Center for Clinical Standards and Quality, CMS
12:00-1:00pm
NASL Luncheon
Montpelier Room
1:15-3:15pm
NASL IT Committee Meeting
Status of the Data Element Library
Beth Connor, MS, RN, Nurse Consultant, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Net Neutrality and Telehealth
Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)
Ted Prettyman, Director, Sims Strategies
Ted Prettyman is best known for his knowledge of Congress and health policy. He works with clients to meet their lobbying, strategy, and analytical needs. Most recently, Ted served as coordinator of a lobbying firm’s research and analysis needs for clients. He crafted detailed analysis of political and policy issues in formats easily consumed by both main street and the board room. He also worked on regulatory issues and drafted communications for advocacy, legislative, and regulatory endeavors.
In his time in the Senate, Ted worked for United States Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) in his Washington and Delaware offices. While on Capitol Hill, Ted worked as a Legislative Correspondent, handling matters related to health, including the Affordable Care Act, Medicare, and Medicaid.
All are encouraged to attend.
3:00-3:30pm
3:30 – 4:30pm
The Next Phase for the IMPACT Act: Standardized Assessment Data Find out about efforts to develop, implement and maintain standardized Post-Acute Care (PAC) patient assessment data, including results from pilot tests and national field test. Tara McMullen, PhD, MPH, Health Analyst for the Division of Chronic and Post-Acute Care, CMS As a Cross Setting Health Analyst for the Division of Chronic & Post Acute Care, Tara McMullen is the technical lead for work focused on standardizing post-acute care assessment data and quality measures as mandated by the Improving Medicare Post-Acute Care Transformation (IMPACT) Act of 2014. The IMPACT Act requires the implementation of quality measures and assessment data that are standardized across the four post-acute care settings. As the CMS technical lead for post-acute care quality measurement development, Tara directs all contractor activities associated in the development of setting specific health care measures for the Nursing Home Quality Initiative, the Hospice Quality Reporting Program, the Home Health Quality Reporting Program, the IRF Quality Reporting Program, the SNF Quality Reporting Program, and the LTCH Quality Reporting Program.
4:30-6:30pm
NASL Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, February 7
7:00 – 8:00am
NASL Advocates' Breakfast
7:30 – 9:00am
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Cynthia Morton, MPA, Executive Vice President, NASL Cynthia Morton is a national expert on Medicaid, Medicare and other public policy affecting the long term and post-acute care sector. She joined NASL in 2010 as its Executive Vice President, where she advocates for her members’ interests. Prior to joining NASL, Cynthia served as the Vice President for Political Affairs for the American Health Care Association/National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL). In over ten years with AHCA/NCAL, she represented the long term care profession before Congress, the Washington health care community, and the media. She also was responsible for increasing Members’ of Congress knowledge of and relationships with those in the long term care profession. In previous positions, she has developed policy and positions primarily on Medicaid and related long term care issues such as provider tax, Intergovernmental Transfers, dual eligibles, ICF/MR and developmental disability issues, Medicaid block grants, waivers and reform. Michaela Sims, JD, President, Sims Strategies Michaela Sims is known for her keen insight and ability to use plain English when explaining complicated matters to clients. For over twenty years, in both the public and private sectors, she has developed and implemented successful strategies that achieve desired policy and political results. Though she has worked in numerous policy areas, Michaela’s main area of expertise is working on health and tax policies overseen by the powerful Senate Finance and Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committees, and related federal agencies. Named one of The Hill’s Top Lobbyists in 2016, Sims has provided critical insight and strategic advice during the development, implementation, and now the dismantling of the Affordable Care Act to many health care industry clients, including hospitals, physicians, long-term care providers, and pharmaceutical and insurance companies. On tax policy, she has successfully driven strategies to protect the business and individual interests of clients in the adoption, aviation, real estate, and soda industries.
9:00 – 9:30am
NASL Advocates' Briefing - Final Preparation for Hill Visits
9:30am
Adjourn to Capitol Hill for Meetings with Members of Congress Base Camp/De-Brief Room: 2215 Rayburn House Office Building, located at 45 Independence Avenue SW
U.S. Capitol
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