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Enabling Point-of-Care Decision Making: The Value of CORE Rules for Ancillary Health Services Providers

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UPCOMING CORE PRESENTATIONS:

Smart Card in Government Conference
10/27/09 - 10/30/09

World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Conference - WHIT v.5.0
11/8/09 - 11/10/09

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CAQH Administration Simplification Conference 2008

The first CAQH Administrative Simplification Conference was held September 25, 2008 in Washington, DC. The conference focused on two CAQH initiatives: the Universal Provider Datasource (UPD) and the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE). Presentations from the conference may be viewed by clicking on the session names below:

General Sessions:

Universal Provider Datasource (UPD) Sessions:

"Universal Provider Datasource Positioned for the Future"
Jackie Gentner, ACS; Beth Kranda, ACS; Rob Marrow, ACS
"Defining Quality: an Update form the Universal Provider Datasource Data Quality Task Force"
Carrie Call, UnitedHealthcare; Rishma Mohamed, Consultant
"New Directions for the Universal Provider Datasource"
- Role of Emergency Responder Registries
  Mary Clark, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
- Army National Guard [Presentation unavailable at this time]
  Anthony Begando, Tenon Consulting Solutions; Christina McGovern, WellPoint
"Unlocking the Value: Using UPD Data Throughout the Enterprise"
- Industry Leading Automation with CAQH Datasource
  Kathy Cota, BCBSVT; Myra Ameigh, Vistar Technologies
- Value of Credentialing Data
  Nanci Ziegler, Portico Systems
"The Last Frontier: Capturing Delegate and Large Practice Data"
- UK HealthCare Credentialing & CAQH
  Paula Bargo, UK HealthCare/KY Medical Services Foundation, Inc.
- Delegation and CAQH
  Amy Niehaus, WellPoint

Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) Sessions:

"The National Drive Toward Interoperability"
- How the CAQH CORE Rules Make a Difference
  LeRoy Jones, HITSP (on behalf of ANSI), GSI Health
- How a "Recognized Certification Body" Uses Harmonized Health IT Standards
  Alisa Ray, CCHIT
"Measuring CORE ROI: an IBM Study Update"
Margaret Neuer, IBM
"Achieving an All-Payer Solution: Regional and National Implementations of the New CORE Phase II Rules"
"CORE Connectivity Rules: Leading the Way in Healthcare Administrative Communications"
Mitch Icenhower, Siemens; Jay Eisenstock, Aetna; Deb Smithline, NaviMedix
"CAQH CORE Phase II Certification Testing Status Report"
Herb Larsen, Edifecs
"The Future of CORE: Phase III Town Hall Discussion"
Harry Reynolds, BCBSNC