Is your organization ready to comply with the current and proposed legislation regarding e-Prescribing adoption? Are you prepared for your reimbursement rate to be cut if you still have yet to adopt by 2012? Does your organization's plan for improving medication management include the integration of e-Prescribing? Attend the World Health Care Congress Leadership Summit on e-Prescribing and Medication Management to hear how industry stakeholders are pushing the envelope in terms of HIT integration and discover how e-Prescribing adoption can improve workflow, increase patient safety and allow for the highest quality of medication management in your practice.

Top 5 Reasons Why You CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS this Cutting Edge Summit:

1. Learn best practices for adoption and adherence to the IOM's recommendation that all prescriptions be written and received electronically by the year 2010
2. Take "An In-Depth Look at State and Federal Level Initiatives" to hear how the recent legislative mandates will cut your reimbursement rates should you not adopt e-Prescribing in your organization beginning in 2012
3. Collaborate with your peers and hear case studies from today’s forefront technology stakeholders (SureScripts-RxHub, Point-of-Care Partners, RelayHealth) and payer organizations (Blue Cross Blue Shield of FL and MA, the Health Alliance Plan) who are leading the charge in transitioning to a paperless system
4. Examine the "Impact of Privacy & Security Mandates on HIT" to hear how the current HIPAA guidelines are supporting secure electronic transactions
5. Discover how to overcome the challenges and obstacles associated with adoption by hearing perspectives from the industry's most respected supporting organizations and associations, including:

American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA) Medical Group Management Association (MGMA) The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) The Center for Improving Medication Management

The Center for Health Value Innovation The Center for Health Transformation The Massachusetts Collaborative e-Prescribe Florida e-Prescribe America

Providers: Private, Public and Academic Hospitals, Integrated Care Delivery Systems, Small and Large/ Rural and Urban Physician Group Practices, including:

• Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer
• Chief Medical Information Officer, Chief Medical Officer
• Chief Administrative Officers, Chief Quality Officers, Chief Innovative Officers
• VPs and Directors of IT, Systems, Clinical Informatics, Clinical Transformation, Emerging Technology, Patient Services, Patient Safety, Error Reduction, Quality Control, Payer Relations
• Disease Management & Telemedicine Directors

Payers: Health Plans and Federal and State payers, including:

• Chief Information Officer & Chief Technology Officer
• Chief Medical Officers, Chief Innovation Officer, Chief Quality Officer
• VPs and Directors of IT, Systems, Clinical Informatics
• Product Development, Member Services, Provider Services, Provider Interface, Underwriting and Claims Management

Pharmacy Networks: PBMs, retail and mail order pharmacies, Physician Technology Vendors

Policy Makers: State and Federal agencies, Congress, state legislators, State Medical Boards, State Boards of Pharmacy, community-based health information exchange collaboratives, standards development organizations

Confirmed Speakers to Date
Kate Berry Senior Vice President, Business Development, SureScripts-RxHub; Executive Director, The Center for Improving Medication Management	Anne Burns, RPh Vice President, Professional Affairs American Pharmacists Association (APhA)
Walt Culbertson Executive Director, e-Prescribe Florida; President, e-Prescribe America	Emmanuel Curry, MPH Senior Health Care Analyst Ford Motor Company
David Gans, MSHA, FACMPE Vice President, Practice Management Resources Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)	Tom Groom Senior Vice President, Business Development SureScripts-RxHub
Kevin Hutchinson President and Chief Executive Officer Prematics	Rep. Peter J. Koutoujian, (D-MA) House Chair, Joint Committee on Public Health Massachusetts House of Representatives
Greg LeGrow Director, e-Health Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts	David Lorber, MD Vice President, Medical Affairs CVS Caremark
Arien Malec Vice President, Product Management RelayHealth	Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer eHealth Initiative and Foundation
David Merritt Project Director The Center for Health Transformation	Mark Merritt President and Chief Executive Officer Pharmaceutical Care Management Association (PCMA)
Cyndy Nayer President and Executive Director Center for Health Value Innovation	Michael T. Rapp, MD, JD Director, Quality Measurement amd Health Assessment Group, Office of Clinical Standards & Quality, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Bruce Roberts, RPh Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)	Anthony (Tony) Schueth, MS CEO and Managing Partner Point-of-Care Partners
Michael Solomon Affiliated Consultant Point-of-Care Partners, LLC	Jeff Taylor, RPh, MS Pharmacy Director Aetna
Russ Thomas Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Availity, LLC	Tony Trenkle Director, Office of e-Health Standards and Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Steven Waldren, MD, MS Director, Center for Health Information Technology, American Academy of Family Physicians; Board Member, The Center for Improving Medication Management	Matthew M. Walsh Associate Vice President, Purchasing Initiatives Health Alliance Plan
Andrew S. Warner, MD Senior Physician, Lahey Clinic; Board of Directors, American Medical Group Association