HIT Policy Committee

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Event Details

Date: Feb 17 2010 - 10:00am - 4:00pm
Location: Omni Shoreham Hotel, 2500 Calvert Street, NW, Washington, DC, United States

HIT Policy Committee

Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology
Dept of Health and Human Services
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street, NW
Washington, DC
February 17, 2010
10 a.m. to 4 p.m./Eastern Time

Contact Person:
Judy Sparrow
Office of the National Coordinator
HHS
330 C Street, SW
Washington, DC 20201,
202-205-4528, Fax: 202-690-6079
judy.sparrow@hhs.gov

The committee will hear comments from its workgroups, including the Meaningful Use Workgroup, the Certification/Adoption Workgroup, the NHIN Workgroup, the Privacy & Security Policy Workgroup, and the Strategic Plan Workgroup, on the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on EHR Incentive Program for Medicare and Medicaid, and the Interim Final Rule (IFR) on Standards, Implementation Specifications, and Certification Criteria for EHRs. ONC intends to make background material available to the public no later than two business days prior to the meeting.