Even with all the buzz about the Economic Stimulus plan, you may still have questions about what it is and how it works. Find out what you need to know about this important Act by attending the first in our free series of Economic Stimulus webinars.
Watch the event
Economic Stimulus: What You Need to Know
This webinar is available on demand
Moderator:
Pamela L. Moore
Editorial Director for Physicians Practice
Featured speaker:
Steve Waldren, MD
Director, AAFP Center for HIT
Listen in as Dr. Waldren explains the details of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, commonly known as the Economic Stimulus plan, and what it may mean for your practice. Topics will include:
- Healthcare provisions of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
- How funds will be allocated and over what period of time
- Relationship of the HITECH Act to PQRI
- How Sage can partner with you during this transition
Pamela L. Moore
Editorial Director
Physicians Practice
Pamela L. Moore, Ph.D., CPC, has spent the past 12 years writing, learning, and teaching about practice management.
Previously senior editor at the Medical Group Management Association, she now provides editorial oversight and research for Physicians Practice. She is a popular speaker at national and regional events and is a certified professional coder. She has a scholarly background, including work in medical ethics.
Pam has published widely in management and academic circles, including a book published by Rutgers University Press.
Steve Waldren, MD
Director
AAFP Center for HIT
Steven E. Waldren, M.D., is director of the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Center for Health Information Technology. Waldren joined the AAFP in May 2004 because of his knowledge of design and management of health information systems, computer science, and medical informatics.
Prior to joining the AAFP, Dr. Waldren was a National Library of Medicine Medical Informatics Fellow at the Univ. of Missouri, Columbia. Dr. Waldren is also a residency trained and board-certified family physician. Besides his role as director of the Center for Health-IT, he also participates in many health care informatics initiatives including Vice-Chair of the ASTM International E31 Health Information Standards Committee; Co-Chair of the Ambulatory Functionality Working Group of the Certification Commission for Health-IT; and Co-Chair of the AQA Alliance’s Data Aggregation and HIT Subcommittee. Dr. Waldren combines his strong technical informatics knowledge and his clinical knowledge to further the adoption of standards-based health-IT by physicians and consumers to improve the quality and safety of health care.
