Attend the LTPAC Health IT Summit: Register Online by June 21 and Save $75

Interested in attending the 2016 Long-Term and Post-Acute (LTPAC) Health Information Technology (IT) Summit? You have until June 21 to register online and save $75.

The 12th Annual LTPAC Health IT Summit takes place June 26-28, 2016 in Reston, VA. 

About the LTPAC Health IT Summit

Co-sponsored and co-organized by LeadingAge and CAST, the LTPAC Health IT Summit is designed to help providers address challenges and take advantage of opportunities encountered as they deliver technology-enabled services and supports to older adults. 

Over the past 12 years, the LTPAC Health IT Summit has become the premiere conference for health IT leaders, key policy makers, providers, representatives of federal and state agencies, and other professionals working in the LTPAC field. Each June, the summit:

• Provides thought-provoking, interactive sessions aimed at advancing health IT priorities.
• Showcases implementation successes.
• Shines a spotlight on LTPAC technologies. 
• Offers participants an opportunity to network with peers, industry decision makers, and policy makers, and to explore cutting-edge innovations in the summit’s exhibit hall and during an interoperability showcase and poster session.

Notable Speakers 

Three industry leaders will present keynote addresses during this year's LTPAC Health IT Summit:

• Summerpal Kahlon, MD, director of care innovation at Oracle, will present the opening keynote on Monday, June 27. Kahlon will discuss “Precision Medicine & Precision Care: Harnessing New Technologies and Innovations to Improve Care Precision Medicine.” 
• Steve Posnack, director of the Office of Standards & Technology in the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), will present “ONC Update -- Health IT Policies and Priorities Impacting LTPAC” during an afternoon keynote on June 27.
• Jodi G. Daniel of Crowell & Moring LLP, who is a former director of the Office of Policy at ONC, will present the closing keynote address on June 28.

 CAST Sessions

CAST is leading and coordinating several sessions at the summit including:

• Real World Advancements in Interoperability, Integration and Exchange in LTPAC. These two general sessions take place Monday, June 27 from 1:45-3:30 p.m. They include “Emerging Health Information Exchange Cases & Practices in LTPAC," moderated by CAST Commissioner Peter Kress, vice president and chief information officer at ACTS Retirement-Life Communities; and “How Interoperability Is Evolving in LTPAC,” featuring CAST Commissioner David Wessinger, chief technology officer at PointClickCare. 
  
  
• Innovation, Entrepreneurialism & Health IT Incubators. This general session takes place Monday, June 27 from 4-5 p.m. CAST Commissioner Jack York, founder and chief evangelist at It’s Never 2 Late, is the moderator.
  
  
• State of Technology Adoption, Spending, and Utilization in LTPAC Sector takes place on Tuesday June 28, from 8:15-9:15 a.m. This breakout session features CAST Commissioner David Wessinger from PointClickCare, and Majd Alwan and Scott Code of CAST.
  
  
• Targeting the “Superusers” of Health Care with Telehealth features Tom Edmondson, physician lead at Philips Hospital to Home, on Tuesday June 28, from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. 
  
  
• Privacy and Security in the LTPAC Environment: What You Need to Know features CAST Commissioner John DiMaggio, chief executive officer (CEO) of Blue Orange Compliance, on Tuesday June 28, from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
  
  
• Functional Assessment Technologies: Planning, Selection, and Value features Regina Melly, senior vice president of business development at The New Jewish Home, Mark Evin co-founder and CEO of Jintronix, and CAST staff. It takes place on Tuesday June 28, from 1:55 p.m. to 2:55 p.m.

Discount for LeadingAge Members

Because LeadingAge is a collaborative partner of the LTPAC HIT Summit, LeadingAge members can use the promotional code LTPAC0616 to receive a special $75 discount on registration. 

Take advantage of this special offer and register today! The promo code is valid for online registration only through June 21. It cannot be used for onsite registration.