HIMSS Oregon Webinar: Centralized Provider Data in Oregon 2018

Oregon’s health care system relies heavily on timely and accurate provider data. This information is key to supporting core business functions such as credentialing, managing patient-facing provider directories, coordinating care and health information exchange, and analytics. The Oregon Health Authority is working to centralize and align provider data to reduce administrative inefficiencies and provider burden while improving the quality of provider data.

Through its Office of Health Information Technology, OHA is implementing two health information technology programs aimed to meet these objectives. The Common Credentialing Program is a mandated program for the centralized collection and verification of health care practitioner information. The Provider Directory will serve as is a trusted, accurate source of provider information that will support operations, health information exchange, and analytic uses.

Webinar Topics

This webinar will provide an overview of issues related to provider data and information on OHA’s two projects, including how providers and organizations can use them, and when they are expected to be operational. It will be most interesting to health care providers, payers, coordinated care organizations, health plans and systems, and clinic administrators.

Specifically, attendees will gain an understanding of:

• The complexities of provider data and current alignment efforts in Oregon
• The Oregon Common Credentialing Program, user requirements, and program value
• The scope of the statewide Provider Directory and its uses and value

Speakers

Karen Hale

Provider Directory Program Manager
Oregon Health Authority

Karen Hale is the program manager for the Provider Directory at the Oregon Health Authority. In this role, Karen leads the development of Oregon’s Provider Directory, which will serve as a trusted source of accurate provider data. She is also the agency’s policy lead for the Oregon Medicaid EHR Incentive Program and meaningful use. One of Karen’s key strengths is her ability to lead stakeholder groups, helping them identify needs and approaches that inform initiatives, projects, and programs. She currently serves on committees at the national level focused on provider data management.

Melissa Isavoran

Common Credentialing Program Manager
Oregon Health Authority

Melissa Isavoran is a Program Manager for the Oregon Health Authority's (OHA) Office of Health IT, primarily working on the implementation of the Oregon Common Credentialing Program. Melissa brings more than 15 years of experience in health care policy, operations and project management, and strategic planning to the role. Prior to OHA, Melissa lead statewide efficiency projects as the Deputy Director of Efficiency Review under former Arizona Governor, Janet Napolitano and also served in strategic planning and policy development roles with Arizona’s Medicaid Program.

Session Materials

• OHA page on the Oregon Common Credentialing Program
• OHA FAQs about the Oregon Common Credentialing Program
• OHA page on the Oregon Provider Directory

Continuing Education Hours

This event has been approved for up to 1 hour in continuing education (CE) hours for use in fulfilling the continuing education requirements of the Certified Professional in Healthcare Information Management Systems (CPHIMS) and Certified Associate in Healthcare Information and Management Systems (CAHIMS).