This event recognizes and honors the Federal Health innovation, technology and consulting community to celebrate programs nominated and selected by their peers for DRIVING INNOVATION and RESULTS across the Department of Veterans Affairs, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Military Health, the Department of Health and Human Services.
The 2020 FedHealthIT Innovation Awards, originally scheduled for March 24, 2020, is moving to a virtual platform.
This interactive online event will now take place over the course of 4 days, June 1-4, 2020 from 12:30- 2pm daily. Each daily session will be agency-specific and feature Federal Government leaders focused on agency priorities, challenges and opportunities for growth.
Your individual registration will include access to each of the 4 days, allowing you to attend as many days as you wish. Sessions will take place online via the G2X Media event conference platform. Attendees will be invited to join each of the sessions, may participate in the Q&A, and have the opportunity to hear and engage with the Federal leaders and 2020 FedHealthIT Innovation Award Winners while celebrating with the deserving Federal program teams that will be in attendance.
Each day, the Conference Agenda will include:
- Change Agents Driving Disruption (Rapid Fire Presentations)
- Health IT Innovation, Modernization, and Transformation (A Keynote Panel featuring top Federal leaders)
- 2020 FedHealthIT Innovation Award Winners will share their leading programs and discuss: The Persistent Benefit to their Program & The Next Chapter for their Program
Event Schedule: Agency Focus
- Monday, June 1, 2020: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Tuesday, June 2, 2020: Department of Veterans Affairs
- Wednesday, June 3, 2020: Defense Health Agency
- Thursday, June 4, 2020: Health & Human Services – NIH, CDC, FDA, ASPR, OIG and HHS HQ
Keynote Speakers
Monday, June 1, 2020: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
- Jennifer Main, Chief Operating Officer*
- Marc Richardson, Director of Marketplace Information Technology Group*
- Shannon Sartin, Chief Technology Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation*
- Rajiv Uppal, Chief Information Officer and Director of Information Technology*
- Kate Wetherby, Deputy Director, Marketplace Information Technology Group*
Tuesday, June 2, 2020: Department of Veterans Affairs
- James Gfrerer, Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology and Chief Information Officer*
- Lauren Alexanderson, Health and Product Design Lead, US Digital Service*
- Neil Evans, MD, Interim Director Federal Electronic Health Records Modernization and Chief Officer, Connected Care*
- Jason Glanville, API Program and Product Management*
- Luwanda Jones, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Office of Strategic Sourcing*
- Drew Myklegard, Executive Director Demand Management, Office of Information Technology*
- Lynette Sherrill, Executive Director Enterprise Command Operations*
- John Windom III, Executive Director, Electronic Health Records Modernization*
Wednesday, June 3, 2020: Defense Health Agency
- Barclay Butler, PhD: J4, Component Acquisition Executive (CAE), and the Head of Contracting Actions (HCA)*
- Dr. Evans, MD: Interim Director Federal Electronic Health Records Modernization and Chief Officer, Connected Care
- Pat Flanders, Chief Information Officer, J-6*
- Chris Nicols, Program Manager/Chief, Enterprise Development and Data Solutions Program Management Office*
- William Tinston, Program Executive Officer, Defense Healthcare Management Systems*
Thursday, June 4, 2020: Department of Health and Human Services
- Amy Abernethy, Principal Deputy Commissioner & Acting Chief Information Officer, FDA*
- Jose Arrieta, Chief Information Officer, HHS
- Chris Chilbert, Chief Information Officer, OIG, HHS
- Suzi Connor, Chief Information Officer, CDC*
- Vid Desai, Chief Technology Officer, FDA*
- Andrea Norris, Director, Center for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, NIH*
*Awaiting Final Confirmation
