Despite recent state legislation legalizing the use of marijuana, pot use is still illegal on federal facilities. This presentation and discussion will cover: The intersection between state laws legalizing marijuana use and federal contracts; The current status of federal law and “Drug-Free Workplace” clauses in federal contracts; The implications for employees that are obtaining and retaining security clearances; and Best practice...

Join GovernmentCIO Magazine on Oct. 19 as we kick off the first of our series of breakfast forums addressing the technological challenges facing government agencies. Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA) will headline our first forum that will also feature a panel discussion with government health IT leaders. The forum will begin with breakfast, followed by an interview with Congressman Connolly to discuss his expectations in digital government mo...

“Leveraging IT Solutions to Advance Connected Health for Military and Government” Held since 2011, DSI’s Health IT Summits are a unique forum that allows for personnel from DoD, VA, Federal and State agencies to convene in one location along with leaders from Industry and Academia that support them. *The Summit is neither officially endorsed or sanctioned by the Depts of VA and DoD. October 2017 Summit Topics to Include: VA...

Join us for a complimentary breakfast event, Perspectives on Health Disparities in Medicare Bundled Payments, on Tuesday, October 3, from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM at the Bloomberg Government offices. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been transitioning from fee-for-service to value-based delivery and payment models, which reward value and merit over quantity of services. The goal is to manage costs while delivering high-quality care...

Now in its 9th year, the AIDF Global Disaster Relief Summit returns to Washington D.C. on 6-7 September 2017, once again uniting humanitarian and development leaders, solution providers and decision makers from NGOs, government and UN agencies. Taking place at the Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, the Summit will provide an update on emergency procurement, disaster resilience, refugee crisis, data & ICT strategy, inn...

According to leading research firm Deltek, Federal health IT will continue to grow overall shrinking budgets. Legacy systems are ripe for transformation as healthcare delivery becomes more preventative and patient-centric through the use of business processes that are more efficient and enabled by information technology. This video webinar will look at a broad range of technological advances from electronic health records and payment systems t...

Surgeons, medical professionals and healthcare providers have an urgent call to action in an effort to reduce the number of deaths due to traumatic injury both at home and on the front lines of the battlefields around the world. At this meeting, 100+ subject matter experts from leading corporations and senior government officials in the federal health and medical services will convene to address concerns around this issue and discuss strategie...

When medical device companies consider Agile development methods, they often run into the key criticism that Agile groups produce little to no documentation, and that Agile stands in contradiction to the lifecycle standards outlined in IEC 62304. In fact, those principles - have clear processes for quality management system, risk management process, software maintenance, configuration management, and problem resolution - actually augment rathe...

This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2017 and beyond. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days. I will speak on speci...

The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC) invites you to the Fraud and Abuse Forum on Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the Renaissance Washington in Washington, DC.The theme, ‘Requirements to Results: Fraud and Abuse Where We Are and What’s Next’, will focus on challenges of the Fraud Reduction and Data Analytics Act of 2015 and look to the future of fraud and abuse. In a report, issued on January...