Welcome

The Indian Health Service (IHS) Office of Information Technology and Office of Resource Access and Partnerships invite you to attend the 2021 IHS Virtual Partnership Conference on October 25-28, 2021.

Conference Objective

The primary objective of this virtual conference is to advance attendees’ understanding of their role in the provision of healthcare, and how they support today’s Indian Health system and the role of Information Technology (IT) and Health IT in delivering quality healthcare and managing resources efficiently.

This four day event provides valuable information for Federal, Tribal and Urban healthcare administrators, managers and front-line staff who work in the areas of IT, Health IT, Business Office, Financial Management, Purchased/Referred Care (PRC) Programs and Health Information Management Departments.

You will learn valuable information from expert speakers in sessions related to Health Information Management, Meaningful Use, IT, Health IT, Cybersecurity, Capital Planning and Investment Control, Privacy, Records Management, Third Party Billing, Collections, Revenue Management, Purchased/Referred Care, the Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund and much more.

For questions regarding the 2021 IHS Virtual Partnership Conference, please send an email to: kali@mn-e.com

Agenda

Draft agenda, all times and topics subject to change

Monday, October 25

All times listed are EST

 11:00 am – 2:00 pm

Opening Plenary Session
 2:00 pm

Recess for the day


Tuesday, October 26

All times listed are EST

 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions A
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
  • Tribal / Urban
 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Break
 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions B
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
  • Tribal / Urban
 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Break
 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions C
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
  • Tribal / Urban
 4:30 pm

Recess for the day


Wednesday, October 27

All times listed are EST

 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions D
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
  • Tribal / Urban
 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Break
 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions E
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Break
 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions F
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
 4:30 pm

Recess for the day


Thursday, October 28

All times listed are EST

 11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions G
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
 12:30 pm – 1:00 pm

Break
 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm

Concurrent Sessions H
  • Business Office / Finance
  • Health Information Management
  • Information Technology
  • Purchased/Referred Care
 2:30 pm – 3:00 pm

Break
 3:00 pm – 4:30 pm

Closing Plenary
 4:30 pm

Conference adjourns