Philip Magistro is the Deputy Director, Program Implementation and State Government HIT Coordinator for the Governor’s Office of Health Care Reform <http://www.ohcr.state.pa.us> In a 20-minute interview, Magistro discusses the goals of the organization, past successes and the status of recent efforts focused on the broader adoption of health information technology, especially surrounding the strategic plan for PHIX, the Pennsylvania Health Information Exchange. Magistro explains the relationship of these initiatives to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) and the activities coming out of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC).
Gwendolyn Lohse is the Managing Director of the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) at CAQH, a nonprofit alliance of leading health plans and industry trade associations located in Washington, D.C. (www.caqh.org)
In a 38-minute interview, Lohse discusses what CORE is and how it helps reduce the burden of healthcare administration by making it easier for providers and payers to exchange data. She shares a recent independent study that shows how CORE saves providers and payers time and money; makes it easier for providers to meet the HITECH Meaningful Use criteria recently released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and facilitates the move to HIPAA 5010.
Peter Quadagno is the president of Quadagno & Associates, Inc. (www.quadagno.com), a electronic payments consulting firm based in West Chester, Pa. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the electronic payments industry, with a list of clients that has included MasterCard, American Express, telecommunication giants GTE, MCI and Quest Communications, as well as the Metropolitan Transit Authority and MARTA transit agencies.
In a 38-minute free-ranging interview he analyzes technology trends in electronic payments over the last year, and what to look for in the upcoming year.
