HIMSS Legislation and Regulation Review Task Force was recently upgraded from a Work Group. The mission of the Task Force is to review legislation and regulations as well as to develop position statements and White Papers, which are then forwarded to HIMSS Advocacy and Public Policy Steering Committee for approval. The Task Force meets on the first Friday of the month.
Members of the Task Force are:
Maggie Lohnes, Chair, Huntington Hospital
Susan Besheer, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Shirley Chaney, Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Barbara Drury, Pricare
Diane Emminger, Armstrong County Memorial Hospital
Patricia Gibbons, Mayo Clinic
Pawan Goyal, EDS
Nilish Gupte, ICI Health
Christine Hudak, Case Western Reserve University
Kathleen Keeley, Louisiana Health Care Review
Scott Kizer, Gray Robinson P.A.
David Leventhal, Pfizer
Frank Milewski, Quovadx
John Prendergast, Per Se
Erik Pupo, Pearson Blueprint Technologies
Robin Raiford, Eclypsis
David Sann, Iowa Foundation for Medical Care
Lisa Spellman, American Health Information Management Association
Marilyn Teplitz, MGT Associates LLC
HIMSS Staff Liaisons:
Dave Roberts, Vice President of Government Relations
Mari Franks, Coordinator of Government Relations