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Join us for an exciting two-part webinar/conversation that will focus on the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM), which is a standards-based approach and framework developed through a collaboration of agencies and organizations across all levels of government and with private industry.

• The first part – from noon to 1 p.m. – will be led by Dr. Scott Renner, the federal chair of the NIEM Technical Architecture Committee. Dr. Renner will provide an overview of NIEM’s purpose, technical features and benefits. 
• Part two – from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. – will be led by Robert Tagalicod, a Senior Advisor in the HHS Office of the Chief Information Officer. Robert will examine the US Department of Health and Human Services’ interest in a Health Domain for NIEM, the scenarios it could support and gaps it could fill.

Most importantly, the webinar is meant to stimulate a thoughtful conversation about the value a NIEM Health domain would bring to other domains that need to access healthcare information, as well as to contribute ideas for next steps for HHS, the NIEM Community and NIEM Health stakeholders as they work to set up a NIEM Health domain.

About the Presenters

Scott Renner, Federal chair, NIEM Technical Architecture Committee

Scott Renner is the federal chair of the NIEM Technical Architecture Committee, which sets the course for technology development and writes the technical specifications for NIEM. He has supported the US Air Force and Department of Defense in the area of data management strategy and policy for nearly thirty years, with an emphasis on achieving data interoperability in very large enterprises. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.

Robert S. Tagalicod, Senior Advisor, HHS Office of the Chief Information Officer

Over the last 15 years, Robert Tagalicod has been at the forefront of strategic federal efforts that include the development of the HHS IT Strategic Plan, the HHS Interoperability Roadmap, the Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) E-Health Strategic Plan. Presently, Dr. Tagalicod is a Senior Advisor in the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Chief Information Officer, overseeing the development of the Cyber/IT Workforce Recruitment Strategic Plan and a digital health business plan promoting data interoperability to address “edge use cases” that involve social determinants of health to improve equitable access to care.

Before coming to OCIO, he was the Director of CMS’ Office of eHealth Standards and Services (OESS) and that agency's Senior Agency Official for Privacy. In that capacity, he led and directed a $27 billion health IT effort as part of nationwide healthcare transformation under the American Recovery and Affordable Care Acts. This effort included the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs and Administrative Simplification including ICD-10 implementation. Dr. Tagalicod was also the Deputy Director and Acting Director of CMS’ Office of Communications. He helped spearhead the effort to consolidate CMS’ various communication efforts under one executive office comprising web and other digital consumer services such as Medicare.gov and mymedicare.com, and national public information campaigns highlighting Medicare Open Enrollment and the Health Insurance Exchanges under the Affordable Care Act, and the 1-800-MEDICARE call center.

Before he entered federal service, Dr. Tagalicod oversaw several healthcare initiatives for state and county health systems in California, and the University of California, San Francisco. In those settings, he successfully directed several efforts that address community, regional and national health equity, including working extensively in the Pacific Rim collaborating with HRSA, CDC, WHO, and global health officials on clinical workforce development. Dr. Tagalicod brings over 25 years of management practice in the areas of health policy and operations; communications; workforce development, training and education; enterprise program and data governance; and corporate finance. His first job: afterschool keypunch operator and IBM 1401.

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Please note that we have posted the recording of the past LGT group's discussions for those who were unable to attend. Check them out! 

We look forward to this working session and hope you'll participate to share your thoughts and insights. 

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