Subject: EDI the Biggest Little Division in Healthcare

WellPoint is pleased to be hosting the National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) Conference to be held in beautiful Reno, NV from Sunday September 13th - Wednesday September 16th, 2009.

NPAG is celebrating 25 years of Blues business processes and technical expertise in the development and implementation of electronic data exchange standards.  The conference will cover a variety of Healthcare Clinical, EDI, and eCommerce solutions and the business value realized by those solutions. With the blend of technology and business discussions planned, we would like to encourage those in the EDI, eCommerce, HIT, Pharmacy, Provider Relations, Provider Operations and Health Care Affairs arenas to attend. The conference schedules Open Forum discussions where Blues Plans associates and Vendors staff share their experiences and ideas, successes and challenges, to help individuals and organizations improve business processes, reduce costs, increase productivity and take advantage of new opportunities.

Some of the topics to be discussed are moving forward with 5010 and IDC-10, real-time claims, EHRs, e-Prescribing, web portal strategies, EDI adoption strategies, incentive programs, updates on CMS, COBC and Association mandates.

We are also scheduling a series of events that will allow everyone to experience the history of the Wild West and Sierra Nevada Mountains.  These events will include NPAG vendors, your blues associates, and other industry attendees.  This will give everyone time to enjoy industry and social conversation outside of the conference venues.

You may want to plan to extend your stay in Reno. There are a wide variety of things to do. Whether fly fishing in local rivers, visiting historic towns like Carson or Virginia City, taking a drive to beautiful Lake Tahoe or playing a round of golf at one of the many beautiful courses, plan on having a fabulous time.

Sincerely,

Christol Green

NPAG Vice-Chairperson
EDI Operations, WellPoint, Inc.

Host Plan for the NPAG 2009 Conference

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) community of the Blue Cross Blue Shield plans and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBSA).
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