Regulatory Policy for mHealth: Recent Developments and Outlook

Please join us for our second Health Technology Forum: DC Meet Up on April 17

Agenda:

6:00-7:00 PM - Networking & Refreshments
7:00-7:15 PM - Announcements & Introduction
7:15-8:30 PM - Presentation
8:30-9:00 PM - Networking w/ Speakers

Topics and Speakers

As of April 4, we have three speakers confirmed:

• D (http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=23510533&locale=en_US&trk=tyah)an Haley is Vice President of Government & Regulatory Affairs for athenahealth (http://www.athenahealth.com), a leading provider of cloud-based services for electronic health record (EHR), practice management and care coordination and one of the nation's fastest growing technology companies. Dan is responsible for all aspects of the company’s interactions with government at all levels. He is a frequent blogger and guest columnist on health IT and health policy.

Dan has held senior positions in Massachusetts state government, including Chief of Staff to Governor Mitt Romney. He is a graduate of Middlebury College and Harvard Law School.

• Joel C. White is the Executive Director of the Health IT Now Coalition (http://www.healthitnow.org/), a diverse group of organizations representing patients, health providers, health insurers, agents, and brokers, employers and unions that have come together to help integrate information technology into health care.

Joel was previously Staff Director of the Ways and Means Health Subcommittee. During his twelve years on Capitol Hill as professional staff, he helped enact nine laws, including the Medicare Modernization Act, the Deficit Reduction Act, the Tax Reform and Health Care Act, the Trade Act, and the Children’s Health Act.

• Steven D. Gravely (http://www.troutmansanders.com/steven_gravely/) is Partner and Health Care Practice Leader at Troutman Sanders LLP, where he advises on mergers & acquisitions, compliance, and other issues in health law.

Mr. Gravely will discuss the FDA's recently issued final guidelines for regulating mHealth apps.