Speakers - Healthcare Industry Trends

Miriam Paramore
As Senior Vice President of Clinical Services and Government Affairs, Miriam Paramore is responsible for overseeing the clinical sector of the business, long-term strategic planning, thought leadership, public policy and government affairs. Paramore brings more than 25 years of industry experience and plays a critical role in helping Emdeon shape a course for the future based on emerging trends in health information technology (HIT). She is a national speaker and currently serves on the national board of directors for the Health Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) and is the board liaison to the HIMSS Financial Systems Steering Committee. She is a past Board member for CareSource Management Group, a non-profit Medicaid managed care organization, and a previous member of the eHealth Advisory Committee for the Commonwealth of Kentucky. Paramore is the architect of The U.S. Healthcare Efficiency Index^™, an industry forum for measuring the efficiency of healthcare business processes. As a longtime advocate for HIT in the public sector, Paramore serves as an advisor to key Congressional committees and the Congressional Budget Office on HIT, healthcare administrative simplification and other practical solutions that can take costs out of the system and make healthcare more efficient. Ms. Paramore received a Bachelor of Science degree from Belmont University.

Debbi Meisner
Debbi Meisner is the Vice President Regulatory Compliance Strategy for Emdeon. She is responsible for tracking the industry standards organizations, reporting to senior management on their activities and coordinating Emdeon's involvement. Debbi Chairs the Emdeon Standards Steering Committee where industry standards are reviewed corporate standards are developed and maintained.

Debbi has over 40 years of experience in the health care industry and over 20 years in EDI. During this time, she has been an active participant in X12N and currently co-chairs the Healthcare Task Group and serves as the Alternate Voting Representative to NUBC/NUCC. She also in on the WEDI Board of Directors and co-chairs the Transactions and Codes Sets Subcommittee. Debbi also participates in HL7 Attachment Workgroup, CAQH CORE, National Uniform Billing Committee and the National Uniform Claim Committee.