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Effective Conference Opening: CMS Administrators & SAS CEO Insights

Join us for an insightful conference opening session featuring CMS and SAS administrators discussing effective habits and tools used in the industry. Learn about the 7 habits of highly effective people and how to prioritize tasks effectively. Explore upcoming technologies and SAS topics, as well as CMS-specific data sources and updates. Don't miss out on the closing remarks from the Chief Actuary and exciting post-conference activities!

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Effective Conference Opening: CMS Administrators & SAS CEO Insights

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  1. SAS Users GroupConferenceOpening Session Rick Andrews, CMS SAS Users Group Kerry Weems, CMS Administrator Jim Goodnight, CEO SAS Institute

  2. Effective Habits • Be Proactive • Begin With the End in Mind • Put First Things First • Think Win-Win • Seek First to Understand • Synergize • Sharpen the Saw “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen R. Covey, 1990

  3. 1 Crises, Deadlines, Fire Fighting, Pressing Matters 4 Meetings,Interruptions, Phone Calls,Popular Activities Trivia, Gossip, Busy Work,Time Wasters, Water Cooler 3 Put First Things First URGENT NOT URGENT NOT URGENT URGENT NOT URGENT IMPORTANT IMPORTANT 2 Training, Planning, Prevention, Relationships, Documentation NOT IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT NOT IMPORTANT “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”, Stephen R. Covey, 1990

  4. What are Your Big Rocks? Crisis Deadlines Documentation Training

  5. Quadrant II Activities at CMS • CDUG • George Wilson, CBC, 6-0087 • CMSnet.cms.hhs.gov • CMS SUG • Rick Andrews, ORDI, 6-4088 • SAScommunities.org • CMS Toastmasters • Andrea Triggs, CMM, 6-0741 • CMS.FreeToastHost.us data users group

  6. Message from the Administrator • Kerry Weems

  7. The Right Tool for the Right Job

  8. Tools Used at CMS

  9. Message from CEO of SAS • Jim Goodnight

  10. New Technologies • The Benefits of SAS Access to Teradata • SAS Enterprise Business Intelligence • COGNOS BI and the New BESS • MicroStrategy BI and the New BESS • What's new in SAS 9

  11. Basic to AdvancedSAS Topics • PROC FORMAT the Veg-O-Matic of SAS • The Basics of SAS Functions • Everyone Needs a Raise (Arrays) • Skinning the Cat this Way and That: • Using SAS to Create Microsoft Word Documents • By-Group Processing

  12. Statistics • Fraud and Improper Payments using SAS • Descriptive Statistics for Healthcare Data • Using SAS/Insight to Explore Outliers • Models to find Aberrant Utilization Patterns • Predictive Modeling Markup Language

  13. CMS Specific Data • CMS Data Sources • Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) • Medicaid Analytic eXtract (MAX) • Validating & Grouping Diagnosis Codes

  14. Updates • Corrections: • 1:00 Auditorium COGNOS BI • Cancellations: • 2:00 SAS-L & SAS Community • 3:00 Teradata and the IDR

  15. Announcements • Closing Remarks • 16th Most Powerful Person in Healthcare, Chief Actuary, Rick Foster • Door Prizes • Four free books • Trivia for Trinkets • Post Conference Celebration • Bare Bones, 5:30 – 7:00

  16. Happy Halloween! • Have a great conference!! • Many thanks to: • Patrick Alcorn • Kai Anderson • Rick Andrews • Elizabeth Axelrod • Brenda Beck • Dave Bott • Joe Brenner • Walt Dunick • Rick Foster • Jim Goodnight • Jane Hall • Dara Hammond • Russell Hendel • Mark Ireland • Sandy McNeill • Kim Michalski • Jeff Mudd • Cara Petroski • Yadira Sanchez • Marge Scerbo • Andy Shatto • Jim Summe • Sanjeev Vohra • Dan Waldo • Kerry Weems • & anyone we missed !

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