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CCSQ Data Camp

Purpose: The CCSQ Data Camps are multi-session, multi-day events focused on educating the CCSQ Data & Analytics user community featuring technical experts and special guests from various LOBs and ADOs.  SAS Viya/CDR users are welcome to attend and automatically receive the invitation to these calls. 

The next CCSQ Data Camp will be held on October 20th and 21st of this year. Please see information regarding the invite and agenda below. After the October event, all meeting materials, recordings, and Q&A will also be posted below. The previous recordings and information from the previous Data Camp, held November 2020, is also available below. 

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This year’s theme will be “Growing CCSQ Enterprise Analytics - Learning to Walk Before We Run”, as our session speakers will provide guidance and perspective on how data analysts, scientists, and support staff can learn to excel in the foundations of data management and analytics before we move to more advanced capabilities in the future. Obtain the invitation by joining our distribution list by following the instructions here. 

Agenda for Day One (October 20th):

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  • Welcome from CMS Leadership
  • ISG Leadership Presentation
    • 30 - 12:55pm ETCCSQ Data & Analytics Kick Off

    CCSQ Leadership 

    Rachel Dodge (Tantus Technologies) 



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    Join this session to be introduced to our CCSQ Data Camp theme and sessions. CCSQ Leadership will provide opening thoughts to provide us perspective before our CCSQ Data Camp begins. 


    1:00 - 1:55pm ET

    Welcome from CCSQ Leadership: CCSQ’s Vision and the Role of Data 

    Lee Fleisher, MD (CCSQ)

    Kurt Herzer, MD, PhD (CCSQ)


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    Data is foundational to CCSQ’s programs and policies, operational performance, and our approach for improving beneficiary outcomes. We will discuss CCSQ’s vision, how data is central to achieving that vision, and the role of data warehouse models, data governance, and accessible analytics—all topics that will be highlighted in greater detail during this year's Data Camp. As one of the largest components of CMS, CCSQ plays an important role in advancing the agency's data modernization efforts. This session will include time for Q&A with Data Camp participants. 


    2:00 - 2:55pm ETCCSQ Data & Analytics: SAS Viya OverviewPete Grivas (CVP)


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    During this session, we will provide a high-level overview of the technical details of SAS Viya, Hive, and AWS and how they work together. We’ll also cover some of the commonly used system macros which are available and designed to improve the SAS Viya user experience. The presentation will wrap up by covering some SAS Viya best practices as well as a demo so you can see these practices put into action.


    3:00 - 3:55pm ETAn Overview of CMS Master Data Management (MDM) & MDM Provider Data Product OfferingsSandhya Chitturi (NPSS)


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    This training covers an overview of the CMS Master Data Management (MDM) Program and CMS MDM Provider data product offeri​ngs. An in-depth deep dive into the MDM Comprehensive PMI/SPP and MDM PMI/SPP NPI Profile data products will be given. The presenter will walk through how to query the MDM PMI/SPP and MDM NPI Profile tables for several use cases.


    4:00 - 4:55pm ETCCSQ Data & Analytics: Zeppelin Overview

    Sri Akula (CVP)

    Sam Rau (CVP)


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    During this session, we will provide a high-level overview of Zeppelin, an open-source notebook used for data analytics. After going through the basics, we will go more in depth about the languages and interpreters users can make use of while in the platform. Following a discussion about best practices within the Zeppelin platform, the presentation will also include a walkthrough of sample notebooks that make use of interpreters (JDBC, Python) currently available to users.

  • MDM Overview
  • SAS Viya Overview
    • Zeppelin Overview


    Agenda for Day Two (October 21st):

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    12:30 - 1:

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  • ISG Q&A Panel
  • DataMart Overview
  • QuickSight Overview
  • iQIES Data Overview
    • 25pm ETQ&A with CCSQ Leadership CCSQ Leadership 


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    Join this session to ask multiple leads from CCSQ your questions concerning the CCSQ Data & Analytics efforts, as well as CCSQ-wide vision and goals. 


    1:30 - 2:25pm ETQuickSight Overview: QuickSight BI Tool to Help the CCSQ Enterprise

    Sarah Davis (SemanticBits)

    Emily Zavinski (SemanticBits)

    Beth Stevens (Telligen) 


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    This session will showcase what QuickSight is, how QuickSight has been used to help solve CCSQ business needs, and how to get access to start using QuickSight today.


    2:30 - 3:25pm ETBringing Data Together for CCSQ Analytic UseJoshua Phillips (SemanticBits)


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    This session will discuss how to take the next step in moving towards 'Data as a Product' and how to leverage the CCSQ Data Warehouse and Data Marts in bringing data together for analytic use in CCSQ.


    3:30 - 4:15pm ETiQIES Data OverviewThomas Kress (CMS) 


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    iQIES/QBIC users are welcome to join this session in order to learn more about the iQIES use case and data. 


    4:20 - 4:50pm ETNatural Language Processing (NLP) and Future Possibilities Ravi Hubbly (Explore Digits) 


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    Join this session for an overview of Natural Language Processing and its future possibilities. During this session, you will learn more about its use case, lessons learned, how this applies as an enterprise solution, and much more! 


    4:50 - 5:00pm ETClosing Thoughts from CCSQ Leadership Ken Howard (CMS) 


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    You are welcome to join us for closing thoughts provided by CCSQ leadership as we reflect on the sessions and themes discussed during this year's CCSQ Data Camp. 

    ISG Closing Thoughts Session






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    November 17th 

    12:30- 1:00pm EST  |  Welcome from CMS Leadership (iQIES/QBIC SAS Viya users welcome)

    Presenter: Mr. Brent Weaver and Mr. Ken Howard

    Presentation: Are you wondering about the SAS Viya environment and how all of the components interact? During this session, we will provide an overview of the technical details of SAS Viya, Hive, and AWS and how they work together. 

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: ZG@56s@T

    Meeting Materials: November 2020 Data Camp Introduction

    1:00 - 1:55pm EST  |  CCSQ Data & Analytics Environment Overview (iQIES/QBIC SAS Viya users welcome)

    Presenter: Pete Grivas

    Presentation: Are you wondering about the SAS Viya environment and how all of the components interact? During this session, we will provide an overview of the technical details of SAS Viya, Hive, and AWS and how they work together. 

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: ZG@56s@T

    Meeting Materials: CCSQ Data & Analytics Environment Overview PowerPoint

    2:00 - 2:55pm EST   |  CDR Data Overview 

    Presenters: Curtis Smith and Manpreet Khural

    Presentation: This session will cover the relationships between the key data sources in the CDR. We will discuss how data works in the CDR, touch on claims, provider, and beneficiary data, and how these sources relate to other CCSQ data sources like iQIES, HQR, and EQRS. 

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: ZG@56s@T

    Meeting Materials: CDR Data Overview PowerPoint

    3:00 - 3:55pm EST  |  Visual Analytics Overview  (iQIES/QBIC SAS Viya users welcome)

    Presenters: Mr. Lee Herman

    Presentation: SAS Visual Analytics provides a complete platform for analytics visualization. Interactive, self-service BI and reporting capabilities are combined with out-of-the-box advanced analytics so everyone can discover insights from any size and type of data, including text.

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: ZG@56s@T

    Meeting Materials: Visual Analytics Overview PowerPoint

    4:00 - 4:55 |  Hive SQL In-Depth

    Presenters: Mr. Pete Grivas

    Presentation: Take a deeper dive into execution plans, how Hive works behind the scenes with partitions, and why explicit SQL is recommended over implicit SQL.

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: ZG@56s@T

    Meeting Materials: Hive_SQL In-Depth PowerPoint


    November 18th 

    12:00- 1:00pm EST  |  Special One-Hour Q&A (iQIES/QBIC SAS Viya users welcome)

    Panelists: Mr. Brent Weaver, Mr. Ken Howard, and Ms. Indre Goble

    Presentation: Do you have questions related to the modernization efforts at ISG? Attend this open forum to have your questions answered!  

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: nJk4u#cg

    1:00 - 1:55pm EST  |  SAS Troubleshooting Tips & Tricks

    Presenter: Mr. Brendon Salatino

    Presentation: Learn how to troubleshoot common issues in SAS Viya. SAS logging options and importing data will be covered as well as how to break your code into manageable components for testing.

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: nJk4u#cg

    Meeting Materials: Troubleshooting in SAS PowerPoint

    2:00 - 2:55pm EST   |  SQL Optimization Techniques

    Presenters: Mr. Pete Grivas

    Presentation: During this presentation, we’ll cover user-submitted code before and after optimization, and the approach we took to improving its performance; all with the goal of sharing how other users of CDR can do the same.

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: nJk4u#cg

    Meeting Materials: SQL Optimization Techniques PowerPoint

    3:00 - 3:55pm EST  |  Hive & CAS Working Together

    Presenters: Mr. Chris Coley

    Presentation: CAS provides an in-memory solution to running SAS Programs while Hive provides a distributed approach to accessing large quantities of data. This session will cover the best way to integrate Hive and CAS, using each in a way that plays to their respective strengths.

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: nJk4u#cg

    Meeting Materials: Hive and CAS Working Together PowerPoint

    4:00 - 4:55pm EST |  The Future of CAP

    Presenters: Pete Grivas

    Presentation: The CAP architecture is designed to abstract compute services from data. This extensible architecture allows multiple tools to access the data and allows end users to leverage the tools they are most comfortable with to perform their analyses. We will cover the future of CAP with a focus on future data science tools.

    Presentation Recording: Click here to listen to the recording. Password: nJk4u#cg

    Meeting Materials: Future of CAP PowerPoint




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