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Join us for the Fall 2022 CCSQ Data Camp on November 16th and 17th. The CCSQ Data Camps are multi-session, multi-day events designed for the CCSQ Data and Analytics community, where subject matter experts from various groups and lines of businesses will present on various training sessions and informational seminars. This year’s theme will be focusing was on “Quality Data Analytics Innovation”, as our session speakers will provide guidance and perspective on CCSQ’s future enhancements and vision for both data and analytics tools. Agenda for Day One (November 16th):Time | Session | Session Summary | Recording Link |
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Kick Off | 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 - 1:30pm ETRecording
| MDM Data | Learn more about the latest with MDM data in this session. | 1:30 - 3:00pm ETRecording | CCSQ Data & Analytics Notebook Alternative | In this session, learn more about the new Notebook Alternative tool currently under evaluation and pilot. Watch a demo to see the functionality this tool offers, as well as hear from the pilot testers on their experience with the tool. | 3:00 - 4:00pm ETRecording
| Meet the CMS Data Scientists | In response to costly issues and limitations with data exposed by the Covid-19 PHE, CCSQ components have been making investments so that data will be trustworthy, timely, relevant, and enables proactive administration of center programs. The Quality Innovation and Improvement Group took initiative in this vein via strategic planning with contractors, acquiring/deploying software, and, most drastically, by hiring data scientists (a new position) with modern training and expertise. In this session, you will learn about how data scientists’ roles and responsibilities have been shaped based on needs of their divisional assignments and center-wide duties. | 4:00 - 5:00pm ETRecording | CCSQ Data & Analytics - Roadmap & Vision | Join this session to learn more about CMS's vision for CCSQ Data & Analytics. In this session, a walkthrough will be provided on the CCSQ Data & Analytics roadmap. | Recording |
Agenda for Day Two (November 17th):TimeSession | Session Summary | Recording Link | 12:00 - 1:00pm ETPasscode: *1txmABX | Understanding the CCSQ Data & Analytics Environment | This session will provide a current state view into the architecture and offerings of the CCSQ Data & Analytics Environment. New users and organizations are highly encouraged to attend! | 1:00 - 2:00pm ETRecording | CCSQ QuickSight Overview | 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. You also will be provided the latest updates on QuickSight enhancements that have been implemented in the past year. | 2:00 - 3:00pm ETRecording | Using Data to Protect Beneficiaries and Evaluate Public Health Policies | Each year, CMS collects and maintains vast quantities of data from dozens of health programs and millions of beneficiaries. In this session, speakers will share how they used CMS databases to identify ways to improve patient safety and analyze the impact of public health policies on nursing home residents. | 3:00 - 4:00pm ETRecording | Feedback Analysis System (FAS) Overview | Learn more about the Feedback Analysis System (FAS), and how this system accelerates the analysis of CMS stakeholder feedback through artificial intelligence (AI). The FAS system utilizes machine learning modeling (ML) and natural language processing (NLP) to categorize stakeholder feedback. Join this session to learn more! | 4:00 - 4:55pm ETRecording | Utilizing Qualitative Analysis | During this session, you will learn how qualitative analysis is being leveraged to transform multiple reports into a more readable and consumable format. |
4:55pm ET | Data Camp Wrap Up | 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.
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| This year’s theme was “Growing CCSQ Enterprise Analytics - Learning to Walk Before We Run”, as our session speakers provided 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. The Q&A answers from the sessions can be found here on Confluence. Agenda for Day One:Session Title | Speaker(s) | Session Summary | Recording |
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CCSQ Camp Kick Off | Michelle Schreiber (CMS) 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. |
| | 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. |
| | CCSQ Data & Analytics: SAS Viya Overview | Pete 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. |
| | An Overview of CMS Master Data Management (MDM) & MDM Provider Data Product Offerings | Sandhya 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 offerings. 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. |
| | CCSQ 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. |
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Q&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. |
| | QuickSight 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. |
| | Bringing Data Together for CCSQ Analytic Use | Joshua 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. |
| | iQIES Data Overview | Thomas Kress (CMS) Joshua Phillips (SemanticBits) |
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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. |
| | Feedback Analysis Solution (FAS): Enabling Enterprise Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) | Christina Schilstra (Explore Digits) Nikhil Nirhale (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! |
| | Closing 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. |
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| Agenda for Day One:Session Title | Speaker(s) | Session Summary | Recording | CCSQ Camp Kick Off | Brent Weaver (CMS) Ken Howard (CMS)
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| 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. |
| | CCSQ Data & Analytics Environment Overview | Pete Grivas (CVP) |
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| 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. |
| | CDR Data Overview | Curtis Smith (CVP) Manpreet Khural (CVP) |
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| 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. |
| | SAS Viya Visual Analytics Overview | Lee Herman (SAS) |
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| 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. |
| | Hive SQL In-Depth | Pete Grivas (CVP)
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| Take a deeper dive into execution plans, how Hive works behind the scenes with partitions, and why explicit SQL is recommended over implicit SQL. |
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Special One-Hour Q&A | Brent Weaver (CMS) Ken Howard (CMS) Indre Goble (CMS)
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| Do you have questions related to the modernization efforts at ISG? Attend this open forum to have your questions answered! |
| | SAS Troubleshooting Tips & Tricks | Brendon Salatino (SAS) |
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| 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. |
| | SQL Optimization Techniques | Pete Grivas (CVP) |
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| 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. |
| | Hive & CAS Working Together | Chris Coley |
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| 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. |
| | The Future of CAP | Pete Grivas (CVP)
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| 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. |
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