We asked and you answered! We sent out a survey to assess industry readiness to meet the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access to APIs Final Rule by the deadline. Many of you shared concerns about the regulations and how COVID might affect their implementation. The results from the survey have been analyzed and we’d like to share the results with you! Please join us for a presentation on the current state of readiness and see how various stakeholders have been impacted in similar or different ways to you and your organization.

Speakers: 

Henry Archibong
Associate Vice President, Innovation Solutions
Inovalon

Mr. Archibong serves as Associate Vice President of Innovation Solutions for Inovalon, leading product innovation, interoperability strategy and operations for the Company’s payer and provider business units, as well as efforts to expand Inovalon’s connectivity infrastructure.

Mr. Archibong has nearly two decades of experience in healthcare IT. He began his career with Johnson & Johnson (J&J), where he successfully streamlined IT project execution and resource management across all 250 J&J operating companies globally.

Mr. Archibong transitioned into healthcare when was tapped to join Cooper University Health Care, in Camden, NJ, as their Director of Enterprise Applications. There, he successfully led the system-wide implementation and adoption of the Epic Electronic Health Record (EHR) for the health system.

He later joined Anne Arundel Medical Center (AAMC) in Annapolis, MD, as their Executive Director and Associate Chief Information Officer (ACIO). There he led several technology advancements for the health system, including the launch of a new Enterprise Resource Planning system, a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS), and deployment of Epic EHR across all of their ambulatory clinics. AAMC was recognized as one of the nation’s Most Connected Hospitals by U.S. News and World Report, as well as a HealthCare's Most Wired Hospital in 2015 and 2016 during his tenure as ACIO.

Prior to joining Inovalon, Mr. Archibong served as the Vice President and Site Executive for University of Maryland Capital Region Health in Prince Georges County, MD.

Fred Bentley
Managing Director, Policy
Avalere

Fred Bentley advises clients on health delivery and payment innovation, providing analytic and strategic insight on issues related to the delivery of care.

As an expert in fields ranging from payer strategy to hospital–physician alignment and post-acute care, he has worked with providers, including integrated delivery networks, academic medical centers, post-acute providers, and long-term care organizations as well as national and regional health plans. Over the past 5 years, his work has focused on supporting health systems engage in Medicare and Medicaid payment and delivery system transformation initiatives.

Prior to joining Avalere, Fred was a principal in the Accountable Care Solutions practice at The Chartis Group. In this role, he worked with leading hospitals and health systems in developing strategic roadmaps to guide their clinical innovation, population health, and cross-continuum integration initiatives. He also served as a managing director with The Advisory Board Company, managing a team of consultants and analysts who supported provider organizations ranging from physician groups and health systems to post-acute care providers.

Fred holds an MPP and MPH from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in political science from Haverford College.

Jennifer Covich Bordenick
Chief Executive Officer
eHealth Initiative and Foundation 

For over 20 years, Jennifer has focused on quality and innovative technology solutions to transform healthcare. As CEO, she provides leadership for research, education and advocacy components of eHealth Initiative and Foundation (eHI). Convening senior executives from every group in healthcare to discuss, identify, and share best practices that transform the delivery of healthcare. Focus areas: improving health and wellness through innovative solutions; interoperability; privacy concerns; artificial intelligence; payment models to support innovative care; and tech tools for chronic care. She led development of dozens of national surveys and published groundbreaking reports. As part of her work with the Foundation, she led grants with California Health Care Foundation, Commonwealth Fund, Aetna Foundation and Bristol Meyers Squibb Foundation. Jennifer is co-chair of the Federal HIT Policy Committee’s Strategy and Innovation Workgroup; member of the HL7 Board of Directors; and a member of the Diabetes Collaborative Stakeholder Panel. Jennifer is a faculty member for the MHA and MHIA graduate programs at George Washington University. Prior to joining eHI, Jennifer headed up the strategic marketing at OpenNetworks, Inc., focusing on security solutions for the healthcare industry. She led healthcare industry relations at MicroStrategy, Inc., focusing on data-mining solutions for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. She spent four years at the National Committee for Quality Assurance as Director of Policy and Product Development, helping develop national quality standards for healthcare organizations. Jennifer began her career at the George Washington University Hospital, Medical Center and Health Plan working on quality management initiatives, clinical pathways and healthcare administration. Jennifer earned a master's in Human Resource Development, completed coursework in health administration doctoral program at GWU, and resides in Maryland with her husband and two children.

Andrew E. Van Ostrand
Principal
Avalere

Andrew supports and advises a range of payer, medical device, life sciences, and association clients with research and analysis focused on healthcare policy and payment reform.

He applies his background in health technology, health insurance, and the medical device space to inform policy and advocacy as well as market strategy.

Andrew joined Avalere with 20 years of diverse healthcare experience. Prior to Avalere, he held a variety of leadership positions, including senior public policy, enterprise strategy, and market development roles at The Advisory Board Company (now part of United Healthcare), the Health Industry Distributors Association, Medtronic, and Cigna. Most recently he led government affairs and strategic partnerships at PatientPing, a Series C venture capital-backed health technology company. Andrew spent nearly 10 years as a registered federal and state lobbyist.

Andrew has a BA in political science from Northeastern University and a MSc in economics from Trinity College Dublin.