New price transparency requirements are on their way! The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just released the first part of new, far-reaching healthcare regulations to enact parts of the No Surprises Act. In addition to ending the practice of “surprise billing,” the law also requires price comparison tools and new patient protections through price transparency – and it all goes into effect in less than six months. Plan for the 5-year regulatory journey of opening up, posting prices, and providing advanced estimates by identifying opportunities for automation and reuse. Proactive planning will help avoid project pitfalls and make projects more manageable.

Join eHI, Axway, and industry and patient representatives to learn more about the new requirements and their impact on the healthcare system. The webinar will also explore common threads across recent healthcare data-sharing and transparency tools to identify actions that can help meet new requirements, create new experiences for members, and decrease the administrative burden.

Speakers: 
 

Josh Roll
Government Relations Manager
American Heart Association

Josh serves as Government Relations Manager with the American Heart Association’s Federal Advocacy team. In this role, Josh works to advance the American Heart Association’s federal legislative agenda on Capitol hill around health care access. Prior to joining the American Heart Association, Josh served as the Manager of Congressional Affairs with the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

Matthew Albright
Chief Legislative Affairs Officer
Zelis

Matthew has over 15 years of regulatory, political and public affairs experience.

Prior to joining Zelis, Matthew oversaw the certification program at the Center for Affordable Quality Healthcare (CAQH) and Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) to ensure conformance with the requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).

He also served as Director of the Administrative Simplification Group for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). In this role, Matthew was responsible for drafting the regulations that implemented Section 1104 of PPACA which specifies the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) administrative transactions.

Matthew is a published author on bioethics, has written numerous state and federal regulations and taught as adjunct faculty at St. Martin’s University and Pierce College in Washington state.

Matthew earned a Master of Divinity from Harvard University with an emphasis in Bioethics, as well as a BA in Religion Studies from the College of Santa Fe and a BA in Print Journalism from the University of Southern California.

His greatest achievement: A place in the Guinness Book of World Records for the world’s longest softball game.

Ruby Raley
Vice President of Healthcare
Axway

Ruby Raley has a background in both technology and healthcare. Starting as a programmer, she grew into a divisional CIO before moving to healthcare and life sciences where she has held a variety of customer-facing roles. Ruby also has significant supply chain experience including a stint at Cardinal Health and a strong background working with payer and providers. Currently, Ruby applies her unique market insight and perspective to help customers solve problems and reduce costs using Axway's leading edge digital integration, API and content collaboration and healthcare solutions portfolio. Ruby holds a Master's of science in systems science from the University of West Florida.

Eric Holmberg
Director, Digital Delivery
Blue Cross Blue Shield ND

In his role, Erik Holmberg is responsible for the oversight of software development, project management, QA testing, code deployment and successful delivery of applications within BCBSND.

A native of the Fargo-Moorhead area, Holmberg joined BCBSND in 2014 as an IT portfolio manager. He then assumed responsibility as a manager in IT Solution Delivery before being promoted to his current position as director.

Jen Covich Bordenick
Chief Executive Officer
eHI

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.

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