In March 2020, the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) released regulations that have far-reaching implications for the health care system. These two rules implement interoperability and information blocking provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act and aim to empower patients by facilitating access to individual medical data in order to make informed health care decisions. While the original applicability timeframe was pushed back due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many provisions go into effect in April of this year - less than two months from today.   

In this webinar, we will discuss:

• The impact of the regulations on the health care system
• Key stakeholder concerns and considerations
• Implementing the required FHIR-based interoperability solutions
• Timeline for compliance

Speakers: 

Drew Ivan
Chief Product and Strategy Officer
Lyniate

Drew’s focus is on how to operationalize and productize integration technologies, patterns, and best practices. His experience includes over 20 years in health IT, working with a wide spectrum of customers, including public HIEs, IDNs, payers, life sciences companies, and software vendors, with the goal of improving outcomes and reducing costs by aggregating and analyzing clinical, claims, and cost data.

Sagran Moodley
Senior Vice President, Clinical Data Services
UnitedHealthcare

Sagran Moodley is senior vice president of Clinical Data Services Management for UnitedHealthcare’s Clinical Services organization. In this role, he is responsible for clinical data acquisition for all members across UnitedHealthcare’s Medicare, Medicaid and Commercial lines of business.

Sagran has more than 20 years of experience leading transformative health care IT and business initiatives in both the public and private sectors. He has held multiple senior leadership roles in the private sector, including positions across UnitedHealthcare, Optum and Coventry. In the public sector, he has worked closely with state governments to lead adoption of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act and many other large-scale IT implementations at the state level. Notably, Sagran led the technology
implementation that drove the turnaround of the Massachusetts Affordable
Health Care (ACA) Exchange.

Sagran is active in industry-wide data standardization efforts. He represents UnitedHealth Group as co-founder and chair of Da Vinci, a private-sector led initiative to accelerate interoperability in support of value based care. He also served as co-chair of Document Rules Lookup Services, a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) funded Medicare Fee-for-Service (FFS) prior authorization. In addition, Sagran is an advisory council member to Health Level Seven International (HL7), a standards development organization, and serves on the eHealthInitiative Leadership Council, a non-profit organization focused on transforming healthcare delivery through IT.

Jen Covich Bordenick
Chief Executive Officer
eHealth Initiative 

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.

Jean Tichy
Director of Clinical Solutions
Marshfield Clinic Information

Jeannie Tichy serves as Director of Interoperability and Integration Solutions for the Marshfield Clinic Health System. Marshfield Clinic Health System is an integrated health system located in northern Wisconsin which encompasses 9 hospitals, 60 ambulatory facilities across 35 communities and has been a leader in the use of electronic health records. In her role, Jeannie is responsible for the Health System’s adoption and implementation of a comprehensive interoperability framework and integration of healthcare systems. Tichy’s background includes 25 years in healthcare positions such as medical technologist, research lab technologist, developer, software product analyst, and various IT leadership roles. She holds degrees in clinical laboratory science and information technology.

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