InteropTalk is a monthly discussion with a regular lineup of experts and the occasional special guest to talk about the interoperability landscape, data sharing, patient access to data, government initiatives such as the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA). Dave Cassel, Health Gorilla's Chief Customer Officer and former Executive Director of Carequality, moderates. The regular panel includes Health Gorilla Chief Medical Officer Steven Lane, MD, MPH, Jennifer Blumenthal, Product Director, OneRecord, at Milliman IntelliScript, and Invitate's Lead of Data Stewardship and Data Sharing Deven McGraw.
InteropTalk Ep. 11: Updates from Interop Summits in San Diego, Patient Access, and TEFCA
Episode 11 of Health Gorilla’s InteropTalk podcast focuses on updates out of the recent Interoperability events in San Diego, including conferences for the Sequoia Project, Carequality, and eHealth Exchange. The group also discusses the opportunities and challenges with Patient Access in TEFCA.
13 Oct 2023
Live at HLTH 2023 — Hot Topics of the Day
Episode 10 of InteropTalk was recorded live and in person at HLTH 2023 in Las Vegas. Moderated by Dave Cassel, Chief Customer Officer at Health Gorilla, the panel also included Health Gorilla Chief Medical Officer Dr. Steven Lane, Jennifer Blumenthal, founder and CEO of OneRecord, which was acquired last year by Milliman Intelliscript, where she is Director of Product for OneRecord, and special guest Brendan Keeler, head of product at Flexpa.Topics included TEFCA, patient access, identity verification, and more.
5 Sept 2023
InteropTalk Episode 9: The Looming Enforcement of Info Blocking Complaints for HIEs and HINs
Episode 9 of Health Gorilla’s InteropTalk podcast. The group talks about the September 1 deadline for info blocking.Under the 21st Century Cures Act final rule (https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/featured-topics/information-blocking/ (https://oig.hhs.gov/reports-and-publications/featured-topics/information-blocking/)) published in June, certified health IT developers and entities and health information exchanges and networks can be penalized up to $1 million for interfering with the access, exchange and use of electronic health information.Moderator: Dave Cassel, Chief Customer Officer at Health GorillaWith:--Deven McGraw, data sharing lead at Invitae / former Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy, at HHS--Jennifer Blumenthal, Director of Product, OneRecord, at Milliman IntelliScript--Steven Lane MD MPH, Health Gorilla Chief Medical Officer Going the Extra Mile to Support Patient Access Is a Win-Win for Patients and HIE Compliance (https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2023/08/16/going-the-extra-mile-to-support-patient-access-is-a-win-win-for-patients-and-hie-compliance/ (https://www.healthcareittoday.com/2023/08/16/going-the-extra-mile-to-support-patient-access-is-a-win-win-for-patients-and-hie-compliance/)) by Deven McGraw
1 Aug 2023
InteropTalk Episode 8: Challenges of Payer-Provider and Payer-to-Payer Exchange, USCDI v4, and More
Episode 8 of Health Gorilla's InteropTalk Moderator Dave Cassel, Chief Customer Officer at Health Gorilla and former Executive Director of Carequality, Dr. Steven Lane, Chief Medical Officer at Health Gorilla and former Director of Clinical Informatics and Interoperability at Sutter Health, and Jennifer Blumenthal, Director of Product for OneRecord, Milliman IntelliScript. Filling in for Deven McGraw, who is on vacation, is Jocelyn Keegan, Payer Practice Lead at Point-of-Care Partners and program manager of HL7 International’s Da Vinci Project. Topics include payer-provider exchange and why it's so hard, pending CMS rules related to payer-provider, payer-to-payer, and payer-to-patient requirements, and the USCDI version 4 release.
5 Jul 2023
InteropTalk Ep. 7: Info Blocking Penalties, TEFCA Participation, and Criticism from Ex-ONC Chief
In Episode 7 of InteropTalk, the crew got together to discuss the final rule released by the OIG on June 27 that outlined info blocking penalties, recent news about TEFCA participation, criticism from former ONC chief Don Rucker, and more. With Health Gorilla’s Dave Cassel and Steven Lane MD MPH, plus Deven McGraw, data sharing lead at Invitae / former Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy, at HHS, and Jennifer Blumenthal, Director of Product, OneRecord, at Milliman IntelliScript.
16 May 2023
The Promises and Potential Pitfalls of AI in Healthcare
Health Gorilla's Dave Cassel and Steven Lane MD MPH are joined by Deven McGraw, Data Sharing Lead at Invitae, and Jennifer Blumenthal, Product Director, OneRecord, at Milliman IntelliScript. They get into the promise and potentials pitfalls of AI in healthcare, how privacy and security rules will be tested, and more.
28 Apr 2023
Live at HIMSS 2023: Hot topics including TEFCA, IAS, the ONC's NPRM, and more
Health Gorilla's Dave Cassel and Steven Lane MD MPH are joined by Deven McGraw, data sharing lead at Invitae, and special guest Zoe Barber, policy director at The Sequoia Project.
24 Feb 2023
The Experts Discuss Recent TEFCA Developments, QHIN Onboarding, and Beyond
Moderated by Dave Cassel, Senior Vice President of Customer Success at Health Gorilla and former executive director of Carequality. Regular panelists Dr. Steven Lane, Chief Medical Officer at Health Gorilla and former Director of Clinical Informatics and Interoperability at Sutter Health, Deven McGraw, Data Sharing Lead at Invitae and former deputy director for health information privacy at HHS, and Jennifer Blumenthal, Director of Product, OneRecord, at Milliman IntelliScript, are joined by Brendan Keeler, head of product at Flexpa, also known for his substack Health API Guy. He began his career at Epic, and has also worked at Zus Health and Redox.
6 Feb 2023
The HITAC Committee, New EHR Certification Requirements for Implementing FHIR APIs, and More
In this episode of InteropTalk, panelists get the download from Invitate's Lead of Data Stewardship & Data Sharing Deven McGraw about her first Health Information Technology Advisory Committee (HITAC) meeting. They also discuss the new EHR/HIT certification requirements around providing and implementing FHIR API capabilities, a proposed CMS rule to expand access to health information and improve the prior authorization process, and more.
Moderated by Dave Cassel, Health Gorilla's SVP of Operations and former Executive Director of Carequality, the panel includes McGraw as well as Health Gorilla Chief Medical Officer Steven Lane, MD, MPH, and One Record CEO Jennifer Blumenthal.
26 Jan 2023
Individual Access Services (IAS) for Patient Data, SDOH, and HLTH 2022
Dave Cassel, Health Gorilla's Senior Vice President of Operations and Customer Success, moderates the discussion with Steven Lane, MD, MPH, Chief Medical Officer for Health Gorilla, Jennifer Blumenthal, CEO of One Record, and Deven McGraw, Data Sharing Lead for Invitae. The regular crew is joined by Lisa Bari, CEO of Civitas Networks for Health.
In this episode, they discuss individual access services (IAS) for patient data, social determinants of health (SDOH), and the recent HLTH 2022 conference.
26 Jan 2023
The Experts Weigh In on Information Blocking, Patient Access, TEFCA and QHINs
In Health Gorilla's first episode of InteropTalk, our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Steven Lane, and our Senior Vice President of Customer Success & Operations, Dave Cassel, are joined by Deven McGraw and Jennifer Blumenthal.
Deven McGraw is the former Chief Regulatory Officer at Ciitizen and is now the lead of data sharing at Invitae. She is also the former deputy director for health information privacy at HHS.
Jennifer Blumenthal is the CEO and founder of OneRecord, which Milliman Intelliscript recently acquired.
In this episode, the group discusses the impact of the information-blocking final rule, the QHIN application period, and the potential value of ONC certification for public health data systems.
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