Thank you for attending the 2024 Annual Meeting
This year’s annual meeting in Nashville, TN was a huge success. We want to thank all attendees, speakers and sponsors for making this year’s meeting so memorable. Below you’ll find access to the session recordings and presentation slides.
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Meeting Agenda
1
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Exchange Coordinating Committee Chair opened the annual meeting with the Coordinating Committee’s perspective of the network, including progress highlights and the path ahead.
2
State of the Network
eHealth Exchange President shared the annual state of the network, including accomplishments of 2024 and roadmap for 2025.
3
Morning Keynote Address
Jim Jirjis, MD, MBA, FACP is Division Director of Data Policy and Standards within the Office of Public Health Data, Surveillance, and Technology at CDC. He is responsible for leading CDC’s interoperability and data policy and standards to ensure data transmitted across the public health ecosystem is robust, interoperable, and conforms to open data policies. A long-time champion of interoperability and public health, Jim provided an update on CDC’s efforts and goals to improve data exchange.
4
Accelerating Data Exchange for Public Health
The CDC provided $255M in funding through Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG) for the Implementation Center Program to bolster vital public health data modernization efforts. In this session you’ll hear about what these Implementation Centers will do, and the process to bring more agencies and STLTs into the fold for use cases like electronic case reporting and case investigations.
Panelists
5
Unlocking the Impact of the CARES Act Final Rule Changes on 42 CFR Part 2 for HIN/HIEs
HHS published a final rule modifying 42 CFR Part 2, which governs the use and disclosure of substance use disorder information. The compliance deadline is February 16, 2026. In this presentation, Mel Soliz explained how these changes may impact data exchange for health information networks and exchanges (HIN/HIEs).
6
Leading Trust in National Networks
Trust is essential when it comes to accessing health care data. Recent disputes over patient privacy, interpretation on policy, and allegations of inappropriate requests for data have rattled our industry. In this panel, we unpack how the TEFCA and Carequality national frameworks are responding, and review how eHealth Exchange’s enhanced trust guardrails protect patient privacy and increase transparency.
Panelists
7
Federal Interoperability Progress and Promise
eHealth Exchange was founded on the principal need for health information exchange between and among federal agencies and their private sector partners. In this session you learn how these relationships have evolved, how network participants can better work together, and opportunities for future use cases.
Panelists
8
Tomorrow’s TEFCA – Expanding Exchange Purposes
The mission of many HIEs, public agencies, and other organizations has been expanding to support the integration of data and sharing of data to tackle complex problems like unmet social health needs and coordination with child welfare and social support programs – including activities beyond the six current Expanded Exchange Purposes. Do we need additional TEFCA Exchange Purposes to support these goals? What other use cases for TEFCA should we be contemplating today so we are ready for tomorrow?
Panelists
9
The “007” of the CMS-0057 Prior Authorization Rule Requiring FHIR
We’ll investigate CMS-0057 regulation and uncover the market needs of payers and providers. Join us as we magnify possible solutions and weigh some of the challenges with FHIR exchange. Together we have the opportunity to “kill it” and proliferate provider and payer burden reduction across healthcare.
Panelists
10
Afternoon Keynote Address
Dr. J. Marc Overhage has served as Chief Health Information Officer for organizations like Elevance Health, Siemens Health Solutions and Cerner as well as practicing for 20 years as a physician in a major academic medical center for 20 years, combined with over 35 years of experience developing and implementing clinical and scientific systems, including population health platforms and community-based EHR systems — giving him a unique 360-degree view into our healthcare system. Hear what this industry rock star thinks about how interoperability can affect change.
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Insights from the Top
eHealth Exchange Board of Directors Chair Bill Howard sum’s up the meeting’s insights and call to action for participants to enhance their connectivity to improve patient care and outcomes.
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