The Dish on Health IT Gary Austin, Ken Kleinberg, Jocelyn Keegan

The discussion continues with Guest, Dr. Tim Pletcher, Executive Director of the Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) who joins The Dish on Health IT panel of senior consultants, Gary Austin, Jocelyn Keegan and Ken Kleinberg to discuss the role of Health Information Exchanges in healthcare, their role in the response to COVID-19 and what role they can serve in the future once TEFCA is finalized.

Guest, Dr. Tim Pletcher, Executive Director of the Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (MiHIN) joins The Dish on Health IT panel of senior consultants, Gary Austin, Jocelyn Keegan and Ken Kleinberg to discuss the role fo Health Information Exchanges in healthcare, their role in the response to COVID-19 and what role they can serve in the future once TEFCA is finalized.

Our guest, David Szabo, Co-Chair of the Health Care practice, a Partner in the Corporate and Transactional Department, and a member of the Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group with Locke Lord, LLP continues the discussion with our regular panel of senior health IT consultants, Ken Kleinberg, Jocelyn Keegan and Gary Austin to dish on Health IT and the Law. During Part 2 of this 2-part series, the discussion covers:

- Price transparency
- Data privacy & consent
- Information Blocking regulations & enforcement

Our guest, David Szabo, Co-Chair of the Health Care practice, a Partner in the Corporate and Transactional Department, and a member of the Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group with Locke Lord, LLP joins our regular panel of senior health IT consultants, Ken Kleinberg, Jocelyn Keegan and Gary Austin to dish on Health IT and the Law. During Part 1 of this 2-part series, the discussion covers:

- compliance with CMS/ONC rules and consequences of non-compliance,
- Information blocking: what is it? what happens if you do it? What are the implications for patients consenting to share data with 3rd party apps outside of HIPAA
- telehealth: relaxed regulations and waivers, mandated reimbursement rates, loosening practice borders, vendor preferences, increased usage, potential for fraud

Look forward to Part 2 which covers price transparency and pick up the conversation around data privacy issues that may arise due to information blocking regulations

Gary Austin, Jocelyn Keegan and Ken Kleinberg and guest, Brian Bamberger discuss the current landscape of Telehealth that has emerged in response to COVID-19 and what critical pieces should stay in place as the pandemic calms and the technological implications of strengthening the infrastructure to better support all aspects of telehealth.

Gary Austin, Ken Kleinberg and Jocelyn Keegan discuss the role of Health IT in the COVID-19 pandemic and the impact of the pandemic on the future of Health IT which may include opportunities for progress toward better interoperability coming out of this crisis and the innovations happening now. From supply chain to telehealth to the temporary suspension of prior authorizations, they cover a fascinating range of topics.