InteropTalk

by Health Gorilla

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 Gorill ... 

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Podcast episodes

  • InteropTalk Ep. 11: Updates from Interop Summits in San Diego, Patient Access, and TEFCA

    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.

  • Live at HLTH 2023 — Hot Topics of the Day

    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.

  • InteropTalk Episode 9: The Looming Enforcement of Info Blocking Complaints for HIEs and HINs

    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/) 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/) by Deven McGraw

  • InteropTalk Episode 8: Challenges of Payer-Provider and Payer-to-Payer Exchange, USCDI v4, and More

    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.

  • InteropTalk Ep. 7: Info Blocking Penalties, TEFCA Participation, and Criticism from Ex-ONC Chief

    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.