Government & Policy
Sean Sullivan, a partner at Alston & Bird, predicts more clarity on reasonable fees and exceptions, details on sensitive information sharing, and rules about public health IT certification in revised interoperability rules that may drop in June.
Anna Basevich, SVP of enterprise partnerships and customer enablement at Arcadia, explains how MA plans will need to measure performance ahead of 2027 when CMS will start rewarding plans that demonstrate progress in addressing health disparities.
While he praises the EU's data protection regulations, Eric Sutherland, senior health economist at the OECD, believes policies and standards must "harmonize" to ensure that public health organizations can access health data as needed.
Gözde Susuzlu Briggs, programme manager for the European Patients' Forum, discusses the "Data Saves Lives" initiative, which explains digital data and AI concepts to patients and encourages involvement in patient advocacy organizations.
It can serve a "translator" to help policymakers and clinicians understand technical products and bridge the communication gap between those groups and company engineers, says Jessica Skopac, division chief engineer at MITRE.
The government of the Netherlands is interested in how Europe and the U.S. are addressing their diverse populations' needs with healthcare legislation, says Abigail Norville, deputy secretary general of its Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport.
The agency seeks to remove policy barriers, giving military patients and clinicians access to the same technologies available in civilian healthcare, says Naomi Escoffery, Chief Accelerator Officer at the Defense Health Agency.
Developing AI policy needs to mitigate risk without stifling innovation, much like the early days of EHRs, says Patricia MacTaggart, program director and teaching instructor at George Washington University and 2024 Changemaker Award recipient.
Payers will not only need to comply with the 2024 CMS Final Rule pertaining to materials and content, but they will need to go the extra mile because it affects star ratings, says Ernie Crawford, president and CEO of Crawford Technologies.
The Coalition of Health AI brings together more than 1,300 organizations, including government and industry leaders, to build consensus-driven best practices and standards for using AI in healthcare, explains Dr. Brian Anderson, CEO of CHAI.
