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MX June Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX June 2022 Edition Save the Date! Save the date for our upcoming webinar on Thursday, July 28 from 12 pm – 1 pm PDT. COVID-19 has highlighted the deep disparities in health and health access plaguing our communities. It has also underscored that data gaps…
Read MoreHow one pediatric practice reduces chart chasing and streamlines post-discharge follow-up and vaccine distribution with Manifest MedEx
Garden Pediatrics is a pediatric practice serving the Inland Empire area, providing care for approximately 40 to 50 PPO and Inland Empire Health Plan (IEHP) patients under the age of 21 every day. Their patients are also seen at local specialty clinics, urgent care centers, and hospitals in the area, many of whom participate and…
Read MoreA Letter from Claudia Williams
Dear Friends, As my time wraps up at Manifest MedEx, I’ve been reflecting on all that we’ve accomplished and the opportunities that lie ahead. My career has focused on building transformative systems for healthcare change. And that is what we have built together over the last five years. Manifest MedEx is an innovative, impactful non-profit…
Read MoreOp-Ed: California needs clinical data to see the most vulnerable
Accessing health care in California can be a hurdle in itself. For our low-income, unhoused and vulnerable citizens, many of whom make up the 14 million Californians enrolled in Medi-Cal, finding and returning regularly to a usual source of care can be challenging. In my region of Riverside and San Bernardino counties, about 30% of our population…
Read MoreData Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #8
Stakeholders call for closing key gaps in Data Sharing Agreement and Policies: Health Information Organization (HIO) funding, proactive data sharing, and process to qualify HIOs At the eighth meeting of the Data Exchange Framework (DxF) Stakeholder Advisory Group, members discussed the latest draft of the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and initial policies and procedures (P&Ps)…
Read MoreMX Access Audit Report
In response to customer feedback and to better serve our participants, Manifest MedEx is pleased to announce the new MX Access Audit Report is now available within the MX Portal! The audit report provides a rolling 12-month historical log of your organization’s user activity within MX Access, including which patient records and types of data…
Read MoreMX May Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX May 2022 Edition New MX Participant MX is excited to welcome Stanford Healthcare Advantage plan/Essence Healthcare/Lumeris to the network. Lumeris’ industry-leading flagship Medicare Advantage plan, Essence Healthcare, acquire/ a majority stake in SHC Advantage in 2021. They deliver high-quality service, affordable care, and improved health outcomes…
Read MoreCommunity Medical Centers partners with Manifest MedEx to improve care transitions
Community Medical Centers (CMC) is a Federally Qualified Health Center and certified Primary Care Medical Home (PCMH) with locations in San Joaquin, Solano, and Yolo counties. CMC clinics serve the safety net population, and most of CMC’s more than 100,000 patients are insured through Medicare, Medi-Cal, or the Health Plan of San Joaquin (HPSJ). CMC…
Read MoreManifest MedEx provides edits to Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and related Policies
On April 21, 2022, John Ohanian, Chief Data Officer and Director of the Center for Data Insights and Innovation, released the first draft of the Data Sharing Agreement (DSA) and related Policies on behalf of the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS). Manifest MedEx has reviewed the documents and provided recommended edits to ensure…
Read MoreChanges to MX Participant Policies
This serves as notice that MX is updating its Participant Policies, which can be found at https://www.manifestmedex.org/resources/, effective as of July 31, 2022. Over the last several years, national and regional interoperability networks have become increasingly critical components of a robust exchange of health information and MX’s ability to provide the most comprehensive patient data…
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