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Health Records Contract to Improve Accessibility For Hospitals
The Fresno County Public Health and Behavioral Health departments are making strides to bring improved access to health records among Central Valley hospitals. Joe Prado, interim assistant director for public health, said this project has been in the works since before the pandemic. Recently, it was approved by the Fresno County Board of Supervisors for…
Read MoreMX January Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX January 2022 Edition TEFCA v1 Launches The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) announced the publication of the Trusted Exchange Framework the Common Agreement (TEFCA) Version 1. This fulfills a major requirement under the…
Read MoreHow To Get Health Data Infrastructure Right For This Moment Of Medicaid Transformation
Through its California Advancing and Innovating Medi-Cal (CalAIM) program, one of California’s goals is to “improve quality outcomes, reduce health disparities, and transform the delivery system through value‑based initiatives, modernization, and payment reform” for its Medicaid program (known as Medi-Cal). California is not the only state coming out of the COVID-19 pandemic with substantial plans to…
Read MoreManifest MedEx Earns Validated Data Stream Designation in New NCQA Data Aggregator Validation Program
Health plans and providers can rely on data from Manifest MedEx for HEDIS® quality reporting for second consecutive year Emeryville, Calif. – December 22, 2021 – Manifest MedEx (MX), California’s leading nonprofit health data network, announced today that it has earned the Validated Data Stream designation in the new National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA)…
Read MoreData Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #4
Funding and incentives to increase data exchange among top areas of discussion “Systems are not enough. We’ve got to make it a requirement to have incentive programs to support, not just adopt, actual data exchange.” – Jonah Frohlich, Manatt Health This week, the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) held their fourth Data Exchange…
Read MoreUpdate to the Authorized User Confidentiality Agreement
Users of the MX portal are required to agree to the Authorized User Confidentiality Agreement to maintain the confidentiality, security, and integrity of protected health information and other patient information. To help save time and go green, we are pleased to announce that users can now review and accept the Confidentiality Agreement electronically upon logging into the MX…
Read MoreTwo Key Promotions Within Our Leadership Team
Manifest MedEx is pleased to announce that Erica Galvez has been promoted to the role of Chief Operating Officer, and Jason Buckner has been promoted to the role Chief Information Officer, effective November 18, 2021. Erica Galvez most recently served as MX’s Chief Strategy Officer and leads the Advisory Committee for MX. She has been…
Read MoreMX November Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX November 2021 Edition Data Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting Recap As John Ohanian, Chief Data Officer, California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) kicked off the third Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting last week, he reminded the group that they were there to get consensus, “roll up our sleeves,” and “land the plane” –…
Read MoreIndustry Voices—Health plans look to HIEs while expanding population health work
It’s a match that works. Like peanut butter and chocolate or Batman and Robin, some things just belong together. Health plans and health information exchanges (HIEs) are quickly becoming one of the most dynamic duos in the healthcare landscape. Like many great partnerships, there was a bit of a will-they or won’t-they history to the…
Read MoreData Exchange Framework Stakeholder Advisory Group Meeting #3
Urgency and ability to operationalize are two key areas of concern “My worst fear is that we create a really nice report that doesn’t achieve exchange and doesn’t reach the goals we’ve indicated.” – Claudia Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Manifest MedEx As John Ohanian, Chief Data Officer, California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS) kicked off the third Stakeholder Advisory…
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