MX April Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX
April 2025 Edition
Webinar Recap
From the future of TEFCA to the potential impact of Medicaid reform, there are opportunities, challenges, and unknowns that affect the seamless, secure exchange of health and social services information at both the state and national levels. Watch below for a candid, in-depth conversation from health data experts around the future of health data sharing.
Panelists:
- Erica Galvez, Chief Executive Officer, Manifest MedEx
- Jaime Bland, Chief Executive Officer, CyncHealth
- Jay Nakashima, President, eHealth Exchange
- J. Marc Overhage, M.D., Ph.D., Principal, The Overhage Group and Professor, The Fairbanks School of Public Health
Visit our website to watch the recording. Please feel free to share with colleagues who may be interested!
Can Existing Health Information Exchanges (HIEs) Be
Leveraged to Modernize Public Health Surveillance?
Surveillance and epidemiology are critical public health functions that prevent and control disease in communities, but manual reporting methods, outdated and underfunded public health data systems, multiple non-interoperable disease reporting systems, and hesitation from some hospitals to share relevant data, even during outbreaks, are major limiting factors to ensuring public health systems have the data needed for accurate, timely surveillance and public health action.
In 2023, the California Department of Public Health’s Division of Communicable Disease Control (DCDC) partnered with Manifest MedEx on a pilot project focused on a retrospective analysis of HIE data to explore if health information organizations (HIOs), rich in crucial and current health data, such as demographics, encounters, labs, and test results, could improve public health surveillance data, and as a result, health equity.
Learn more about this pilot and preliminary findings that show HIEs can provide data aggregated from multiple clinical sources to better advance public health surveillance, including by increasing completeness of race/ethnicity data fields and language data fields.
Visit our website to read the full white paper here.
ICYMI: Manifest MedEx Announces Three New Regional Executive Directors
Manifest MedEx welcomes three new senior regional leaders: Eva Williams, PhD, Executive Director of the Southern Inland Region; Dr. Ednann Naz, Executive Director of the Central & Northern Regions; and Erin Henke, Executive Director of the Bay Region.
“We are committed to making health data work better for everyone in California. A big part of that is building stronger local connections to ensure providers, public health agencies, health plans, and community-based organizations have the information they need to coordinate and address the health and wellness needs of their communities,” said Adam Harrison, Chief Business Development Officer, Manifest MedEx. “Bringing these incredible leaders to the team strengthens our ability to advance whole-person care and improve health outcomes across the state. Their deep expertise will be invaluable as we continue our mission to create a more connected, efficient, and person-centered health system.”
Manifest MedEx is working with partners on the local, state, and national level to support secure and appropriate data sharing across communities and public health initiatives. As the only nonprofit qualified health information organization (QHIO) in California that can help organizations — regardless of their location, technical capabilities, or resources — participate in both the state Data Exchange Framework (DxF) and the national Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™), MX is working to advance a digital health data safety net in California to support CalAIM and DxF goals by improving efficiency and outcomes and enabling whole-person care.
Read the full press release here.
Manifest MedEx Welcomes New Participants!
Manifest MedEx is pleased to welcome Western Health Advantage, El Dorado County, and Compass Health to our ever-growing network.
Founded over 25 years ago, Western Health Advantage (WHA) is a leading health plan serving over 100,000 members and offering plans for individuals, groups, and Medicare beneficiaries across Northern California. WHA has consistently been recognized for delivering high-quality, affordable care and providing exceptional value to its members. WHA will utilize MX's product suite to meet their data needs in key areas, including but not limited to risk adjustment, quality measures, HEDIS® reporting, and more. MX will also assist WHA in meeting its data sharing requirements under the DxF.
Ranked the 6th healthiest county in California in 2013, El Dorado County’s Behavioral Health and Public Health divisions have joined the MX network. The division of Behavioral Health aims to deliver coordinated, timely, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive mental health and substance use disorder treatment services that promote wellness, recovery, resiliency, and positive outcomes. Similarly, the division of Public Health aims to promote, protect, and assure conditions for optimal health for their community through disease prevention and management programs, education on healthy living, emergency preparedness, and program implementation. By partnering with MX, both divisions will utilize our products and the data we provide to assess patient and provider services, and support immunization programs, communicable disease programs, children’s services, and maternal programs, respectively.
Founded in 2001, Compass Health is a leader in skilled nursing and care, committed to improve the quality of life and the quality of care for their community. From assisted living to skilled nursing and rehabilitation to home-based healthcare, Compass Health takes enormous pride in providing a selection of care resources that help their Central Coast clients live the highest quality of life possible. Manifest MedEx looks forward to providing comprehensive data for Compass Health and aiding them in meeting their data sharing requirements under the DxF.
New Enhancements to MX Notify Coming Soon!
We will be releasing several enhancements in May to MX Notify that will help users streamline the process of managing notifications. The enhancements include:
- Ability to remove notifications from your notification list
- Ability to select multiple notifications and perform an action such as update status, mark as read/unread, or remove from your list
- Ability to select a default filter that will be applied at all times, including every time you log in
- Automatic deletion of notifications after 12 months
Be on the lookout for more information on these enhancements on the MX Portal homepage in the Useful Resources and Release Notes section!
MX Monthly Product Trainings
Manifest MedEx hosts monthly product trainings to help users get the most out of our MX product suite. Every month, our Product team will walk through key features designed to boost productivity and enhance the user experience with MX Access, MX Notify, and our MX Admin Settings.
Sign up for one of our trainings here to learn how you can get the most out of MX’s web portal. The next training will be held on May 9, 2025 at 12 pm PT.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Cha Lee, Product Manager.
News and Events
Mark your calendars for the 2025 State Healthcare IT Connect Summit themed, "Modernization Strategies for a Connected HHS Ecosystem" in New Orleans! Manifest MedEx's CEO, Erica Galvez, will join other industry leaders in two sessions:
- On April 30th from 4 - 5 pm CT, Erica will join @Edifecs' Kevin Day and Brian Hanley in a discussion on "Consent Management Controls in the Age of Interoperability."
- On May 1st from 4 - 5 pm CT, Erica will join CRISP Shared Services' Sheena Patel, Mathematica's Paul Messino, Alaska Department of Health's Eliza Ramsey, and Innsena's Britteny Matero in a discussion on "Public Health Modernization, a Look at STLT Engagement."
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California Medical Association’s 3rd Annual Health IT Summit
Manifest MedEx is delighted to sponsor California Medical Association’s 3rd Annual Health IT Summit where MX’s Chief Information Officer, Jason Buckner, will join other QHIO leaders on May 6 from 3 PM – 5 PM PT to discuss the role of QHIOS in the DxF.
Visit our table to learn how Manifest MedEx can help your organization meet DxF data sharing requirements and enhance patient care coordination through the secure, seamless exchange of health and social services information.
Register here for more information.
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America's Physician Groups' Annual Spring Conference
Manifest MedEx is a proud sponsor of the America's Physician Groups' Annual 2025 Spring Conference themed, "Kickstarting Accountable Care: Innovations for an Urgent Future,” from May 14-16.
Register here and visit Booth #611 to learn how Manifest MedEx helps providers save time, improve finances, succeed in risk-based contracts, and provide coordinated, person-centered care to patients.
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange's 2025 Spring Conference will take place virtually from May 19 - 22. You don't want to miss a discussion on "The Evolution of Health Data Utilities (HDUs) to Meet State Needs" with Manifest MedEx's CEO, Erica Galvez; Indiana Health Information Exchange's President and CEO, John Kansky; and Contexture's CEO, Melissa Kotrys, all of whom represent the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), a collection of the nation’s largest and most robust nonprofit HDUs.
Register here to hear how their HDUs are actively supporting public health initiatives and advancing Medicaid priorities, and future opportunities for HDUs as they continue to evolve to meet state and potentially national needs.
Network Growth
New data sources available on MX this month:
CCDAs from the following 9 participants:
Blasko Medical Consultants
Citizens Medical Response, LLC
Dennis Hughes, M.D.
Ebbetts Pass Fire District
Lifeline Ambulance Service
Monterey County Regional Fire Protection District
Northshore Fire Protection District
Raincross Medical Group, Inc.
South Placer Fire District
Labs from the following participant:
Chinese Hospital Association
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