MX October Newsletter
A monthly roundup of news and updates from MX
October 2025 Edition
Manifest MedEx and SCHIO Announce Strategic Affiliation
To Connect California and Advance Statewide Health and
Social Services Data Infrastructure
We are pleased to share that Serving Communities Health Information Organization (SCHIO), one of the oldest and most advanced multi-stakeholder health information exchanges (HIEs), is now an affiliate of Manifest MedEx! Under the affiliation arrangement, Manifest MedEx will provide data sharing technology and services to SCHIO participants.
SCHIO connects more than 200 health and social services organizations, including providers, counties, skilled nursing facilities, and two local health plans, Central California Alliance for Health and San Francisco Health Plan, which together serve more than 620,000 members. Established in 1996, SCHIO was operated by Physicians Medical Group (PMG), a Santa Cruz based independent physician association, for twenty years before transitioning to operating as an HIO in 2017. Like MX, it is also designated as a California Data Exchange Framework Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO).
SCHIO has deep roots and relationships with the communities they serve and a wealth of experience in integrating public health, social services, and community-based organizations into the data sharing ecosystem.
This significant collaboration will help communities in Santa Cruz, the Bay area, and throughout the state get critical health and social data across both networks to better coordinate whole person care and empower healthier communities.
Participants of the MX network will benefit from richer health and social data through this affiliation.
We look forward to welcoming SCHIO participants and working with the SCHIO team to provide more value to our collective networks!
View our press release.
Manifest MedEx Applauds Governor Newsom for Signing SB 660 to Strengthen California’s Data Exchange Framework
Manifest MedEx celebrated Governor Gavin Newsom for signing SB 660 on October 3, 2025, a new legislation introduced by Senate Health Committee Chair, Caroline Menjivar, that reinforces accountability and participation in California’s Data Exchange Framework (DxF).
The DxF is a cornerstone of California’s vision for a “Healthy California for All,” ensuring that providers, health plans, and social service organizations can securely exchange health data to improve care, safety, and outcomes for patients. As a Qualified Health Information Organization (QHIO), Manifest MedEx serves as part of California’s digital health safety net, connecting hospitals, clinics, health plans, local health agencies, and community partners to make sure critical health information follows Californians wherever they receive care.
“Governor Newsom’s signature on SB 660 sends a strong message: data exchange is not optional, it’s essential,” said Erica Galvez, CEO of Manifest MedEx. “This law puts in place the accountability needed to ensure every provider and health plan participates fully in the Data Exchange Framework so Californians get safe, well-coordinated, whole-person care.”
Understand and Improve Community Health with
Manifest MedEx’s County Population Health Reports
County health agencies rely on population health data to guide, plan, and fund initiatives that support healthier, more resilient communities, but obtaining timely and accurate health data can be challenging. This makes it difficult for health departments to have real-time actionable insights into the health of their communities, respond quickly to emerging health and social needs, and make proactive, data-informed decisions to manage population health and support whole-person community care.
Manifest MedEx is pleased to offer cost-effective County Population Health Reports that provide Limited Data Sets collected in near real-time that are aggregated for eight health domains reported across a geography (i.e., county, zip code, and census tracts). These reports include critical data and measures relevant to that facet of a population’s health and can be imported into most county databases to generate multi-dimensional dashboards and analytics.
Visit our website to learn how counties can use these reports to gain a more holistic understanding of the communities they serve and obtain powerful insights into community health needs and opportunities for improvement.
Save Time and Improve Your Quality Scores with
Manifest MedEx’s Enhanced NCQA Data Aggregator Validation Services
Manifest MedEx (MX) is one of the first health information organizations in the country to earn NCQA’s Validated Data Stream designation and has obtained this designation since 2021. This designation confirms that validated data from Manifest MedEx can be used as standard supplemental data in HEDIS® reporting, eliminating the need to obtain and validate clinical data from individual providers.
As a premium service, Manifest MedEx also offers health plans “uplifted,” that is, enhanced or improved, NCQA validated data to be used as standard supplemental data for HEDIS reporting. The most common and significant challenge in using provider-sourced clinical data for HEDIS reporting is the use of non-standard codes, local codes, or non-codes by provider organizations. Improperly coded data often errors out of HEDIS engines, leading to underreporting and potentially negatively impacting health plan quality ratings, quality improvement initiatives, and reimbursement.
Visit our website to learn how Manifest MedEx helps health plans and IPAs improve the quality of member data by identifying non-standard codes and mapping them to standard codes across all key data domains used in HEDIS measure calculations, specifically immunizations, labs, problems, procedures, and vitals.
MX Monthly Product Trainings
Manifest MedEx hosts monthly product trainings to help users walk through key features designed to boost efficiency and enhance productivity in 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 November 14, 2025, at 12 pm PT.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to Cha Lee, Product Manager.
MX Welcomes New Participants
Manifest MedEx welcomes Washington Health to our ever-growing network!
Opened in 1958, Washington Health is an integrated health system that includes a medical group, outpatient services, centers of excellence in orthopedics and neurosurgery, award-winning UCSF-affiliated services in oncology, cardiovascular surgery, maternal and child health, and neonatal intensive care, and a 415-bed acute care hospital with a Level II trauma center. Its service area has grown to include Fremont, Newark, Union City, Hayward, and Sunol, which are home to a diverse and multicultural population of over half a million people. Washington Health aims to fulfill its vision to be the trusted first choice for care, where everyone does their best work, and its mission to deliver exceptional, accessible, and personalized care to enhance the health and well-being of a diverse community.
Manifest MedEx looks forward to partnering with Washington Health to help them meet their data sharing requirements as outlined in the Data Exchange Framework.
News and Events
Introducing the CSRI Health Data Utility Capability Model
On October 28 at 10 AM PT, Civitas Networks for Health is hosting a webinar on the CSRI Health Data Utility (HDU) Capability Model, a new approach for characterizing and assessing the maturity level of HDUs across the country to support the advancement of interoperability and health data exchange to promote improvements in health and healthcare.
Developed by the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability (CSRI), of whom Manifest MedEx is a founding member, with input from external stakeholders and Civitas, the HDU Capability Model provides a practical, stakeholder-driven approach that describes both the core capabilities of HDUs and those required to deliver value and services to the stakeholders they serve, including providers, public and private sector payers, public health agencies, researchers, and patients.
Hear from John Kansky, President & Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Health Information Exchange; J. Marc Overhage, M.D., Ph.D., Principal, The Overhage Group and Professor, The Fairbanks School of Public Health; and Jolie Ritzo, MPH, Interim CEO, Civitas Networks for Health® as they share details about the 160+ capabilities identified within the Model, scoring methodology to assess an HDU’s performance, and how the Model offers emerging HDUs and HIEs pursuing HDU status both a roadmap and standardized ways to communicate the value and alignment of their data services with the needs of key stakeholders.
Register here to secure your seat!
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APHA 2025 Annual Meeting and Expo
Many states have developed partnerships with strong, nonprofit health data sharing organizations that have evolved beyond the clinical use cases of traditional HIEs and now serve as HDUs for their state. While they may serve a range of specific use cases and vary in terms of maturity and the breadth of network and services they provide, there are some core functions and capabilities common across all of them as they serve the real-time health data analytics needs of both the public and private sectors in their states.
Beyond supporting public health within their state, how might HDUs be leveraged to support efficient and effective public health surveillance, including syndromic surveillance, nationally, especially considering potential funding cuts to the CDC? How could HDUs collaborate to scale national public health data infrastructure in concert with the national networks to prepare for the next pandemic? What additional public health use cases could HDUs serve with their robust data sets to advance precision public health?
On November 3 from 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM ET, join MX's CEO and CSRI Board Member, Erica Galvez, in a series of roundtable discussions at the American Public Health Association's 2025 Annual Meeting, where she will discuss opportunities for innovative collaboration to advance HDUs to serve precision public health.
Register here for more information!
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eHealth Exchange Annual Meeting
On November 18 from 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CST, join MX's CEO, Erica Galvez; Josh Lemieux, CLAD HIN/HIE Lead, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ray Duncan, M.D., Executive Director, Technology R&D, Cedars-Sinai Health System; and Jay Nakashima, President, eHealth Exchange in the Meadow Ballroom - B (Middle Stage) as they discuss a pilot through NIH's All of Us Research Program and how novel approaches to interoperability can expand data access, fill critical gaps, and open new possibilities for clinical research.
Immediately after from 1:50 PM - 2:35 PM CST, you can join MX's CEO, Erica Galvez; Craig Behm, President and CEO, CRISP and CRISP Shared Services; Jaime Bland, President and CEO, CyncHealth; John Kansky, Chief Executive Officer and President, Indiana Health Information Exchange; and Michael Marchant, Director, Digital Applications, Sutter Health, in the Meadow Ballroom - C (Right Stage) as they share opportunities for HDUs to meet state and federal health data infrastructure needs in partnership with national networks and TEFCATM.
Register here for more information!
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Manifest MedEx held its inaugural regional forum, Evolution CA 2025: Southern Inland, themed “Bridging Clinical, Claims, and Social Data to Accelerate Whole Community Care,” on September 9, 2025, at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California.
Leaders from across the region, representing hospitals, health plans, physician groups, community-based organizations (CBOs), and public health agencies, convened for a full day of collaborative conversation on advancing health and health-related social services (HRSS) data exchange at a regional level.
During this year’s regional forum, we focused on providing a space for connection and ideation as we all work together to advance California's priorities in whole-person care, population health, and public health.
Visit our website to learn more.
Network Growth
New data sources available on MX this month:
ADTs rom the following participant:
Desert Physicians Medical Group Health (4 locations)
CCDAs from the following 9 participants:
All for Kids
Desert Physicians Medical Group Health (4 locations)
Dung My Phan, M.D., INC.
March Lane Medical Clinic
Pediatric Care of Stockton, Inc.
Ukiah Valley Fire Authority
CCDAs from the following 13 participants:
Alameda Hospital
Creedon Advanced Wound Care
Eastmont Wellness Center
Fairmont Rehabilitation and Wellness
Hayward Wellness Center
Highland Wellness Center
John George Psychiatric Hospital
Marina Wellness & Surgical Associates
Newark Wellness Center
Park Bridge Rehabilitation and Wellness Center
San Leandro Hospital
South Shore Rehabilitation and Wellness
The Wilma Chan Highland Hospital Campus
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