June 25, 2020 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT – Information Blocking
Information Blocking: What Health Care Providers Need to Know
Time: 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm
Place: Cisco WebEx
Our speaker is Melissa (Mel) Soliz. Mel is a partner at Coppersmith Brockelman, PLC. She focuses her practice on compliance with data privacy and access laws in the health care space.
On May 1, 2020, the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) published the Cures Act Final Rule on interoperability, information blocking and the ONC health IT certification program. The deadline for compliance with the prohibition on information blocking component of the Final Rule is November 2, 2020. Mel Soliz will cover what health care providers need to know about information blocking, including what practices might implicate the prohibition on information blocking, the potential penalties and enforcement structure, and what health care providers will need to do to qualify for an information blocking safe harbor.
Due to the current social distancing recommendations, this program will be held via video conference on June 25, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. through Cisco WebEx. This program will be free of charge.
Please RSVP in advance by e-mail to mmayfield@cblawyers.com. Once you email Mackenzie, she will send you the calendar invite containing the WebEx link. Please note, you don’t need to sign up for a WebEx Account to join a meeting.
The State Bar of Arizona does not approve or accredit CLE activities for the Mandatory Continuing Legal Education requirement. This activity may qualify for up to 1 hour of CLE credit, 0 hours of ethics, toward your annual requirement for the State Bar of Arizona.
Speaker Bio:
Mel Soliz is a dedicated and goal-oriented attorney who practices in the area of regulatory health law. She assists her clients, which range from innovative start-up companies to large healthcare organizations, in structuring real world policies, programs and agreements to ensure that their healthcare practices are compliant with state and federal laws, while maximizing client goals. Mel’s practice focuses on HIPAA and 42 C.F.R. Part 2 compliance (the federal Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder Patient Record regulations), compliance with opioid treatment laws and regulations, health information exchange (including compliance with new information blocking rules), data breaches and OCR investigations, as well as clinical research compliance and contracting.