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It is the circus or is it CMS? Either way, everyone is putting on a show. There at least 6 major health care events this week. Read about all of the funny and less funny shows (and Martin Short's likeness to a former women's tennis champion) in this week's Maverick's Update. https://lnkd.in/ebweUDap
I find your lack of faith disturbing.... (quote stolen from Darth Vader)
It is impossible to ignore an Oprah Winfrey tv special. Last night she hosted all the artificial intelligence nerds to explain why it is the greatest thing ever and not scary at all, except for the parts that are scary. We explain how even the late great James Earl Jones has allowed AI to clone his famous voice forever (well, for Disney, so probably forever). We explain this and how there is a LOT of $$ flowing into health AI in this week's Maverick's Update. https://lnkd.in/e_zMrb69
Thanks to Consumer Technology Association and René Quashie for hosting an amazing Health AI+ Summit and allowing me to moderate a fantastic panel with Davis Liu (Curai Health) Navid Farzad (Frist Cressey Ventures) Munjal Shah (Hippocratic AI). It was a beautiful view from King & Spalding's rooftop.
Yesterday's event was successful because this team is amazing Paige K. Eric Schiavone Ashley Progebin
Maverick Health Policy was thrilled to co-host an event on Capitol Hill for venture capital firms with the Consumer Technology Association yesterday -- all about health policy. Appreciate the contributions of Kinsey Fabrizio, René Quashie, Catherine Pugh and the amazing speakers that helped shed light on why investors should better understand the policy drivers of market opportunities, particularly for digital health investors: Steven Posnack, Matthew Diamond, MD, PhD, Robin Rosen Spector, Conor Sheehey, Alexandra DeRiso and Jackie Weinrich, MPH. Thank you to all of our venture capital friends who were able to join us! Altitude Ventures Frist Cressey Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Echo Health Ventures Michael Brouthers Red Cell Partners Flagstaff Partners Arvin Grover Tom Perkins Shana Lawlor Sean Cunliffe Evidenced Health2047 Route 66 Ventures Jacob Jesson Sage Growth Partners Vannadium
Michael Keaton may be versatile enough to do a movie on health AI.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Beetlejuice... and just like that we have another set of ideas about how to regulate health AI. We almost went a whole week without a new one... but Brookings saved us. Read all about it in this week's Maverick's Update. https://lnkd.in/dbvkehXU
Martin Short says to “Zach Galifragilistic” are you the “little boy from Home Alone” in the latest episode of Only Murders in the Building. Fully hilarious... and a nice segue to health AI oversight news this week.
When my children were in organized nerd singing in high school (choirs, a cappella groups), we were all hooked on Glee -- a snarky, well-acted television series that aired on Fox. One of the best Glee characters was Coach Sue who now plays Steve Martin's stunt double on the snarky, well-acted Hulu series called Only Murders in the Building. It is this type of role-pivot that we find analogous to what is happening in the health AI space. Read Maverick's Update to find out why. And Happy Labor Day weekend to you.https://https://lnkd.in/d8fWpWrK
Are aliens or health industry regulations scarier? You decide: https://lnkd.in/eJHmsZjb
Have you been on vacation? That's ok. You can binge-read Maverick's Updates. This week is about the Alien: Romulus movie (in theaters today!). Last week was a Star Wars' throwback. There were also mentions of health policy changes. Just in case you need to catch-up: https://lnkd.in/eswjRcN8 https://lnkd.in/esM7XP3t
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Two new proposed rules could be a game changer for health data interoperability... In early July (published in Federal Register August 5), ASTP/ONC released all 1,067 pages of its proposed HTI-2 rule, in which it proposed expanding its Certification Program to complement CMS' FHIR APIs. This included creating criteria impacting payers and public health IT. It reminded me of a line of questioning from ONC's electronic prior authorization RFI from January 2022, where the agency asked nearly ten questions about what certification criteria should look like to facilitate electronic prior authorization processes. The thought then, and even at the publication of HTI-2, was that certified modules wouldn't help payers much because payers are not the ones implementing modules. The vendors who provide the administrative platforms are. As it stands, there are only disincentives to certifying under the program for payer health IT vendors (i.e., bringing them under the information blocking rule), so payers are really at the mercy of their vendors. This is in stark contrast to the impact the program has on EHR developers. That was until HHS' ASFR and ASTP/ONC released another proposed rule on August 9 that would require all providers and health plans (that means you, MA plans) that receive HHS funding to use certified health IT or adhere to ONC standards at a minimum. So, what does this mean? Payers who receive HHS funding could now have the regulatory support to require their vendors to be certified... If passed as written, payer health IT vendors that want to maintain their contracts with federally funded plans would not be able to "unreasonably limit" the exchange, access, or use of electronic health information - including charging an unreasonable fee. They could be penalized up to $1M per violation if they do. This is a huge deal. Luckily, the team at Maverick Health Policy summarized both proposals (linked below). If you need help navigating these changes, we're here to help. HTI-2: https://lnkd.in/g4McbwMy Acquisition Regulation: https://lnkd.in/gWY--VPb
Simone Biles rocks. Cannot wait to watch her and other athletes kick butt in Paris. Oh, and we talk about health tech policy in Maverick's Update too.
Change is hard but the status quo is worse. I don't know if anyone famous said that, but it seems like HHS could have included that in their announcement yesterday. The agency announced a reorg to catapult health data and AI policy issues to the top of the priority list. We are so impressed with the HHS change that we invoked Simone Biles changing the idea of what it means to be a great athlete and Billy Beane's changing the game of baseball in today's Maverick's Update. Happy Olympics watching! https://lnkd.in/e4p4_K3Q
Objective truth: the actor Glen Powell is attractive. We explain why this is meaningful for health information policy in today's update.
I used to bring a sweater to the movie theaters because the A/C was so strong. But with this heat wave we've been having, I may just freeze my way thru the Twisters this weekend (sequel to Twister, one of my standby disaster-but-feel-good movies). We are happy to be thinking about anything other than how to regulate health AI, but we did explain how Glen Powell (the very good-looking actor in the Twisters sequel) is connected to our world. It may be wishful thinking, but it works. See if you agree when you read Maverick's Update. https://lnkd.in/eXWFTu29