Guest bio

Elena is the Executive Director of the New England States Consortium Systems Organization (NESCSO), where she has served for the past 4 years. Before her time at NESCSO, she played various roles in Rhode Island HHS agencies, including Medicaid Director.

Highlights from this episode

1. Defining interoperability in terms of the CMS final rule.
2. Defining what data the rule requires to be shared by Medicaid agencies, especially around adjudicated encounters/claims
3. Member identity verification for data exchange in third party applications
4. Limits to states’ authority over whether to provide data to 3rd Party Apps, or what happens after the provide it
5. Expected member interest / appetite for more access to data.
6. Impact of expiration of the HITECH Act funding