As Medicaid programs determine what’s next for health IT investments, state and regional HIEs – increasingly serving as “health data utilities” – are natural partners to build on current programs with Medicaid Enterprise System funding.
The article, published by Healthcare IT News on January 31, 2021, was written by Lindsey Ferris, a senior advisor at Baltimore-based CRISP Health, a regional health information exchange, and Matthew Isiogu, senior VP of innovation at Contexture, the umbrella organization for HIEs serving Arizona and Colorado. Lindsey and Matthew are both advisors to the Consortium for State and Regional Interoperability.