Partner Mel Soliz recently participated in The Sequoia Project’s webinar, “Information Blocking in the Age of Enforcement,” hosted through its Interoperability Matters Information Sharing Workgroup. The webinar focused on the evolving information blocking enforcement landscape, including industry readiness, federal enforcement resources, state-level information sharing developments, and emerging litigation trends. Mel presented on recent litigation involving information blocking concepts, including disputes over access restrictions, competition and market-power issues, network trust and downstream use of health data, and the technical functionality of health data integrations. Mel’s presentation highlighted how information blocking is moving beyond regulatory compliance and into business disputes, state enforcement actions, and anti-competition claims. She also discussed the practical importance of documenting decisions to restrict, condition, or suspend access based on privacy, security, technical, contractual, patient-safety, or...

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Chambers USA, the world’s leading legal data and analytics provider, has featured 10 of our 29 lawyers in its 2026 guide highlighting the top attorneys and law firms nationwide.  Along with earning repeat recognition locally in three key practice areas — Labor & Employment, Litigation: General Commercial, and Healthcare — the firm achieved a second consecutive national ranking in Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare, reflecting our continued momentum in this complex, quickly evolving sector of law.   2026 Chambers USA nationally recognized attorneys:  Kristen Rosati, Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare Mel Soliz, Privacy & Data Security: Healthcare Attorneys recognized for their expertise in Arizona:  Gabriel Aragon, Litigation: General Commercial  Keith Beauchamp, Litigation: General Commercial  Kent Brockelman, Labor & Employment  Jill Chasson, Labor & Employment   John DeWulf, Litigation: General Commercial  Erin Dunlap, Healthcare  Karen Owens, Healthcare  Kristen Rosati, Healthcare   Marki Stewart, Healthcare  Mel Soliz, Healthcare  “We’re honored to see so many Coppersmith...

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Partner Mel Soliz recently spoke at the Arizona Medical Association’s 2026 Annual Meeting on the legal and operational issues physicians should understand when participating in health information networks and health information exchanges. In her presentation, “Connected Care, Shared Risk: What Physicians Need to Know About Health Information Network and Exchange Participation,” Mel provided a practical overview of major national exchange frameworks and networks, including the DURSA, CommonWell, Carequality, TEFCA, CMS Aligned Networks, and community-based HIEs, as well as the rights, obligations, and risks health care providers face when connecting to these frameworks. Mel’s practice focuses on health technology, interoperability, complex data-sharing arrangements, AI governance, SaaS contracting, and state and federal privacy compliance. She regularly advises clients operating at the intersection of innovation, regulation, and health care delivery. Learn...

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Ben Runkle and Mel Soliz recently presented “Recent Updates in Health Care Law: What Arizona Lawyers Need to Know” to the State Bar of Arizona. They discussed several fast-moving legal and regulatory developments affecting health care providers, payers, technology companies, and the attorneys who advise them. Topics included public health policy shifts, Medicaid and AHCCCS developments, health data privacy and interoperability, artificial intelligence in health care, fraud and abuse enforcement, and nondiscrimination requirements. The program highlighted how these developments are creating new compliance, contracting, governance, operational, and litigation risks for health care organizations. Ben addressed key developments in Medicaid, fraud and abuse, the False Claims Act, and other health care regulatory issues, while Mel focused on health data privacy, interoperability, artificial intelligence, and nondiscrimination in digital...

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Partner Kristen Rosati was recently invited to present at the 43rd National HIPAA Summit, a three-day virtual conference convening leaders in health data privacy, security, and compliance from across the country to discuss key regulatory and operational issues impacting today’s health care organizations. Kristen participated in the session, “HIPAA at 30: Lessons Learned and What’s Next for Healthcare Privacy and Security.” The panel examined how HIPAA has evolved over the last three decades and the emerging issues shaping the future of health information governance. Considered one of the nation’s leading “Big Data” and HIPAA compliance attorneys, Kristen has deep experience in data governance and strategy, data sharing for research and innovation, and biobanking and genomic privacy. Kristen is a Past President of the American Health Law Association...

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Coppersmith Brockelman is pleased to announce Partner Mel Soliz has been selected to serve on the Carequality Advisory Council, a national leadership body guiding one of the country’s most widely adopted health data interoperability frameworks. Carequality brings together esteemed stakeholders across the public and private sectors to enable trusted, nationwide exchange of health information. Its Advisory Council is composed of experienced leaders in health IT, policy, and data exchange who help shape the strategic direction and governance of the initiative. Mel's deep experience in health data privacy, interoperability, privacy, and IT infrastructure, as well as her longstanding involvement in national exchange framework policy, made her an ideal candidate for the Council. The appointment reinforces both her technical fluency and practical understanding of how data-sharing systems operate in...

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