Mel Soliz Presents to Arizona Medical Association on Health Information Exchange Participation & Risk

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 & Mel Soliz Present State Bar Health Care Law Update to Arizona Attorneys

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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Mel Soliz Appointed to Carequality Advisory Council, Furthering Impact Across Nationwide Interoperability Efforts

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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Mel Soliz Takes Virtual Stage at Two National Industry Forums to Discuss Computable Consent & State-Level Health Data Exchange Challenges

Partner Mel Soliz was recently invited to speak at two high-profile industry events: the 43rd annual HIPAA Summit and The Sequoia Project’s latest privacy and consent webinar. In her sessions, she and fellow health data privacy leaders explored how patients’ privacy and consent preferences can be operationalized in digital and networked environments. HIPAA Summit: At the three-day virtual conference convening health data privacy leaders from across the country, Mel shared her insights in a plenary session entitled “Advancing Computable Consent in the Digital Healthcare Economy,” presented by The American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She outlined where computable consent is headed and its implications for data use, governance, and trust as digital health infrastructure rapidly expands. The Sequoia Project Workgroup Webinar: Mel also spoke at...

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Amita Sanghvi Outlines Growing Legal Stakes of Health Data Exchange in AHLA Bulletin as High-Profile Interoperability Lawsuit Unfolds

The ongoing Epic v. Health Gorilla lawsuit has quickly become one of the most closely watched disputes in health data interoperability. In a new bulletin published by the American Health Law Association, Coppersmith Brockelman attorney Amita Sanghvi analyzed the case and its potential implications for national health information exchange. In the article, Amita explored allegations in the lawsuit and how the dispute may affect governance and oversight within national interoperability frameworks such as Carequality and TEFCA.  The analysis highlights legal and operational questions the case raises for organizations that participate in health information exchange networks. The bulletin also examines the broader policy tension between expanding access to health data and maintaining strong privacy safeguards. As national exchange networks grow, the case may influence how courts, regulators, and...

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