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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ASU College of Health Solutions Lauds Mel Soliz’s Contributions to MDC Advisory Board

Mel Soliz Updates Washington Health Law Summit on Health Data Regulation Changes

When healthcare attorneys from around the country gathered in Washington, DC, to learn about legislative and policy developments at American Bar Association’s 19th Annual Washington Health Law Summit, Mel Soliz helped them understand changes to regulations governing health data use and sharing. In the “Data Roundup: Changes to Health Data Privacy, Security & Access Rules” session, Mel and co-presenter Elliot Golding from DC firm Squire Patton Boggs brought attendees up to speed on a consequential year for health privacy and data rules, as well as upcoming developments impacting the industry. Mel works closely with community health information exchanges, health care providers, and health plans to understand and create compliance programs for the Information Blocking Rule, as well as the CMS Interoperability and Patient Access Final Rule. President...

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