Professional Memberships
- President, Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2021 – present)
- Member (on behalf of Velatura), Sequoia Project, Interoperability Matters: Information Blocking Workgroup (May 2020 –present)
- Task Group / IBR Compliance Tools Subgroup (January 2024 – present)
- Good Practices Task Group (January 2022 – December 2023)
- HIE Subgroup (January 2021 – December 2022)
- Member (on behalf of Velatura), Sequoia Project, Interoperability Matters: Privacy & Consent Workgroup
- Member (on behalf of Velatura), Sequoia Project, Interoperability Matters: Payer-to-Payer FHIR API Workgroup
- Member, Human Subjects Review Board, Arizona Department of Health Services (2019 – present)
- Substance use HeAlth Record Sharing (SHARES) Advisory Board (2023 – present)
- Member, Board of Directors, Rosie’s House (July 2020 – present)
- Student Advisor, HIM Topics, Central Arizona College (June 2020 – present)
- Member, Board of Directors, Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2018 – present)
- Professions Council for Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, BS in Healthcare Compliance and Regulations (2018 – present)
- Member, Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2015 – present)
- Member, American Health Law Association (2015 – present)
- Former President, Greenfield Park Homeowners Association (2016 – 2023)
- Former Member, MDC Advisory Board: My Data Choices (2019 – 2022) (research into consent management tools for Part 2 compliance)
- Former Board Secretary and Member, Gabriel’s Angels Board of Young Professionals (2013 – 2016)
Publications
- Co-author, “Pediatric Consent on FHIR,” SHARES Research Article (May 2024)
- Co-author, “The Eagle Has Landed: How the CARES Act Final Rule is Changing 42 CFR Part 2 Compliance for Health Care Providers, Health Plans and Health Information Networks/Exchange,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 15, 2024)
- Co-author, “The Missing Puzzle Piece: Using Health Data to Close the Social Determinants of Health Gap,” American Health Law Association, Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law (January 2024)
- Co-author, “IBR Enforcement is Here: What the Proposed HHS Disincentives Rule Means for Health Care Providers and the Final OIG CMP Rule Means for Health IT Developers and HIN/HIEs,” Coppersmith Briefs (Dec. 5, 2023)
- Co-author, “Phoenix Business Journal 2023 40 Under 40: Melissa Soliz,” Phoenix Business Journal (Aug. 3, 2023)
- Author, “Small Changes, Big Impact: ONC’s Proposed Changes to Advance Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability.” American Health Law Association, Health Information and Technology Brief (June 2, 2023)
- Author, “Making Improvements?: ONC’s Proposed Enhancements to the Information Blocking Rule (HTI-1),” Coppersmith Briefs (May 1, 2023)
- Author, “Expanded CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Requirements: What Payers, Providers and their Technology Vendors Need to Know,” Coppersmith Briefs (Feb. 7, 2023)
- Co-author, “What’s the Big Deal?: Data Privacy Issues Involving “Big Data” and Genomics Deals,” American Health Law Association Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute and Physicians and Hospitals Institute Conference (Jan. 30-31, 2023)
- Co-author, “TEFCA: How It Works in Tandem With Your HIE,” Contexture (Jan. 26, 2023)
- Co-author, “Has the Eagle Landed?: HHS’ Proposed Changes to 42 CFR Part 2 to Align Substance Use Disorder Privacy Protections with HIPAA,” Coppersmith Briefs (Dec. 28, 2022)
- Co-author, “TEFCA: Has the Future for Nationwide Data Exchange Arrived?,” American Health Law Association, Health Information and Technology Practice Group, Member Briefing (May 6, 2022)
- Co-author, “Perceptions and Concerns of SUD Treatment Organizations Regarding the CARES Act’s Alterations to Patient Confidentiality Regulations,” AHIMA Journal: Perspectives in Health Information Management (vol. 19, issue 2, May 2022)
- Author, “What You Need Know about TEFCA: The Common Agreement,” Coppersmith Briefs (Feb. 2, 2022)
- Author, “If You Build It, They Will Come: Implementing the CMS Patient Access API and Payer-to-Payer Exchange Requirements,” AHLA Journal of Health and Life Sciences Law (December 2021)
- Co-author (with Helen Oscislawski), “Legal Corner: At the Click of a Button,” Arizona Physician (Nov. 15, 2021)
- Contributor, Year in Review Developments, American Health Law Association Physicians and Hospital Institute Feb. 2022; Physicians and Hospital Law Institute Feb. 2021; Annual Meeting (June 2021)
- Co-author, “Ready? Set. Go! IBR Compliance Is Here,” American Health Law Association (April 30, 2021)
- Commentor, “Be prepared to share clinical notes with patients,” Medical Practice Compliance Alert (April 2021)
- Co-author, “Mother, MUST I?: Compliance with the Information Blocking Regulations Presentation White Paper,” American Health Law Association Virtual Physicians and Hospitals Law Institute (Feb. 10-12, 2021)
- Co-author, “Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly – An Operational Perspective,” Coppersmith Briefs (Jan. 25, 2021)
- Co-author, Coppersmith Brockelman Information Blocking Toolkit for Health Care Providers (December 2020)
- Author, “CMS Proposed Expansion of Interoperability Requirements for Impacted Payers,” Coppersmith Briefs (Dec. 14, 2020)
- Co-author, “Just in Time Delay: ONC Extends Information Blocking Compliance Deadline to April 5, 2021,” Coppersmith Briefs (Oct. 29, 2020)
- Author, “Regulatory Changes to Substance Use Disorder Privacy Law,” Coppersmith Briefs (July 17, 2020)
- Author, “OIG Penalties for Information Blocking,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 27, 2020)
- Co-author, “COVID-19 TCPA Emergency Exception for Robocalls and Texts from Health Care Providers and Government Officials,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 16, 2020)
- Co-author, “OCR Waives HIPAA BAA Requirements to Participate in Public Health and Health Oversight Activities,” Coppersmith Briefs (April 2, 2020)
- Co-author, “Communicating with First Responders about Patient COVID-19 Status,” Coppersmith Briefs (March 31, 2020)
- Co-author, “Communicating with Health Care Employees about Patient COVID-19 Status,” Coppersmith Briefs (March 30, 2020)
- Co-author, “The CARES Act: Sweeping Changes to Substance Use Disorder Privacy Law (42 USC 290dd-2),” Coppersmith Briefs (March 30, 2020)
- Commentor, “Info blocking part of interoperability could bite you; note exceptions, document,” Part B News (March 26, 2020)
- Co-author, “Data Sharing in Genomics and Big Data Deals,” AHLA Academic Medical Centers and Teaching Hospitals Institute Conference (Jan. 30-31, 2020)
- Co-author, “Arizona Chapter, AHLA Corporate Practice of Medicine,” (January 2020)
- Commentor, “Avoid Most Common HIPAA Violations With Best Practices, Education,” Healthcare Risk Management (Dec. 1, 2019)
- Author, “Don’t Let Privacy Protections Be The Enemy Of Good: How privacy laws are stymieing efforts to most effectively treat substance use disorders and combat the opioid epidemic,” Journal of Health Care Compliance (November 2019)
- Co-author, “Arizona – Response to Opioid Crisis and Opioid Prescribing Requirements,” American Health Lawyers Association State Response to Opioid Crisis and Opioid Prescribing Requirements: A 50 State Survey (November 2019)
- Co-author, “Data Sharing Through the National Patient-Centered Clinical Research Network,” PCORnet (2019)
- Co-author, “Sentinel System: Data Sharing for Public Health Activities and Data Use Agreements,” Sentinel (2019)
- Author, “Courtesy Notification re: Proposed Changes to 42 CFR Part 2,” Coppersmith Brockelman PLC (Aug. 23, 2019)
- Author, “Courtesy Notification re: TEFCA Draft 2,” Coppersmith Brockelman PLC (May 21, 2019)
- Author, “Courtesy Notification re: ONC/CMS Proposed Interoperability Regulations,” Coppersmith Brockelman PLC (April 24, 2019)
- Co-author, “ONC/CMS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules on Interoperability and Information Blocking,” American Health Lawyers Association (May 20, 2019)
