This webinar was held on Friday, August 8, 2025.
This webinar examined two recent developments with the potential to reshape healthcare data exchange: the release of the Kill the Clipboard policy roadmap and the White House and CMS announcement of what they envision as a CMS-aligned network.
While the past decade has brought significant policy progress through the HITECH Act, 21st Century Cures Act, and CMS Interoperability Rules, much of the implementation has stalled. The Kill the Clipboard roadmap calls for renewed urgency to eliminate administrative waste, modernize data exchange, and build trust-based partnerships grounded in open standards.
The White House and CMS announcement, coupled with the CMS/ASTP/ONC Health Technology Ecosystem RFI, and broader federal AI action plan, clearly indicates this administration is prioritizing working with the private sector to help them more aggressively implement those open standards. This session explored how these developments relate to each other and what they mean for the future of interoperability. It unpacked how this new federal push aligns with or diverges from TEFCA and other national exchange efforts, and what role the private sector must play in order to move from proprietary solutions to sustainable, standards-based ones.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify how the CMS-aligned network strategy reflects the policy priorities outlined in the Kill the Clipboard roadmap
- Describe the structural and policy changes needed to improve the way healthcare data is shared and governed and why the EHR is no longer sufficient
- Analyze how TEFCA and other national networks are positioned to evolve in response to this federal strategy
- Assess the opportunities and risks for public and private sector collaboration in advancing interoperable, standards-based data exchange
Speakers:
Ryan Howells, Principal, Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company
David Lee, Principal, Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company
Aneesh Chopra, Chief Strategy Officer, Arcadia
Download our Kill the Clipboard Q&A handout.
Check out the original white paper, Kill the Clipboard White Paper: A Federal Policy and Industry Roadmap to Accelerate Innovation and Cut Administrative Waste and watch the first webinar, Webinar Replay – Kill the Clipboard: What the Federal RFI Signals About the Future of Health Care Data Exchange.