This webinar was held on December 15, 2025.
Information blocking continues to hinder timely access to electronic health data for patients, providers, payers, and the federal government. While federal regulations prohibit interference with data exchange, in practice key participants across the health data landscape continue to limit access in ways that constrain care delivery, population health efforts, operational innovation, and more. Because of insufficient enforcement of these regulations, data continue to be delayed or withheld from patients, clinicians, payers, and networks–resulting in medical errors, redundant tests, higher costs, and fragmented care. Now is the time for more robust federal enforcement of information blocking regulations.
Leavitt Partners’ Ryan Howells and David Lee and AVIA’s Amberly Diets discuss what challenges exist, solutions under consideration and why data and information liquidity are so critical.
Learning Objectives:
- What did Congress hope to facilitate with the 21st Century Cures Act prohibition on Information Blocking?
- How do the Information Blocking requirements to share data interface with the HIPAA expectation to keep data private and secure?
- What has been done so far to implement the Information Blocking requirements?
- What changes are needed to advance the goals of Information Blocking and making sure patients, providers, exchanges, payers, and others have access to the information and data they need?
Speakers:
Ryan Howells, Principal Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company
David Lee, Principal Leavitt Partners, an HMA Company
Amberly Diets, MHA, Vice President AVIA