Professional Memberships
- President, Arizona Society of Healthcare Attorneys (2021 – present)
- Member, Sequoia Project Interoperability Matters, Information Blocking Workgroup (May 2020 - present)
- Co-Chair, IBR Toolkit Task Group (January 2023 – December 2024)
- Good Practices Task Group (January 2022 – December 2023)
- HIE Subgroup (January 2021 - December 2022)
- Member, Sequoia Project Interoperability Matters, Privacy and Consent Workgroup (January 2024 – present)
- Co-Chair (May 2025 – present)
- Member, Human Subjects Review Board, Arizona Department of Health Services (2019 – present)
- Member Advisor, SHARES Advisory Board (2023 – present)
- Student Advisor, HIM Topics, Central Arizona College (June 2020 – present)
- Member, American Health Lawyers Association (2015 – present)
- Member, Board of Directors, Rosie’s House (July 2020 – September 2024)
- Professions Council for Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation, BS in Healthcare Compliance and Regulations (2018 – 2024)
- 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)
- President, Greenfield Park Homeowners Association (2016 – 2024)
Publications
- Quoted, “ASU Law and AzSHA partnership helps bridge gap between legal education and practice,” Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (Feb. 2025)
- Commenter, “Reproductive Healthcare Rule Compliance Will Be Challenging,” Healthcare Risk Management (Dec. 1, 2024)
- Commenter, “Changes to Substance Abuse Disorder Records Rules,” Healthcare Risk Management (Sept. 1, 2024)
- Commenter, “Info blocking ‘disincentives’ rule brings penalties; data-sharing adjustments needed,” Part B News (July 8, 2024)
- 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 (Apr. 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 (Jan. 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 (Dec. 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; Feb. 2021; Annual Meeting, June 2021)
- Co-author, “Ready? Set. Go! IBR Compliance Is Here,” American Health Law Association (Apr. 30, 2021)
- Commenter, “Be prepared to share clinical notes with patients,” Medical Practice Compliance Alert (Apr. 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 (Dec. 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 Apr. 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 (Apr. 27, 2020)
- Co-author, “COVID-19 TCPA Emergency Exception for Robocalls and Texts from Health Care Providers and Government Officials,” Coppersmith Briefs (Apr. 16, 2020)
- Co-author, “OCR Waives HIPAA BAA Requirements to Participate in Public Health and Health Oversight Activities,” Coppersmith Briefs (Apr. 2, 2020)
- Co-author, “Communicating with First Responders about Patient COVID-19 Status,” Coppersmith Briefs (Mar. 31, 2020)
- Co-author, “Communicating with Health Care Employees about Patient COVID-19 Status,” Coppersmith Briefs (Mar. 30, 2020)
- Co-author, “The CARES Act: Sweeping Changes to Substance Use Disorder Privacy Law (42 USC 290dd-2),” Coppersmith Briefs (Mar. 30, 2020)
- Commenter, “Info blocking part of interoperability could bite you; note exceptions, document,” Part B News (Mar. 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” (Jan. 2020)
- Commenter, “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 (Nov. 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 (Nov. 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 (Apr. 24, 2019)
- Co-author, “ONC/CMS Extends Comment Period for Proposed Rules on Interoperability and Information Blocking,” American Health Lawyers Association (May 20, 2019)
