Leadership

Greenway is shaping the national dialogue on healthcare IT. Testifying on numerous occasions before Congress and the President's Administration, for over 10 years, Greenway has been involved in state and federal government affairs work to advance healthcare through information technology in the United States. With an active voice and comprehensive strategy regarding government affairs, Greenway is viewed as a leader impacting the adoption of technology, specifically EHRs, in healthcare.

Greenway’s Primary Government Affairs Strategy

• Work with the Executive branch and Congress to improve physician fee schedules and reimbursement rates
• Focus state and federal legislation as well as regulation on creating incentives for healthcare IT and electronic health record (EHR) adoption
• Advise Congressional offices on Health, Healthcare and IT related legislation
• Advise Congress on Healthcare Reform and America's Healthcare Transformation
• Advise President’s Administration on Health, Healthcare and IT related regulation including necessary Stark/safe harbor modifications
• Support Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT) Leadership
• Promote standards creation and adoption through the Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
• Promote security, privacy and compliance policy advancements through National Governors Association (NGA), Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC) and American Health Information Community (AHIC)
• Encourage federal leadership to maintain a true, 50/50, public-private collaboration on all HIT Boards created under or by HHS such as AHIC, National eHealth Collaborative, CCHIT, HITSP and HISPC

Greenway’s Participation in National Leadership Initiatives

Each year, Greenway renews its commitment to innovation and industry-leading activities, acting in an advisory capacity on public policy and state and federal legislation, testifying before Congress, and leading federal and regional healthcare governance committees for:

• Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT)
• Healthcare Information Technology Standards Panel (HITSP)
• Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
• Electronic Health Record Association (EHR Association)
• Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration (HISPC)
• National Governor’s Association (NGA) Health Information Protection Taskforce
• Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise (IHE) 
• Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC)
• National Quality Foundation (NQF)
• National Committee for Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS)

Greenway partnered with other industry leaders to help create CCHIT.
Our commission members are listed here with their Greenway titles and CCHIT roles.

• James Ingram, M.D. – Chief Medical Officer – Member of CCHIT Ambulatory Functionality Workgroup
• Justin Barnes – Vice President, Marketing and Government Affairs – Member of the CCHIT Privacy and Compliance Expert Panel
• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member of the CCHIT Security Expert Panel

Greenway is one of the founding vendors of this HIMSS association.

• Justin Barnes – Vice President, Marketing and Government Affairs – Chairman of the Board and Chairman of Membership of the Industry Leadership Association
• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member of the Standard & Interoperability Workgroup 

• Justin Barnes – Vice President, Marketing and Government Affairs – Board Member of HIMSS Public Policy Steering Committee and Chairman of HIMSS Federal Leadership Awards

• Justin Barnes – Vice President, Marketing and Government Affairs – Member of the NGA’s Health Information Protection Taskforce

• Johnathan Samples – Vice President, PrimeSuite Research and Development – Workgroup Member

• Tone Southerland – Senior Developer – Cochairman
• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member of the Technical and Planning Technical Committee
• Daemon Whittenburg – Senior Developer – Member 

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Cochairman of Technical Committee, Member of the Planning Committee
• Daemon Whittenburg – Senior Developer – Member 

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member of the Clinical Data Acquisition Standards Harmonization (CDASH) and Operational Data Model (ODM) Teams

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member of the Messaging Workgroup, Member of the Data Definitions Workgroup
• Tony Gerena – Director of Clinical Development – Member

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member of the CCHIT Planning Committee

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member

• Jason Colquitt – Director of Research and Outcomes – Member

Greenway Leadership in the News:

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