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HI-Five Policy Podcast Special Edition: What's Happening with the Midterm Elections
10/19/2026 | 29 mins.Join AHIMA's Andrew Tomlinson, Senior Director of Regulatory and International Affairs, and Kate McFadyen, Senior Director of Government Affairs, for a look at what to expect with the midterm elections. Hear how potential outcomes could affect policymaking for the rest of the 119th Congress and next year. Listen or watch at the links below.
Don't forget to join us on Friday, November 13, at 1:00pm ET for a special post-election webinar where we recap what happened on Election Day and what that means for HI policy.
Questions about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.- Join Andrew Tomlinson, Senior Director of Regulatory & International Affairs at AHIMA, as he chats with Katherine Lusk from the Texas Health Services Authority about the Data Usability Taking Root Movement and how HI professionals can get involved.Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO.
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Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO. - Join Sarah Gericke, Program Specialist at AHIMA, as she chats with Priya Bathija, Founder and CEO at Nyoo Health on how to build trust with patients when collecting, using, and sharing social determinants of health data. The conversation highlights AHIMA’s framework on building patient trust to improve health outcomes. Learn more here: https://www.ahima.org/media/xl0gr014/d4bh-patient-trust-wp-final-4.pdf
Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org.
Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO. - Join Kate McFadyen, Senior Director of Government Affairs at AHIMA, as she discusses this year's National Health Data Week with Sam Roods, Director, Government Affairs & Policy at Datavant. The conversation expands on topics covered at this year's event, and why it's important to raise challenges and innovations within industry to policymakers and decision makers.Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.
- Join Andrew Tomlinson, AHIMA's Senior Director of Regulatory and International Affairs, as he chats with Deven McGraw, Chief Regulatory and Privacy Officer at Citizen Health. Learn what's on the horizon with privacy at the federal policy level, including about the forthcoming HIPAA Privacy final rule, and other key privacy battlegrounds in 2026.Question's about today's episode? Email us at advocacy (at) AHIMA (dot) org. Music courtesy of IMUNO. Track Name: SarruTonin. Artist Name: Heston Mimms, IMUNO.
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