Elizabeth Westbrook, is the senior advisor for government relations at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney. Liz has spent over a decade in D.C. and in politics with experience on the campaign side, on Capitol Hill, and in various federal agencies, including the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute and Veterans Health Administration. Liz offers clients a unique blend of regulatory counsel and legislative advocacy. She is able to provide an informed perspective on government and engage effectively with lawmaking and rulemaking to give clients a voice in those processes.
Providers, health systems and patient groups who want to see telehealth survive beyond the federal public health emergency need to engage their lawmakers and associations now to demonstrate the need and utility for continued telemedicine.