Vatsala Pathy

Vatsala Kapur Pathy is the VP of Policy for Collective Medical. Prior to Collective, Kapur Pathy worked at her self-founded consulting agency, Rootstock Solutions, providing policy and operational guidance to the Office of the National Coordinator and was a Senior Advisor to the State Innovations Group at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation.

Posts by Vatsala Pathy

MedCity Influencers, Policy

Proposed regulation to protect privacy of substance abuse patients is an improvement, but is it enough?

The proposed revisions to protect privacy of substance-abuse patients such as opioid users are a step in the right direction and present solid ideas for improved information sharing. But the proposed changes don’t go far enough to ensure providers have access to all the information they need in the moment they’re making life-changing decisions.