The Insider’s Guide to Health Care AI Policy in 2025: Unique Needs, Evolving Approaches 

Kev Coleman is a Research Fellow whose policy foci include artificial intelligence, association health plans, and health insurance. Kev is a recognized health care leader, having been named one of “The 20 most Creative People in Insurance.” He was also the conceptual architect of the internet’s first private Medicare insurance marketplace in 2006, years before the launch of the government’s Healthcare.gov marketplace. His health care research has been cited in top newspapers and media across the country and referenced in congressional health reform discussions. A veteran of multiple technology companies, Mr. Coleman consults within the health care market on issues ranging from start-up product evaluation to business models. His health care research has spanned artificial intelligence applications in health care, Medicare plan designs and formularies, the Affordable Care Act, employer-based health plans, dental insurance, and telemedicine. His expertise in association health plans is highlighted in his monograph “Association Health Plans & The Future of American Health Insurance.”

Jodi Daniel is a nationally recognized leader in digital health law and policy, trusted by health care organizations and technology innovators to navigate the complex and dynamic regulatory landscape of digital health and wellness. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare innovation—including 15 years as a lawyer and senior policymaker at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)—Jodi leverages her extensive experience in digital health and health data to deliver strategic, practical advice to clients engaged in groundbreaking products and services that raise novel legal, policy, and ethical issues. As one of the first digital health lawyers and a founding Director at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) at HHS, Jodi helped shape the foundation of digital health regulation. She brings unmatched insight into emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, health information networks, remote monitoring tools, EHRs, mobile health applications, digital therapeutics, health data platforms, and data analytics tools. Jodi was a key developer of cornerstone rules that govern data use and digital health, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule and Enforcement Rule, health data interoperability regulations, and the standards for information blocking. She has led efforts to advance patient access to data and worked closely with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). She has advised Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries, and White House policy officials across three administrations. At Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Jodi is a key member of the Digital Health and Data, Privacy, and Cybersecurity practices, based in the Washington, D.C., office. She advises health tech companies, providers, payers, life sciences companies, and other clients on regulatory issues, including data access and use, privacy and security, interoperability, health information exchange, information blocking, AI governance, telehealth, and FDA oversight. She also advocates for clients for policy development and regulatory reforms. Prior to joining Wilson Sonsini, Jodi founded and led the digital health practice and a health policy consultancy at Crowell & Moring LLP.

Monica Massaro serves as the Director of Government Relations and Public Policy at Hooper, Lundy & Bookman and also has the role of Co Chair of the Digital Health Task Force. Monica represents a variety of health care entities before federal agencies and Congress. She specializes in Medicare payment, alternative payment models, and digital health. Prior to her time consulting she worked for a health care trade association. She has her Masters in Public Policy from George Mason University specializing in health care policy.

Jared Augenstein is a senior managing director with Manatt Health, an interdisciplinary policy and business advisory practice of Manatt. He provides strategic business advice, policy design and analysis as well as project management to health care providers, health tech companies, state and local governments, foundations, life sciences companies, and other health care organizations. Jared’s primary areas of focus are advising private- and public-sector clients on health technology, telehealth, artificial and augmented intelligence, care model design and transformation, federal and state health policy trends, and provider markets. Jared has extensive experience in the digital health space, regularly advising health systems, policymakers, innovators and investors on digital health and virtual care strategy, remote monitoring, AI, implementation, operations, and policy. Jared has published extensively on a range of topics related to digital transformation, telemedicine and health system strategy, including coauthorships with the American Medical Association, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Commonwealth Fund, Health Affairs and others. Representative engagements include advising many of the nation’s leading health systems on strategic planning and digital transformation, supporting states in designing and implementing telehealth coverage and reimbursement policies, counseling emerging companies on go-to-market and business model strategies, advising a range of stakeholders on digital health policy issues, and partnering with foundations and nonprofit organizations to advance their impact.