health AI hub
Health AI Hub Collaboratory Rounds bring together experts and practitioners to share and explore various aspects of AI lifecycle management in healthcare. These monthly gatherings are designed to keep you informed about the latest trends, best practices, and challenges in the dynamic field of healthcare AI.
A special health AI hub x AI in action crossover!
Date and Time
July 28 at 3 PM ET / 12 PM PT
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email with the link to join the meeting.
Topic
Health AI Policy in 2026: Navigating the Federal-State Divide
Session Description
Health AI policy has reached an inflection point in 2026. States have introduced more than 250 bills this year focused on guardrails around AI chatbots, clinical oversight and patient consent, payor use of AI in utilization management and downcoding, liability, and transparency. The federal government is moving in the opposite direction, with the White House, Congress, and agencies advancing a deregulatory, pro-adoption posture and actively pressuring states to stand down. For health tech leaders, this divergence creates both opportunity and risk: AI sandboxes and regulatory relief programs in states like Utah and Texas are opening new pathways to market, while federal initiatives including CMMI’s ACCESS Model, FDA’s TEMPO Pilot, ARPA-H’s ADVOCATE program, and CMS’s new Digital Health Tech Ecosystem are reshaping reimbursement, regulatory pathways, and commercial strategy.
Join Randi Seigel, Jared Augenstein and Maya Shashoua of Manatt Health for a practical session that cuts through the noise, surfaces the state and federal actions most likely to affect your product, go-to-market, and compliance decisions, and highlights what to watch through the rest of 2026.
Speakers
Jared Augenstein, MA, MPH
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.
Randi Seigel, JD
Randi Seigel provides legal and strategic counsel to health care providers, emerging health tech and services companies, women’s health companies, insurers, and post-acute care providers. Randi brings substantial knowledge of complex health care regulations, including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and state privacy laws, state licensure and scope of practice laws, telehealth, artificial intelligence, Medicare and Medicaid conditions of participation and billing, fraud and abuse laws, and other regulatory and enforcement matters. Randi’s deep understanding of the health care players—from commercial and government payors to providers—brings valuable insights to her clients to assist them as they develop and execute their strategic goals. Randi also supports her clients in structuring innovative payment arrangements, assessing the risks and regulatory impacts of complex transactions, and responding to government audits.
Maya Shashoua, MPH
Maya Shashoua is a manager for Manatt Health in the Firm’s New York office. Maya monitors and analyzes a broad range of health policy and business issues, market developments, and other emerging health care trends.
Before joining Manatt, Maya served as a program associate for an urban community medical center, where she facilitated the implementation of population health initiatives in the primary care setting and coordinated transitions to value-based care arrangements with public and private payers. Previously, Maya held an associate position at a public health consulting firm, and she has additional experience focused on health equity policy design in a state-based health insurance market.
past health AI hubs
Hidden Essentials for AI Success
February 19, 2026
From Ideas to Impact: Hackathons Driving Health AI Innovation
January 29, 2026
Sustainably Advancing Health AI (SAHAI) Framework
November 20, 2025
An experience-led approach to digital and AI transformation
October 30, 2025
The AI Policy Landscape: Fragmentation or Framework?
July 31, 2025
The Future of AI Clinician Copilots
March 24, 2025
Who Is—and Who Should Be—Liable for Medical AI Errors?
February 27, 2025
Red-teaming AI Systems in Healthcare
December 18, 2024
AI Enablement at Mayo Clinic
November 21, 2024
LLMs, Bias, and the Implications for Equitable Healthcare
September 26, 2024
Current Use and Evaluation of Predictive Models in US Hospitals
August 29, 2024
Health AI Rights Developed By Patients For Patients
May 30, 2024
Understanding the AI Taxonomy: CPT Codes and the Pathway to Payment
February 29, 2024
Encoding Bioethics: AI in Clinical Decision Making
January 31, 2024