Commissioners on the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology (CCHIT®)

The 21-member board of commissioners guides and approves the work of the voluntary work groups and staff as they develop certification criteria, inspection processes and policy. The board of commissioners represents health care providers, academia, the private sector, nonprofit organizations and government agencies. The Commission is made up of at least two representatives each from the provider, payer, and vendor stakeholder groups, and others from stakeholder groups that include safety net providers, health care consumers, public health agencies, quality improvement organizations, clinical researchers, standards development and informatics experts and government agencies. The roles of the commissioners are to represent all stakeholders, provide strategic direction, ensure objectivity and credibility, provide guidance to and review the reports of the work groups, and approve the final certification criteria and processes. The Commissioners serve staggered two-year terms. Nominations open in the summer and are submitted to the Commission by the trustees.

Certification Commission Chairman

Mark Leavitt, MD, PhD

Commissioners

  • Abha Agrawal, MD, FACP, Director, Medical Informatics; Associate Medical Director, Kings County Hospital Center

  • Steve Arnold, MD, MS, MBA, CPE, President and Chief Medical Officer, CareData; CEO, Healthcare Global Advisors

  • Richard Benoit, Senior Program Manager, Intel; Director of Ecosystem Development, Dossia

  • Sarah T. Corley, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc

  • John F. Derr, RPh, Senior VP and CIO, Golden Living

  • Linda Hogan, Professor and Assistant Dean, Department of Medicine, and Director, Medical Informatics Program, The Commonwealth Medical College

  • David R. Hunt, MD, Chief Medical Officer and Acting Director, Office of Health Information Technology Adoption, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, US Department of Health and Human Services (non-voting member)
  • Michael L. Kappel, Senior Vice-President, Government and Industry Relations, McKesson Technology Solutions

  • Joy G. Keeler, MBA, FHIMSS, Principal, Health Information Technology, The MITRE Corporation

  • Jennifer Laughlin, MBA, RHIA, Vice President and Chief Information Officer, UW Health Partners-Watertown Regional Medical Center

  • Christopher MacManus, Healthcare Information Technology Practice Leader, Tatum, LLC

  • David Merritt, Project Director, Center for Health Transformation, The Gingrich Group

  • Susan R. Miller, RN, FACMPE, Administrator, Family Practice Associates of Lexington Kentucky

  • James Morrow, MD, Medical Director for Professional Solutions, Allscripts

  • Rick Ratliff, Co-CEO, SureScripts-RxHub

  • David A. Ross, ScD, Director, Public Health Informatics Institute

  • Don Rucker, MD, Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Siemens Medical Solutions

  • Michael Ubl, Director, IT Strategy and eHealth, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

  • Jon White, MD, Health IT Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, US Department of Health and Human Services (non-voting member)

  • Andrew Wiesenthal, MD, Associate Executive Director, Clinical Information Support, The Permanente Federation