Stanley Nachimson

Stanley Nachimson is principal of Nachimson Advisors, a health IT consulting firm dedicated to finding innovative uses for health information technology and encouraging its adoption.

The firm serves a number of clients, including, the Cooperative Exchange, EHNAC, and InstaMed, Stanley is focusing on assisting health care providers, vendors, and plans with understanding the regulatory environment, assisting in implementation of regulation requirements, and providing advice on HIT industry status and trends. Stanley is the author of the authoritative paper on the cost of ICD-10 for physician practices, and is an active member of HIMSS, WEDI, and X12.

Stanley served for over 30 years in the US Department of Health and Human Services in a variety of statistical, management, and health technology positions. His last ten years prior to his 2007 retirement were spent in developing HIPAA policy, regulations, and implementation planning and monitoring, beginning CMS’s work on Personal Health Records, and serving as the CMS liaison with several industry organizations, including WEDI and HITSP. He brings a wealth of experience and information regarding the use of data, standards and technology in the health care industry.