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Regulatory monitoring
Ongoing tracking and alerts across CMS, CBO, and industry channels including AHIP and HLC.
Health policy translation for decision-makers
CMS-9897-F 45 CFR 149.510 batching flexibility under §2799A-1
Here’s what changed,
and here’s what you need to do about it.
I'm Mai-Kim Norman, an independent health policy consultant. I translate fast-moving federal regulation, legislation, and agency guidance into clear direction for executives and government relations teams.
18+Years in federal & industry health policy
4Federal agencies & a national health plan
1Focus: plain-English policy translation
What I Do
Core Consulting Areas
Fast turnaround on the deliverables executives and government relations teams actually need.
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Executive briefings
One-pagers and briefing documents translating new regulations and legislation into operational impact.
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Stakeholder materials
Talking points for coalition, PAC-facing, and internal education audiences.
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No Surprises Act / IDR
Independent Dispute Resolution strategy and price transparency policy analysis.
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Health IT & interoperability
Policy analysis spanning AI regulation and interoperability requirements in healthcare.
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Congressional response
Drafting responses to congressional inquiries, built on direct federal experience.
Regulatory Watch
What changed?
Recent federal health-policy activity, pulled from the Federal Register. Primary sources first. Plain English where it counts.
Live federal source
Curated automatically for CommHealth’s policy areas. Routine administrative notices are filtered out before display.
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Source: FederalRegister.gov. Titles, dates, document types and source summaries are retrieved from the public Federal Register API. CommHealth does not imply endorsement by any federal agency.
Background
Experience
Federal policy experience, now applied to industry and client work.
Sr. Health Policy Consultant
Florida Blue
- Evaluate legislative and regulatory developments in healthcare.
- Track No Surprises Act/IDR and price transparency.
Sr. Policy Analyst
Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC)
- Analyzed policy, regulations, and legislation affecting health technology adoption.
- Researched interoperability policy across the federal system.
Sr. Public Health Analyst
HRSA, HHS
- Managed and monitored public health grants.
- Wrote responses to congressional inquiries.
Writing
Publications
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“Single Animal to Human Transmission Event Responsible for 2014 Ebola Outbreak”
NIH Common Fund press release, August 2014 (unbylined, as is standard for agency releases).
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Health Physics Journal, June 2010
NIAID/NIH Radiation/Nuclear Medical Countermeasures Product Research and Development Program
Get in Touch
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