Professional Experience

Timathie (Timi) Leslie is a Managing Director of Manatt Health Solutions, a policy and strategic advisory division of Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP. Ms. Leslie has over fifteen years of experience in the healthcare industry. She has a strong background in assisting healthcare organizations with technology strategy, business development, product design, development and implementation.

Prior to joining Manatt Health Solutions, Ms. Leslie cofounded and led Object Health, a management consulting group that merged with Manatt Health Solutions. Object Health assisted healthcare organizations and communities in using health information and technology to improve operational efficiencies and health quality outcomes. While at Object Health, Ms. Leslie worked with several funding organizations, including foundations and government agencies, to design innovative approaches to accelerating adoption of health IT among ambulatory care providers and throughout communities. She also performed numerous electronic health record (EHR) and chronic disease management system (CDMS) assessments resulting in published resources and product procurement. In addition, Ms. Leslie advised the early planning of one of the first statewide regional health information organizations, CALRHIO, and has advised multiple health information exchange initiatives regarding their exchange and portal technology strategies, operating policies and procedures, and funding models.

Previously, Ms. Leslie was director of technology solutions at CareScience, Inc., a leading provider of care management technology and services to hospitals and health systems formerly led by Dr. David Brailer, the nation’s first National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). She also worked as director of partner relations for the National IPA Coalition and led the California Information Exchange (CALINX) project, a statewide, multi-stakeholder initiative that developed data standards and data use policies to guide health information exchange among payors, providers and employers. Ms. Leslie launched her career in the IT strategy practice of Coopers & Lybrand, where she specialized in information technology strategy and mergers and acquisitions, and as a senior healthcare consultant for Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).

Education

University of California at Davis, B.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering

Speaking Engagements

Speaker, “State Response to HITECH and Meaningful Use, Nextgen Leadership Summit,” NY, New York, May 14 2010.

Speaker, Welcome and Introduction, California E-Prescribing Consortium Annual Meeting, November 16, 2009.

Speaker, "E-Prescribing Pilot Overview", Managed Care Day (CalPERS), August 28, 2009.

Speaker, "Practical Considerations for E-Prescribing: Readiness and California's Approach", MMIS Conference, August 19, 2009.

Speaker, “California’s Strategic Plan for HIE, CA Dept of HHS,” Sacramento, CA, July 20, 2009.

Co-Presenter, “Making the Most of the OPEB Dollar: Contracting for Value-Based Retiree Healthcare,” California Association of Public Retirement Systems Attorneys’ Roundtable, San Jose, CA, January 30, 2009.

Co-presenter, “ePrescribing in California: A Case Study of the Patient’s Consent to Share Prescription Information”, California Health & Human Services Agency, Cornerstones for Health Information Exchange: A CalPSAB Symposium, Sacramento, CA, October, 2008.

Co-Presenter, “Government Programs: Metrics to Inform Medicaid and State P4P Strategies: An E-Prescribing Case Study,” The Third National Pay for Performance Summit, Los Angeles, CA, February 28, 2008.