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Communicator, collaborator, occasional combatant

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Founding General Partner at High Street Equity Partners

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As CEO and Founder of the award-winning digital health company Open City Labs Matt is a thought leader on social determinants of health (SDOH) and healthcare interoperability, and the development of safe AI. He has contributed to the development of standards on referrals, SDOH data collection, exchange and reimbursement, directories and transitions in care for patients receiving long-term post-acute care (LTPAC) and home and community based services (HCBS). Under his leadership Open City Labs has won awards from (federal government agencies) Administration for Community Living’s Social Care Referral Challenge, (ANSI Accredited Standards bodies) DirectTrust “Interop Hero,” and national foundation leaders, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and AARP Foundation. As a coauthor of the “Social Determinants of Health NYS Functional and Technical Specifications Document,” Matt has assisted states like New York with planning SDOH interoperability to meet 1115 Waiver requirements and address health equity. Matt is a member of the HIMSS Social Determinants of Health Committee, HIMSS 2025 Health Equity Planning Committee and has spoken at the US Health & Human Services Office of Inspector General, HIMSS, PCMH Congress, United Nations, SXSW Interactive, Health 2.0, NYU & Columbia University. He has leadership roles in numerous national standards organizations, including 360x SDOH closed loop referral, and Gravity Project, SDOH Clinical Care, National Directory of Healthcare Providers and Services, and DirectTrust's Directory Policy, Directory Tiger Team and Consumer Credentials workgroups. In 2007 he worked in a management-training program at the Manhattan Psychiatric Center and Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center. At Volunteers of America he oversaw close to $100 million in government-funded social service programs. In 2010, he was appointed to the NYS Health Care Reform Advisory Committee, which advised the Governor’s cabinet on the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. Publications & Conferences Cohost of the HIMSS25 Health Equity Forum, March 3, 2025 "Navigating the Risks & Opportunities of Ai in Health Equity, Informatics and Public Health Systems," March 3, 2025 "Modernizing Health & Humans Services Data Infrastructure Through Policies and Standards that Support SDOH and Health Equity," March 13, 2024. "Modernizing Data for Oversight at HHS-OIG," US HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), May 11, 2023 "Principles for Safe Implementation of ICD codes for Human Trafficking," Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 2021, 49(2), 285-289. doi:10.1017/jme.2021.40

Zaakirah Rahman

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Graduate Student at Teachers College, Columbia University Research Assistant

Aaron Smith 🎓

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Co-Founder Savi, Young Invincibles, Young Men Research Project