POCP Blog


Finding Your Competitive Edge: Landscape Analysis of Market and Policy Shifts

When entering new markets or simply being more competitive in your current markets, health plans, technology vendors, and other healthcare organizations often find themselves...

ASTP’s FHIR Action Plan: Solidifying FHIR’s Critical Role in Achieving Nationwide Interoperability

What Stakeholders Need to Know For those of us in health IT, it’s been clear for some time that Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR®) is an integral piece of the...

The State of HIOs & Plans to Participate in TEFCA

A recent study published in Health Affairs examined the current state of Health Information Organizations (HIOs) and their engagement with the Trusted Exchange Framework and...

Why the Life Science Industry Should Care About the Proposed HTI-2 Rule

In an era where data fluidity is transforming healthcare, life sciences manufacturers must stay attuned to evolving Health IT policies given that many of these policies have...

From Pharmacy to Payers: The Interconnected World of Health IT

Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting Shivani Patel, Executive Vice President of Patient Access Operations and Technology Solutions at Asembia, on "The Dish on Health IT"...

Observations from the Field: Understanding and Leveraging CMS-0057 for Strategic Advantage

In our role as health IT consultants, we consistently encounter a common issue when discussing the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization Final Rule (CMS-0057) with...

How HTI-2 Proposed Rule Aligns with Public Health Data Modernization

Welcome back to our HTI-2 series! In our previous posts, we highlighted the general aspects of the HTI-2 proposed rule, delved into API certification requirements, explored the...

ONC HTI-2 Proposed Rule: Examining ePrescribing, Prior Authorization, & RTPB

In our ongoing series about the HTI-2 proposed rule, we've previously provided a high-level overview, aspects related to API certification requirements, and information blocking....

ONC HTI-2 Proposed Rule: Navigating Information Blocking Compliance

In our ongoing series dissecting the proposed HTI-2 rule, we’ve explored its potential to revolutionize health IT infrastructure and interoperability. Today, we’re delving into...

ONC HTI-2 Proposed Rule: Understanding API Certification Requirements

In our earlier blog post, ONC HTI-2 Proposed Rule: A Leap Forward in Healthcare Interoperability, we provided a high-level overview of the proposed rule. In this post, we will...