I was honored to attend the June 3 CMS and ASTP/ONC Health Technology Ecosystem RFI Listening Session in Washington, D.C.—an invitation-only meeting convened by the Centers for...
Reflections on a Week of Collaboration, Innovation, & Recognition at the NCPDP25 Annual Conference
I recently returned from a packed and thought-provoking week in Scottsdale, Arizona, where I attended the NCPDP Work Group meetings, NCPDP Foundation Board meetings, and the...
Staying Strategic When the Ground Shifts: Navigating the HHS Reorg
The sweeping reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), announced by newly appointed Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is unlike anything we've seen...
Navigating Uncertainty: Why Organizations Need Objective Assessments in a Complex Health IT Landscape
In today’s healthcare environment, organizations must contend with a vast array of external market factors—changing regulations, new technologies, and shifting payer-provider...
Keeping Pace with Policy: The Importance of Staying Ahead of Regulatory Changes
In today’s complex health IT regulatory environment, keeping up with constant policy shifts can feel overwhelming. From evolving federal mandates to ever-changing state...
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...
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...
