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...
Beyond Compliance: Achieving Excellence in Execution – Mastering Iterative Improvements
The final blog in our series, focusing on Execution & Iteration, brings our compliance journey to its most dynamic phase. Read the first and second blogs in the series to catch up...
Beyond Compliance: Transforming Insights into Impact – The Journey from Analysis to Action
In the first blog of this series, we broached the complexities of the "Assess and Analyze" phase, emphasizing the importance of a thorough understanding of the regulatory...
Beyond Compliance: The Strategic Roadmap – Starting with Assessment and Analysis
The CMS rule on advancing interoperability and improving prior authorization (CMS-0057-F) sets a foundation for future policymaking. As payers embark on this compliance journey,...
