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By Tony Schueth – I’ve spent a large part of my career working in and around pharmacy interoperability (though we haven’t always called it that), from early on with a PBM to over two decades of NCPDP standards work for various clients. It’s an area I keep coming back to, not out of habit, but because I see the gap between what pharmacists can do and what we enable them to do remains significant.
By Alix Goss – Changes to how HIPAA-adopted standards are maintained rarely generate much attention. They tend to unfold slowly, behind the scenes, and often become visible only once a new version is formally named in a regulation. That lack of visibility can make it easy to miss early signals about how standards are….
Our 2025 Countdown Continues! #8 from We Have Trust Issues and The Dish on Health IT. Follow us until the end of the year for our reveal of the top 10 played episodes from the radio and from the podcast network on Healthcare NOW Radio.
The thought leaders in our community are good about sharing their thoughts on the issues of today. Here are the top read and shared guest posts of October that we think deserve sharing again.
By Ross Martin MD MHA FAMIA & Brian Dwyer – Last month, we had the opportunity to attend the 2025 NCQA Health Innovation Summit in San Diego, California, where the conversations focused on improving healthcare quality, equity, and outcomes through innovation. The theme this year was “Reflect, Connect, Inspire,” which felt appropriate.
By Tony Schueth – The CMS pledge is big on vision but light on details about execution. That’s not unusual. Pledges are intended to inspire and drive change and innovation, but they do not provide a step-by-step playbook for achieving a goal.
By Mary Griskewicz – Enforcement of information blocking has moved from concept to practice. On September 3, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release signaled an active enforcement posture and directed more resources to curb practices that interfere with the access, exchange, or use of electronic health information.
By Mary Griskewicz – At its core, HTI-4 is about making prescribing and medication access more real-time, transparent, and aligned with patient needs. It updates health IT certification criteria in three key areas: electronic prescribing, real-time prescription benefit (RTPB), and electronic prior authorization (ePA).