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Point-of-Care Partners (POCP) is an employee-owned health IT management consulting firm assisting healthcare organizations in the evaluation, development & implementation of winning health information management strategies in a complex and rapidly evolving healthcare ecosystem.

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We provide consulting services to healthcare organizations on a range of issues critical to both business performance and improving care outcomes.

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Consent Management: Why It’s Not as Simple as You Think

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, host Tony Schueth sits down with two of the industry's sharpest minds leading the charge to fix one of health IT’s most persistent headaches: digital consent management. Janice Reese, Senior Consultant at Point-of-Care Partners and Program Manager for the FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST), and Mohammad Jafari, Co-Lead of FAST’s Consent Work, offer an unflinching look at why consent is still so messy—and what it’ll take to make it scalable, interoperable, and actually work for patients.

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Inside Peek at Kaiser Permanente's Health IT Playbook

In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, host Tony Schueth and payer interoperability expert Kendra Obrist sit down with Rob Alger, SVP of Health Plan Technology at Kaiser Permanente, for a candid and sweeping conversation about payer interoperability, AI, FHIR, and the realities of health IT innovation at scale.

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Blog: A Meaningful Shift: Administration & Payers Unite to Reduce Prior Authorizations

Insurers, including United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Kaiser Permanente, committed to a range of prior authorization reforms. These include reducing the number of services requiring prior auth, implementing a standard electronic PA form by the end of 2026, making prior authorizations valid for 90 days even if a patient switches plans, and expanding the use of real-time electronic PA processes.

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Pharmacy Interoperability Whitepaper

Pharmacy interoperability extends beyond pharmacies, impacting payers, providers, and patients alike. With pharmacists taking on broader roles in care, seamless data exchange is critical for patient-centered care, value-based models, and reducing costs. This whitepaper by POCP, supported by the NCPDP Foundation, explores how improved interoperability drives better outcomes and efficiency in healthcare.

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How Are You Navigating Challenges of the Interoperability & PA (CMS-0057) Rule?

Explore our content covering the challenges and opportunities CMS-0057 presents to payers and how to gain strategic advantage leveraging compliance work.

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Meet POCP's CEO

Tony Schueth shares his vision when starting Point-of-Care Partners more than years ago. He explains that what makes POCP unique is that we focus on relevant subject matters and then work with different stakeholders in solving problems related to those subject matters to develop a deep understanding from various stakeholder perspectives. This holistic 360 degree view allows us to comprehensively work with our clients to solve their immediate challenges and contribute to the industry making progress toward meaningful improvements to healthcare through technology. #POCP20Years

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Meet Vanessa Candelora, Senior Consultant

Meet Senior Consultant, Vanessa Candelora. Vanessa has played a pivotal role in the HL7 Da Vinci and Gravity projects, part of the HL7 FHIR Accelerator program where she is able to collaborate with the brightest minds in the healthcare industry to build data exchange standards for greater interoperability. #POCP20Years

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Meet Brian Bamberger, Life Sciences Lead

Meet Brian Bamberger, the Life Sciences Practice Lead at Point-of-Care Partners. With 25 years of experience, Brian's journey with POCP began two decades ago as a customer. For the last 12 years, he's been dedicated to bringing technology to life sciences, and improving health information for patients and physicians. #POCP20Years

Testimonials

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POCP is a partner in the true sense of the word. POCP takes a personal approach to engagement; they think for and with you

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I appreciated the detail POCP provided regarding what’s happening in the industry. It demonstrated that POCP has better intel (breadth and depth) compared with larger, national consulting firms.

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POCP is in the game of delivering and changing the world.

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POCP is a committed organization that has higher retention and engagement consistency vs. big consulting firms.

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Blog

Context, information and analysis from healthcare industry experts working at Point-of-Care Partners.

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Resource Library

Stay up to date with frequent changes in U.S. healthcare regulatory requirements through POCP’s turnkey resources.

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The Dish on Health IT Podcast

Engaging discussion around Health IT with perspectives from across the healthcare landscape.

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Insights & Publications

We share the insights of POCP’s leaders on current trends and on anticipated opportunities.

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Trending Topics

What’s currently trending in the world of health IT?  The topics below from our Resource Library are currently generating high interest among our clients, government entities and throughout the circles in which POCP travels. If these topics impact your company or clients, grab a coffee or water and read on! You’ll find blog posts, industry presentations and other resources you need to help you make sound strategic and product decisions.
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