2023
POCP Comments: Health Data, Technology, and Interoperability: Certification Program Updates, Algorithm Transparency, and Information Sharing (HTI-1)– RIN 0955–AA03
POCP Comments: Affordable Care Act; Advancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Processes for Medicare Advantage Organizations, Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans on the Federally Facilitated Exchanges, Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) Eligible Clinicians, and Eligible Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals in the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program – CMS-0057-P
Article: Formulary & benefit and real-time pharmacy Benefit: Electronic standards delivering value to prescribers and pharmacists, Pooja Babbrah, Michael R. Solomon, Lee Ann Stember, John W. Hill, Margaret Weiker, Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, Volume 63, Issue 3, May-June 2023, Pages 725-730
2022
POCP Comments: Request for Information – National Directory of Healthcare Providers & Services- CMS-0058-NC
POCP Comments: Request for Information; Advanced Explanation of Benefits and Good Faith Estimate for Covered Individuals – File code CMS-9900-NC
2021
Article: More than a Mandate: Price Transparency Rules as a Market Differentiator. Pooja Babbrah, Healthcare Musings, January 26, 2021
POCP Comments: CMS Request for Information Regarding Reducing Burden and Electronic Information Exchange of Documentation and Prior Authorization 
(RIN 0938-AT99/Docket No. CMS-9123-P) Tony Schueth, MS, Regulations.gov, January 4, 2021
2020
POCP Comments: CMS Request for Information Regarding Exceptions to EPCS Mandate under SUPPORT Act (RIN 0938-AU25/Docket No. CMS-3394-NC) Tony Schueth, MS, Regulations.gov, September 25, 2020
Strengthening Primary Care During COVID: Making the Case for Pharmacist Clinical Services and Medication Management
Tony Schueth, MS , Tricia Lee Rolle, PharmD, MS, PhD and Shelly Spiro, R.Ph., FASCP, August 10, 2020
POCP Comments: Reopening of Comment Period in Interim Final Rule With Comment (IFC) on Electronic Prescribing for Controlled Substances: RIN 1117-AA61/Docket No. DEA-2181
Tony Schueth, Regulations.Gov, June 2, 2020
Health IT’s Burgeoning Role in Fighting COVID-19
Tony Schueth, MS, HealthTech Zone, May 18, 2020
Seven Trends Driving Health IT Innovation
Tony Schueth, MS, HealthTech Zone, March 20, 2020
2019
Tech Optimization: Getting the most out of AI
Ken Kleinberg, HealthcareIT News, Global Edition, November 8, 2019
POCP Comments: Medicare Program; Secure Electronic Prior Authorization for Medicare Part D—CMS 4189
Tony Schueth, Federal Register, August 16, 2019
POCP Comments: CMS-9115-P: Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Interoperability and Patient Access for Medicare Advantage Organization and Medicaid Managed Care Plans, State Medicaid Agencies, CHIP Agencies and CHIP Managed Care Entities, Issuers of Qualified Health Plans in the Federally- Facilitated Exchanges and Health Care Providers
Tony Schueth, Federal Register, June 3, 2019
POCP Comments: 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program; RIN 0955–AA01
Tony Schueth, HealthIT.Gov, June 3, 2019
Interopera-impossibility?
Jocelyn Keegan, Managed Care Magazine (page 33-34), May 2019
Da Vinci Project Makes Progress on Prior Authorization Use Cases
Jocelyn Keegan, Healthare Innovations, April 8, 2019
HIMSS 2019 Focused On Real-World Efforts to Improve Patient Journey
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 3, 2019
Don’t Be Misled by These Five Major Myths About EHRs
Amy Johnson, PM360, March 25, 2019
Health IT Solutions Connecting Patients With the Costs of Their Medications
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, January 14, 2019
2018
Four Reasons Payers Are Investing in Real-Time Benefit Check
Tony Schueth, Managed Healthcare Executive, November 8, 2018
Six Interoperability Trends That Demonstrate Value
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 1, 2018
No end in sight: EHRs hit hospitals’ bottom lines with uncertain benefits
Michael Burger, Modern Healthcare, October 13, 2018
Bringing better data to states’ prescription drug monitoring
Tony Schueth, GCN Magazine, August 13, 2018
Electronic Prescribing Moving Toward Optimization
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 31, 2018
Cerner’s investment in Lumeris signals growing role of tech vendors in population health
Michael Burger, Modern Healthcare, July 14, 2018
10 Takeaways from HIMSS18
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, May 4, 2018
Study: Mandatory Electronic Prescribing of Controlled Substances (EPCS) Can Help Combat the Opioid Crisis and Save the United States up to $53 Billion Annually
Tony Schueth, Prepared for PCMA by Visante and Point-of-Care Partners, April 4, 2018
Three Factors Contributing to Lagging Provider Adoption of EPCS
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 3, 2018
One Industry Expert’s View of How State Efforts to Manage the Opioid Crisis Will Affect HIT Leaders
Connie Sinclair, Healthcare Informatics, February 23, 2018
2017
Following What the Doctor Ordered: Addressing Medication Noncompliance
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, December 19, 2017
The Impact of New, Nonproprietary Naming Convention for Biologics and Biosimilars: 7 Key Findings
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 30, 2017
Automating Enrollment for Specialty Prescriptions
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 3, 2017
Interoperability and Standards Will Be Areas of Focus through Year End
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, October 18, 2017
Five Health IT, Opioid-Related Trends Impacting Electronic Health Records
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, September 26, 2017
Why Population Health Management Should Matter to Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 14, 2017
Moving the Adoption Needle on Electronic Prior Authorization: What Stakeholders Can Do
Tony Schueth, HISTalk, July 5, 2017
What’s Ahead for Health IT at the Federal Level?
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, June 23, 2017
Stakeholder Impacts of the AMA’s Prior Authorization Reform Proposal
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, May 10, 2017
FHIR Sets the Stage for Targeted Applications for Payers and Providers
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 21, 2017
Eight Takeaways from HIMSS 2017
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 7, 2017
PDMPs Fight Against the Opioid Epidemic
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, March 22, 2017
What the 21st Century Cures Act Means for Health IT
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, March 6, 2017
10 Healthcare Trends to Watch in 2017
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, February 22, 2017
2016
Integrating EHRs and PDMPs: A Trend for 2017
Connie Sinclair, RPh, HISTalk, December 21, 2016
Reading the Tea Leaves: What Lies Ahead for Health IT in the Trump Administration?
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 23, 2016
Working Smarter, Not Harder: Helping Clinicians Optimize Use of EHRs
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 18, 2016
Taking ePrescribing to the Next Level with the Structured and Codified Sig
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 16, 2016
A National Patient Identifier: An Idea That’s Time Has Come Again
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 9, 2016
4 Ways Pharmaceutical Reps Can Unlock the Power of EHRs
Tony Schueth, PM360 Online, October 31, 2016
EHRs: A Win-Win to Provide Patient Education Materials
Tony Schueth, Pharma Tech Outlook, October 21, 2016
Using Health Information Technology to Improve Patient Engagement
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, October 5, 2016
Taking Electronic Prior Authorization to the Next Level
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, September 22, 2016
Why EHRs Will Have Different Documentation Requirements for Biosimilar Dispensing, Administration, and Outcomes
Tony Schueth, HISTalk, July 11, 2016
Real-Time Benefit Inquiry: A New Kind of Clinical Decision Support
Pooja Babbrah, HealthTech Zone, July 5, 2016
Top 10 Themes at Health Datapalooza 2016
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, June 21, 2016
New Proposed Regulation Rebrands and Retools Meaningful Use
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, June 16, 2016
Improving Specialty Pharmacy Speed to Therapy Should be an Industry Priority
Gary Rice, Lynnae Mahaney, Anthony Schueth and Laura Topor, Specialty Pharmacy Times, June 6, 2016
New State Mandates for Opiates Create the Next Wave of Requirements for EHRs
Connie Sinclair, RPh, HISTalk, June 1, 2016
Electronic prior authorization and payers: Lessons from BCBS
James R. Lang, PharmD MBA, Anthony J. Schueth MS, Managed Healthcare Executive, May 25, 2016
Integrating EHRs and PDMPs: How Vendors Can Get Ahead of the Curve
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 18, 2016
Alerting Prescribers for Biosimilar Substitution to Protect Patient Safety
Pooja Babbrah, HealthTech Zone, April 13, 2016
Readers Write: Three Reasons EHRs Need to Treat Biosimilars Differently Than Generics
Tony Schueth, HISTalk, April 13, 2016
Top 10 Trends at HIMSS16
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 11, 2016
Meaningful Use: Not Entirely Gone But Certainly Not Forgotten
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone March 21, 2016
Top Ten Health IT Trends for 2016
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone March 2, 2016
Readers Write: What EHR Vendors Need to Know About Implementing Minnesota’s Electronic Prior Authorization Law
Tony Schueth, HISTalk, January 20, 2016
2015
MGMA Meeting Reveals Five Trends Affecting Physician Practices
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, December 3, 2015
Four Sets of Federal Guidance You Should Know if You’re in Health IT
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 24, 2015
Taking Clinical Decision Support to the Next Level: A Standards-Based Approach
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, November 12, 2015
Paving the Way for Specialty E-Prescribing
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, September 17, 2015
Five Technology Trends: Changing Pharmacy Practice Today and Tomorrow
Tony Schueth, MS, William Hein, and Jeffrey Hull, RPh, Pharmacy Times Directions in Pharmacy, published online August 20, 2015
Readers Write: Interesting Times for ePA and EPCS
Connie Sinclair, RPh, HISTalk, August 12, 2015
E-prescribing for Specialty Medications: The Time Is Right
Tony Schueth, MS; Laura Topor; and Douglas Hillblom, PharmD, Specialty Pharmacy Times, August 11, 2015
DERF-a-Palooza at May NCPDP Meeting Yields Results
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 1, 2015
Surescripts Issues 2014 National Progress Report
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, June 22, 2015
HIStalk Interviews
Tony Schueth, CEO, Point-of-Care Partners, HISTalk, June 10, 2015
Information Blocking: A Hot Potato in Washington
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, June 19, 2015
Meaningful Use Stage 3: What Does It Mean for EHR Vendors?
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, May 14, 2015
HIMSS15: On FHIR and 6 Other Key Takeaways
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, May 5, 2015
Exciting Changes Ahead in 2015 for Health IT
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, March 4, 2015
At Last! A Compelling Business Case for Interoperability
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, February 27, 2015
Information Blocking: Don’t Blame the EHR
Michael Burger, HISTalk, January 30, 2015
Biosimilars: Building a Better Technology Mousetrap
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, January 26, 2015
How EHR Vendors are Making Productive Use of Regulatory Downtime
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, January 23, 2015
2014
Interoperability: The Glass is More than Half Full
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, December 22, 2014
The Impact of Information Technology on Managed Care Pharmacy: Today and Tomorrow
Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy, October 29, 2014
Douglas Hillblom, PharmD; Tony Schueth, MS; Scott M. Robertson, RPh, PharmD;nLaura Topor, BA; and Greg Low, RPh, BSPharm, PhD
What’s Next for EHR Market Consolidation?
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, October 14, 2014
I-STOP May Be the Biggest Health IT Game-Changer of All
Tony Schueth, HISTalk, October 8, 2014
Deciphering the Mystery of Population Health Management
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 30, 2014
Surescripts Stats Show ePrescribing Rounds Third Base
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 30, 2014
Readers Write: Medication Electronic Prior Authorization, the Next Big Thing for EHRs
Tony Schueth, HISTalk, July 16, 2014
Readers Write: EHR Usability – Whose Job Is It?
Michael Burger, HISTalk, May 16, 2014
Reading the Tea Leaves: Prior Authorization for Advanced Imaging Services Is in Our Future
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, May 12, 2014
What’s Next for Meaningful Use?
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 17, 2014
Top 10 Takeaways from HIMSS 2014
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 11, 2014
How to Gain Traction for ePrescribing for Specialty Medications
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, January 10, 2014
2013
Health Information Technology: Supporting Pharmacy Trends in 2014
Jeff Hull, BSPharm, RPh, Anthony J. Schueth, MS, and William Hein, Pharmacy Times, December 16, 2013
More than a Quarter of Pioneer ACOs to Leave the Program
William Hein. HealthTech Zone, July 23, 2013
Money Talks: Federal Incentives Confirmed to Spur ePrescribing Adoption
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 17, 2013
Boosting Long-Term Growth for Grant-Funded HIEs
William Hein, HealthTech Zone, July 12, 2013
Leveraging HIT to Improve Specialty Medication Processes
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, July 12, 2013
Will Your ACOs Thrive? Take the Lead with This 3-Step Plan
Michael Solomon. HIMSS Payer Insider. May 13, 2013.
Five Steps to ACO Success
William Hein. HealthTech Zone, May 22, 2013.
Seven Key HIT Takeaways from HIMSS
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, April 15, 2013
Health Information Exchange: Taking Pharmacy to the Next Level
Tony Schueth, Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy, March 2013
Putting the ‘HIE’ in eMedication Management
Ed Daniels, HealthTech Zone, Feb. 6, 2013
Top Ten Under-the-Radar Healthcare Trends for 2013
Tony Schueth, HealthTech Zone, Feb. 6, 2013
2012
Cloud Computing: Changing HIT and HIE Deployment Strategies
Ed Daniels, Dec. 26, 2012
Implementing ACA with HIT
Tony Schueth, HealthTechZone, Dec. 21, 2012
Smartphones and Demographics are Key to Mobile Health
Ed Daniels, Dec. 21, 2012
HIE: Payers Wanted
Ed Daniels, HIMSS Payer Insider, October 5, 2012
ePrior authorization: Primed for Improvement and Big Returns
Tony Schueth, HIMSS Payer Insider, August 4, 2012
Supreme Court Ruling on the ACA: Momentum Plus Opportunities for HIT
Tony Schueth, HealthTechZone, August 1, 2012
FDA Poised to Regulate HIT
Ed Daniels, HealthTechZone, August 1, 2012
Effects of a Web-Based Intervention for Adults With Chronic Conditions on Patient Activation: Online Randomized Controlled Trial
Michael Solomon, MBA, PhD; Stephen L. Wagner, MS, PhD; James Goes, PhD, Journal of American Medical Research, February 21, 2012 (POCP’s Michael Solomon co-authored.)
Effects of a Web-Based Intervention for Adults With Chronic Conditions on Patient Activation: Online Randomized Controlled Trial
Michael Solomon, MBA, PhD; Stephen L. Wagner, MS, PhD; James Goes, PhD, Journal of American Medical Research, February 21, 2012
Early Adopters of Electronic Prescribing Struggle to Make Meaningful Use of Formulary Checks and Medication History Documentation
Jesse C. Crosson, PhD, Anthony J. Schueth, MS, Nicole Isaacson, PhD, MSS and Douglas S. Bell, MD, PhD, Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Vol. 25 no. 1, pg. 24-32. January/February 2012
