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Modernizing Health IT: CMS Pledges, AI and the Trust Foundation with Amy Gleason
In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, host Tony Schueth is joined by co-host Alix Goss and special guest Amy Gleason, Strategic Advisor to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and Administrator of the U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service, for a wide-ranging discussion on how health IT modernization is evolving under a pledge-driven, incentive-backed federal strategy. -
HTI-5 & Price Transparency Proposed Rules and Why Comment Periods Matter More Than You Think
In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, host Tony Schueth, CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), is joined by colleagues Mary Griskewicz, Regulatory Resource Center Lead, and Janice Reese, Senior Consultant and Program Manager of FHIR at Scale Taskforce (FAST), for a wide-ranging discussion on two major proposed rules released in mid-December 2025: the HTI-5 proposed rule from the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy (ASTP) and CMS’s latest proposal on healthcare price transparency.
Rather than treating these rules as abstract policy exercises, the conversation focuses on what the government is trying to accomplish, how these proposals may reshape the interoperability and data access landscape, and why stakeholder participation during the comment period is not optional if the industry wants workable outcomes. -
Federal Rule to State Reality & National Impact: How MHDC Is Shaping Prior Authorization
This episode of The Dish on Health IT features guest, Denny Brennan, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Health Data Consortium (MHDC), in conversation with host Tony Schueth, CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), and co-host Ross Martin, MD, Senior Consultant with POCP. Together, they examine how MHDC is translating national interoperability policy into practical, statewide action, specifically around the CMS 0057 rule. -
Dish on Health IT: HLTH25 Recap – What’s Real, What’s Hype, and What’s Next in Health IT
In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, host Tony Schueth, CEO of Point-of-Care Partners (POCP), is joined by colleagues Brian Dwyer, POCP’s Business Strategy Lead, and Seth Joseph, Managing Director at Summit Health Advisors, to unpack their takeaways from the HLTH25 conference in Las Vegas. Together, they reflect on the energy of the event, the conversations shaping the future of health IT, and interviews recorded live from Podcast Row. -
Clinicians Driving Interop: Insights from HL7 Da Vinci Project Clinical Advisory Council (CAC)
In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, POCP CEO and host Tony Schueth sat down with Dr. Julia Skapik (SVP & CMO at PurpleLab, practicing physician, member of the HL7 Da Vinci Clinical Advisory Council, and outgoing HL7 International board chair) and Dr. Steven Waldron (Chief Medical Informatics Officer at the American Academy of Family Physicians and Co-Chair of the Da Vinci Clinical Advisory Council). Together, they explored how clinicians are shaping interoperability and standards development through the HL7 Da Vinci Project’s Clinical Advisory Council (CAC). -
From Mandate to Momentum: How Health Plans Can Align Compliance, PA Reduction Pledge, & Org Goals
Webinar recording of a panel discussion held on September 11, 2025.
Host & Panelist: Brian Dwyer
Moderator: Vanessa Candelora
Panel:
- Alix Goss
- Kendra Obrist
- Lauren Bedel
- Lenel James
Topic:
Health plans and their health tech partners are facing three major priorities at once:
- Meeting compliance requirements under CMS-0057
- Responding to the new CMS and payer pledge to reduce prior authorization burdens across government and commercial plans
- Advancing their own interoperability roadmaps to improve provider collaboration, operational efficiency, and member experience
Too often, these efforts are managed in silos. This webinar explores how health plans can connect the dots, leveraging investments made for CMS-0057 compliance to also support the industry’s prior authorization commitments and accelerate broader strategic goals. -
FQHCs: Undervalued, Misunderstood—and Essential
In this episode of The Dish on Health IT, Tony Schueth and Rob Dribbon are joined by Neikisha Charles Director of Quality Improvement and Risk Management of Bedford Stuyvesant Family Health Center (Bed-Stuy), a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Brooklyn, NY. Together, they dig into common misconceptions about FQHCs and shine a spotlight on the opportunities they present for strategic engagement across the healthcare ecosystem—especially for health IT and life sciences organizations. -
Dish on Health IT - 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.
