Healthcare Policy and Pharmacy’s Evolving Role with SureScripts’ Deanne Primozic

In this episode of Health Biz Talk, host Tony Trenkle, former CMS CIO, discusses with Deanne Primozic, healthcare policy leader at SureScripts, about transforming pharmacy services and advancing healthcare interoperability. Primozic discusses SureScripts' new ScriptCorner platform for medication cost transparency, touchless prior authorization solutions, and the evolving role of pharmacists in the Rural Health Transformation programme. The conversation explores how AI is streamlining administrative processes while raising critical questions about regulation and patient safety. Pramozik also addresses the urgent need for a federal privacy framework, the challenges of state-by-state patchwork regulations, and the importance of public-private partnerships through the CMS Aligned Network initiative in advancing healthcare policy and technology innovation.