With new Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services regulations impacting information sharing for health plans going into effect this year and next, the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare recently unveiled its CAQH Endpoint Directory to help payers with compliance.
WHY IT MATTERS
The CAQH Endpoint Directory was developed, with support from IT vendor Edifecs, as a one-stop shop for validated payer FHIR endpoints and third-party applications.
To build it, CAQH convened a work group of member health plans to gather feedback about their needs and capabilities, and drew on technology expertise at connectathons and other IT industry events.
The nonprofit also worked alongside the FHIR at Scale Task Force launched by the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. And it collaborated with interoperability groups such as HL7 Da Vinci Project and CARIN Alliance.
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WASHINGTON, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ CAQH today announced the launch of the CAQH Endpoint Directory, a centralized repository of validated payer FHIR endpoints and third-party applications. Developed with support from the technology company Edifecs, the Directory will help payers meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) interoperability regulations that become effective in 2021 and 2022. Providing the industry with one place to find and connect with payer FHIR endpoints and third-party apps is essential for interoperability and burden reduction, said Robin Thomashauer, President of CAQH. The CAQH Endpoint Directory, developed with stakeholders from across the healthcare industry, will simplify how organizations connect and support consumers with greater access to their healthcare information.