Policy Primer: The Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA)
Interoperability, or the exchange of electronic healthcare data, has had a number of roadblocks. Interoperability efforts were underway in earnest following the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (known as “the Recovery Act”), which included the landmark Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. This legislation ushered in an era of […]
MACPAC Watch: September 2018 meeting covered multi-state collaborations
The Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) held their most recent meeting in Washington, D.C. on September 13-14, 2018. From our perspective, one of the more interesting topics covered was multi-state collaboration, a founding principle of HealthTech Solutions. We have software products that enable states to easily comply with the Centers for […]
