TEFCA Leaders Call For Payers To Join Interoperability Initiative But Data Transfer Fee Issue Emerges

NASHVILLE -- Two leaders of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA) -- a universal floor for interoperability HHS created under the 21st Century Cures Act -- called for payers to participate in the growing initiative at AHIP’s digital health conference. However, the possibility that payers participating in TEFCA could face data exchange fees is hamstringing industry involvement in the interoperability initiative, says an AHIP executive and Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. “What is so promising about TEFCA is...