ONC Awards New Contract to Oversee TEFCA Data Exchange Framework
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has awarded a new contract to oversee the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA), the federal framework governing nationwide health information exchange. The move comes as the volume of health records exchanged through TEFCA increases significantly. The new oversight contractor will monitor compliance with TEFCA's technical and legal requirements for data sharing among qualified health information networks. This expansion of oversight signals federal emphasis on ensuring secure, standardized data exchange as TEFCA adoption accelerates.
Medicaid MCOs must comply with TEFCA data sharing requirements when exchanging member health information, and expanded federal oversight may lead to stricter enforcement of technical standards and data use agreements that affect MCO health information exchange infrastructure and vendor relationships.
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