Collaboration with NCQA, MultiCare, and Cambia Health Solutions Demonstrates Real-World Implementation of Regulated FHIR APIs for Scalable HEDIS Reporting
eHealth Exchange™, the nation’s oldest and largest health information network, today announced it has received a 2026 Points of Light Award from KLAS Research. The recognition highlights a multi-stakeholder collaboration with the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA), MultiCare Connected Care, and Cambia Health Solutions to implement regulated FHIR application program interfaces (APIs) for scalable Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) quality reporting.
The initiative, part of the inaugural NCQA Bulk FHIR Quality Coalition, demonstrated how network-based interoperability can enable efficient, standards-based exchange of clinical data across payer and provider organizations.
Through the collaboration, participants successfully exchanged HEDIS-relevant clinical data for more than 5,000 patients using Bulk FHIR APIs. The effort reduced reliance on manual chart reviews, accelerated data retrieval from weeks to minutes, and improved data completeness and usability for quality measurement.
“Interoperability must move beyond pilots to real-world impact,” said Jay Nakashima, president of eHealth Exchange. “This collaboration demonstrates that regulated FHIR APIs, delivered through a trusted network, can scale today to support digital quality measurement and reduce administrative burden.”
eHealth Exchange served as the interoperability backbone for the initiative, providing a single-connection model that enabled secure routing, trust framework, identity/authorization infrastructure, and Bulk FHIR data exchange between participants. As one of the first designated Qualified Health Information Networks® (QHINs™) under the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™), eHealth Exchange ensured the technical requirements were in alignment with TEFCA.
This recognition builds on eHealth Exchange’s continued leadership in advancing Networked FHIR, following prior KLAS Points of Light recognition for innovations in automated prior authorization and payer-provider data exchange.
