Goal: Develop a standard data exchange in support of patient cost transparency for devices, services and collection of services using FHIR APIs for exchange of data. 

Phase 2 Goal Summary: Support Good Faith Estimate data exchange via FHIR APIs when multiple providers are involved

Objectives: Italicized is phase 2

  • Define standard FHIR-based methodology (data input, data output and format) to support requests and responses for patient cost
  • Ability to communicate good faith estimates (GFE) for single service, collection of services, and items from provider to payer
  • Ability to communicate Advanced Explanation of Benefits (AEOB) in advance of scheduled service or upon request to patient and optionally, to provider.
  • Ability for convening provider to notify co-providers and request data to inform good faith estimates (GFE) for expected service(s) and item(s)

  • Ability for co-providers to respond to a request for data back to convenor (convening provider, third party, or payer) with cost and planned service(s) or item(s) information.

  • Ability for Coordination Platform to communicate GFE to Patient (leveraging existing FHIR API), payer (leveraging existing PCT IG workflow,) and to other providers in the care team, prior to scheduled service or upon request

Project Scope Statement: HL7 Project Scope Statement (PSS) for Patient Cost Transparency

Sponsoring Workgroup: Financial Management

Co-Sponsoring Workgroup:  Payer/Provider Information Exchange (PPIE) (formerly Attachments)

PCT Implementation Guide:

STU1 Ballot Reconciliation:

Reference Implementation:

Test Scripts: Touchstone Da Vinci PCT Test Scripts

Zulip Channel: https://chat.fhir.org/#narrow/stream/301151-Da-Vinci.20PCT

Project Milestones - Phase 2

Milestone

Timeframe

Requirements

Feb - June 2023
FHIR Gap AnalysisJune - July 2023
Profile and Operation DevelopmentJuly - Aug 2023

Test Case Development

Aug 2023
ConnectathonMay 2023, Sept 2023
Reference ImplementationAug - Sept 2023
STU BallotJan 2024 (Goal)

Conference Call Schedule & Dial-Ins

Occurs weekly on Friday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM ET

Join Zoom Meeting: https://hl7-org.zoom.us/j/93358035002?pwd=MmJQc096bHBqdXFOaUlnTFpwc2wzZz09

Meeting ID: 933 5803 5002

Passcode: 8675309

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Ballot Milestone Goals:

Milestone

Ballot Deadlines 

Notice of Intent to Ballot (NIB)


Ballot Signup Starts

Initial IG Content


Ballot QA Period

Final IG Content


Ballot Voting Starts


Ballot Voting Ends


Ballot Reconciliation Starts


Patient Cost Transparency Team

RoleName OrganizationEmail 
Project Co-Lead (PMO/SME)Point-of-Care Partnersvanessa.candelora@pocp.com  
Project Co-Lead (Payer)

FL Blue

alice.o'carroll@floridablue.com

Project Co-Lead (Provider)Rev Cycle LeadsProvidence St. Joseph


Project Co-Lead (Vendor)Jacob WoodfordEpicjwoodfor@epic.com
IG Development Co-Lead Lantana

rick.geimer@lantanagroup.com

RI Development Co-LeadLantanasean.mcilvenna@lantanagroup.com
Testing LeadRyan Moehrke Aegisryan.moehrke@aegis.net
Policy SMEAcumendstclair@acumenllc.com
PMO/Technical DirectorStratametrics

vietnguyen@stratametrics.com

PMO/Program ManagerPoint of Care Partnersjocelyn.keegan@pocp.com 



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