Healthcare network b.well Connected Health affirms its alignment with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), reaffirming a long-standing vision for seamless patient data exchange and comprehensive interoperability in the healthcare industry.
In a press release issued by b.well Connected Health, the organization has pledged to become a part of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Interoperability Framework. This move aligns with the company's decade-long vision for true healthcare interoperability.
The CMS framework calls on private-sector organizations to support patient-directed access, adopt Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) API-based exchange, and power consumer-facing tools that put consumers and providers first. This framework aims to create the foundation for healthcare experiences that match the digital sophistication Americans expect in every other aspect of their lives.
Kristen Valdes, CEO and Founder of b.well Connected Health, believes that true interoperability requires open standards, consumer empowerment, and a modernized architecture. She emphasized that this is healthcare's pivotal moment, as the infrastructure for connected, consumer-first healthcare is now in place to deliver access, ease, and control to consumers whenever and wherever they need it.
b.well's digital health platform is FHIR-based and unifies healthcare data and services into seamless consumer experiences. The platform integrates data from over 1.8 million provider connections, 300+ payer connections, TEFCA, Health Information Networks (HINs), Health Information Exchanges (HIEs), labs, and pharmacies daily. This integration within existing digital systems enhances technology investments and ensures consumers are the heart of every interaction.
By becoming a CMS-Aligned Network, b.well will demonstrate two of CMS's three showcase objectives/use cases before year-end. These include medical record access through facial recognition without usernames or passwords, and instant health data sharing with providers using QR codes and SMART Health Links.
Other benefits of b.well's participation in the CMS-Aligned Network include granular control over data access with real-time revocation capabilities, automatic digital visit summaries and care plans, personalized, context-aware AI-powered guidance to patients, and enterprise-grade security infrastructure.
Organizations can begin onboarding today, with additional capabilities launching throughout 2025, including facial recognition identity for providers, automatic app onboarding through OAuth Dynamic Client Registration, and encounter-linked clinical data queries.
The CMS Digital Health Ecosystem initiative represents a voluntary collaboration between government and private sector organizations committed to modernizing healthcare data exchange. b.well Connected Health's mission is to solve healthcare's fragmentation problem by unifying all healthcare data, solutions, and services in one place, empowering healthcare organizations to offer their consumers personalized and relevant experiences.
For more details about the b.well network, interested parties can send an email to [email protected]. The full details of the press release can be found at this link. b.well invites healthcare systems, payers, EHR vendors, application developers, and other stakeholders to apply to join the b.well network through the developer portal.
The eradication of what Valdes terms 'portalitis,' the frustrating experience that forces patients to navigate dozens of disconnected login portals to access their own health information, is one step closer with b.well's commitment to the CMS Interoperability Framework.
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