TruBridge Joins National Effort to Advance Healthcare Interoperability at White House Summit

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On Wednesday, July 30, TruBridge president and CEO Chris Fowler joined other national healthcare leaders at the White House to support the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Interoperability Pledge. The administration announced that over 60 healthcare and information technology firms pledged to work collaboratively on a patient-centered health technology ecosystem. Additionally, 21 networks pledged to meet the administration’s newly unveiled Interoperability Framework. Trubridge’s pledge commitment reinforces the long-time commitment to strengthening rural and community health through smarter, more connected technology.

Fowler, on behalf of TruBridge, signed on to the pledge for enhanced interoperability, renewing our focus which reiterates our 45-year track record of delivering solutions that enable providers to focus on what matters most: their patients.

President and CEO Chris Fowler pledges TruBridge commitment to connect to networks and “kill the clipboard.”

The framework’s data sharing criteria include:

Patient Access & Empowerment: Patients can access their full health and insurance data, including clinical records, claims, and prior authorizations, through any app of their choice, without needing provider-specific logins, as long as they use a CMS-verified digital identity.
Provider Access & Delegation: Providers with verified credentials and authorization are granted access to patient data (unless restricted by law) for treatment purposes. The framework also supports delegated access through trusted vendors, allows payers to query for quality metrics, and permits claims-based data access for recent encounters.
Data Availability & Standards Compliance: Clinical documents and chart notes are returned in machine and human-readable formats with timely queries. By July 4, 2026, networks provide/facilitate data access using Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) application programming interfaces.
Network Connectivity & Transparency: Participants agree to be displayed as a CMS Aligned Network and update the CMS National Provider Directory.
Identity, Security, & Trust: All queries must include the purpose of request to ensure lawful disclosures, digital credentials for patients and providers using a CMS-approved service are accepted, and networks maintain verifiable audit logs.

Chris Fowler joins Dr. Mehmet Oz, CMS Administrator, for a photo opp at the White House CMS event.