Forbes June 17, 2020
Health Care Service Corp. will roll out a new “two-way” information exchange between electronic health record giant Epic and its five Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans.
Health Care Service, which operates Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans in five states, said Wednesday the health insurer and Epic have signed an agreement that will “create a secure, interconnected and efficient health system and information exchange between insurers, providers, and patients.”
Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but Health Care Service and Epic said the “payer platform” will launch later this year for “select providers and health systems” in Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas where the insurer has Blue Cross health plans.
The platform is the latest effort...