HealthIT.gov December 9, 2025
Jawanna Henry; Chris Muir and Sean Fry

We all know what it’s like to get forms completed with all the right information (and to get it done quickly!), and patients seeking determinations on their eligibility for Social Security Disability Insurance know this all too well. Patients and providers often spend significant time and resources retrieving, reviewing, copying, and transmitting relevant medical records. The Department of Health and Human Services and the Social Security Administration (SSA) are taking on the challenge to improve this process through the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™).

The Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy and Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC), SSA, and the TEFCA Recognized Coordinating Entity® (RCE®) have collaborated to release the Exchange Purpose Implementation Standard...

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