Change Healthcare Enhances Developers’ Ability to Scale API Use and Comply with Pending CMS Interoperability Rule

Rhea-AI Summary

Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) has expanded its self-service resources for developers, enhancing access to application programming interfaces (APIs) aimed at fostering healthcare innovations. This update supports compliance with the CMS Interoperability Rule effective July 1, 2021. The Change Healthcare Marketplace now offers over 70 API products, streamlining development with extensive documentation and testing facilities. This initiative addresses the pressing need for interoperability in healthcare, promising to improve digital consumer experiences and scalability for healthcare stakeholders.

Positive

• Expanded API resources enhance developer access and capabilities.
• Over 70 API products now available for healthcare transactions.
• Compliance support for the CMS Interoperability Rule.
• Improved scalability and time-to-market for developers.

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• None.

Today Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) announced an expansion of the self-service resources it offers developers to use application programming interfaces (APIs) at scale to bring new healthcare innovations to market. Additionally, this enhanced experience enables payers to have an easy to integrate solution that helps comply with the pending CMS Interoperability Rule which goes into effect on July 1, 2021.

The Change Healthcare Marketplace now provides developers access to a portfolio of over 70 clinical, financial, operational, and patient experience API products that power over half a billion healthcare transactions annually. Now, to speed their time to market and improve their ability to scale, developers have self-service access to extensive technical documentation and tutorials, can try out APIs in a robust testing and implementation sandbox, and can engage with other developers via the Change Healthcare Developer Community.

Payers, providers, and healthcare technology vendors agree that APIs are mission-critical to their business strategies. But many lag behind in their consumption and development of APIs, according to a recent research study commissioned by Change Healthcare and conducted by ENGINE Insights. These enhancements will help healthcare stakeholders accelerate and scale their use of this transformative technology to deliver a better digital healthcare consumer experience,and address future connectivity needs.

“As a technology-enabled mental health group, we are on a mission to help clients find affordable mental healthcare," said Jake Cooper, CEO, Grow Therapy. "Change Healthcare supports our efforts by providing a developer experience where API functionality is easily explored, tested, and purchased––which not only allows us to make the connections that our customers need, but saves months of development time and expense."

“Unlimited Systems works with partners that offer interoperability via purpose-built APIs to speed delivery of quality systems to market,” said Matt Gockerman, director of Corporate Services, Unlimited Systems. “We’re using Change Healthcare’s Eligibility and Claims APIs to verify new applicants and deliver claims to all the payers our providers utilize.”

As API usage grows, app developers need a simple and scalable way to gain access to the community of payers and providers in a way that engenders trust. To support this need, Change Healthcare has launched its App Registry, a catalogue of digital health applications that use Change Healthcare APIs and have optionally attested to greater levels of trust via industry-standard security criteria and good privacy practices defined by the CARIN Alliance Code of Conduct.

“As the industry implements new data access regulations, organizations can find it challenging to address the complexities of empowering consumers to share health information across third-party applications,” said Gautam M. Shah, vice president of Platform and Marketplace at Change Healthcare. “We recognize the market not only needs trustworthy APIs, but mechanisms to find applications that those APIs can be used with. We’re helping to facilitate that discovery as a way to empower the growth and benefits APIs provide all participants in the healthcare ecosystem.”

To learn more about Change Healthcare APIs visit the API and Services Connection^TM,, Developer Community, and App Registry.

About Change Healthcare

Change Healthcare (Nasdaq: CHNG) is a leading healthcare technology company, focused on insights, innovation and accelerating the transformation of the U.S. healthcare system through the power of the Change Healthcare Platform. We provide data and analytics-driven solutions to improve clinical, financial, administrative, and patient engagement outcomes in the U.S. healthcare system.

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FAQ

What is the recent announcement by Change Healthcare (CHNG)?

Change Healthcare announced an expansion of its self-service resources for developers to enhance access to APIs, facilitating the launch of healthcare innovations.

How many API products does Change Healthcare offer?

Change Healthcare offers over 70 API products catering to various healthcare transactions.

What regulatory compliance does Change Healthcare support with its API expansion?

The expansion supports compliance with the CMS Interoperability Rule, effective July 1, 2021.

What are the benefits of the enhanced developer resources at Change Healthcare?

Developers can access extensive documentation, utilize a testing sandbox, and engage with a developer community to speed up their projects.

Why are APIs crucial for Change Healthcare's business strategy?

APIs are essential for enabling interoperability and improving digital healthcare consumer experiences among payers and providers.