CAQH CORE Participating Organizations help ensure that operating rules continue to meet evolving business needs, by engaging in the rule development process and maintenance of existing operating rules. Work groups are open to all CAQH CORE Participating Organizations, and multiple individuals from the same Participating Organization may join. Because each organization has only one vote, participants collaborate with their colleagues to submit an organizational-level response during voting periods.
Below is a list of CAQH CORE work groups that currently convene or are upcoming as well as initiatives that are underway. In addition to contributing to these work groups and initiatives, as well as the formal CAQH CORE voting process, Participating Organizations benefit from exclusive education content and research opportunities.
|
Initiative |
Focus |
Current Objectives |
Co-Chairs |
Cadence |
| Value-based Payments (VBP) Review Work Group | Rule Review | Evaluate the two draft rules developed by the VBP Subgroup: one pertaining to the attribution status of a single patient and one for a roster of patients. |
Troy Smith, Vice President Healthcare Strategy and Payment Transformation, BCBSNC | August 2020 |
| Connectivity & Security Work Group | Rule Update | Consider a Safe Harbor for additional connectivity methods (e.g. REST, APIs) in order to further support the alignment of administrative and clinical data exchange, as well as to align with efforts to support consumer data access. |
Patrick Murta, Solutions Architect Fellow, Humana Michael Privat, VP Digital-Cloud Migration, Availity Megan Soccorso, Business Product Senior Specialist, Cigna |
Once monthly, from February 2020 to July 2020 (5 calls) |
|
Pilot & Measurement Initiative |
ROI; Opportunity Identification |
Apply existing and potential new data content and infrastructure operating rules to close automation gaps. Measure the impact of operating rules and corresponding standards on entities’ efficiency metrics |
N/A |
N/A |
| Attachments Subgroup | Rule Development | Develop operating rules to improve automation of the exchange of attachments/additional medical documentation; initial focus on prior authorization use case |
Santo Carino, Software Developer and Team Leader, Epic Bob Gross, Senior Director of Revenue Transformation, Cleveland Clinic Mahesh Siddanthi, Staff Vice President of Digital Initiatives, Centene |
Once monthly, from July 2020 to January 2021 (5 calls) |
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CORE Code Combinations Task Group |
Rule Maintenance |
Ensure compliance with the base standard code lists – CARCs and RARCs. Conduct annual industry survey to collect suggestions for potential market-driven adjustments to code combinations. |
Shannon Baber, UW Medicine Nathan Fisk, Change Healthcare Lynn Franco, UnitedHealth Group Heather Morgan, Aetna |
Once every 2-3 months, for a total of 6 times a year |
If you would like to join any of the following initiatives, please contact core@caqh.org.
