CAQH CORE Operating Rules are helping streamline administrative transactions for health plans, healthcare providers and vendors.
More than 110 participating organizations representing healthcare providers, health plans, government agencies and the organizations setting the standards for healthcare and data exchange are part of the CAQH CORE multi-stakeholder collaboration. The health plans participating in CAQH CORE alone cover more than 75 percent of all Americans with commercial insurance, as well as those covered by Medicare and Medicaid.
The greatest value and
return on investment
from the operating rules
is realized when there
is broad adoption
throughout the entire
healthcare system by
each critical player.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)
The ACA has taken operating rules to a new level. It mandated healthcare operating rules for HIPAA claims-related electronic transactions, and CAQH CORE was named by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as the authoring entity of these operating rules.
As of January 2013, all HIPAA-covered entities must adhere to the federally mandated CAQH CORE Operating Rules for the Eligibility & Benefits and Claim Status transactions.
The CAQH CORE Operating Rules for Payment & Remittance have been mandated by HHS and since January 2014 any provider is able to request the streamlined electronic transactions that can result due to these operating rules and their affiliated standards.
CAQH CORE is the author of the final set of ACA-mandated operating rules for remaining HIPAA transactions, which include Prior Authorization & Referral, Health Care Claims, Benefit Enrollment, Premium Payments and Claims Attachments.
CORE Certification
The CAQH CORE Certification program is the most robust, independent testing program available. A voluntary CORE Certification program drives value and return on investment for all trading partners by ensuring the rules are used consistently; thereby encouraging their broader use. Health plans, providers, vendor/clearinghouses that create, transmit or use administrative data may become CORE-certified.