On April 8, Epic introduced that its prospects are the primary to share medical information with the Social Safety Administration (SSA) through the Trusted Alternate Framework and Frequent Settlement (TEFCA) community.
In response to Epic’s information launch, safe digital trade helps SSA make profit determinations sometimes as much as 50 p.c quicker, streamlining the method for Individuals with disabilities. In February, SSA introduced that it had joined the TEFCA community to enhance the processing of incapacity choices.
The first set of Epic prospects to hook up with SSA by means of TEFCA consists of:
- AltaMed (Los Angeles, CA)
- Citizen Potawatomi Nation Well being Companies (Shawnee, OK)
- Overlake Hospital Medical Middle (Bellevue, WA)
- Saint Francis Well being System (Tulsa, OK)
- Valleywise Well being (Phoenix, AZ)
Epic prospects have shared greater than 11 million information with SSA over the previous 15 years by means of networks equivalent to Carequality and the eHealth Alternate, Epic famous. “These exchanges helped almost 500,000 folks in 2025. With TEFCA, Epic’s prospects have linked a further 13 hospitals and 374 clinics.”
The MetroHealth System (Cleveland, OH) and OCHIN (Portland, OR), two of the primary Epic prospects to attach with SSA, have reported vital advantages for his or her sufferers, Epic highlighted.
