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