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Arizona HIE Eliminates Fees for Community Providers

Healthcare Informatics: To boost participation rates, Arizona’s statewide health information exchange (HIE) has announced changes to its funding model, eliminating the fee for community providers effective Oct. 1, 2015.

Operated by the nonprofit Arizona Health-e Connection (AzHeC), the HIE is called “The Network.” Under the new funding model for the 2016 budget, approved at a board meeting in late August, hospitals and health plans will cover the portion of operating expenses previously covered by community providers. Community providers include federally qualified health centers, rural health clinics, primary care and specialty providers in private practices, public health, correctional facilities and first responders.

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