Surescripts Unveils New Innovations in Prior Authorization, Interoperability at HIMSS25

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Surescripts^®, the nation's leading health information network, will convene industry experts and Surescripts Network Alliance participants at HIMSS25 on March 3–6, 2025, in Las Vegas, NV, to highlight how innovative collaboration is advancing interoperability, automating prior authorizations and enabling better informed, safer and less costly care for patients.

Surescripts’ innovations on display at HIMSS25 include:

• Transforming prior authorizations to help patients get treatment faster while bringing greater efficiency to clinician workflows.
• Advancing interoperability at scale with Surescripts Interconnect™– making it simple to participate in the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement™ (TEFCA™) should Surescripts Health Information Network LLC receive designation as a Qualified Health Information ^® (QHIN™).

“Collaboration and innovation have been pivotal to Surescripts’ ability to advance health intelligence sharing at scale, helping patient information flow securely and seamlessly across healthcare,” said Frank Harvey, Chief Executive Officer for Surescripts. “The Surescripts Network Alliance will come together at HIMSS25 to showcase how we are delivering meaningful innovations that solve healthcare’s biggest challenges, all in line with our shared purpose of increasing patient safety, lowering costs and improving the quality of care.”

Surescripts leaders will be joined by industry experts to share important milestones and promising results of recent innovations that are having meaningful impacts on patients and the people who care for them.

Visit Surescripts at booth #1338 anytime and join us for a session (details below) to hear impactful conversations with Surescripts and healthcare leaders including:

• Andrew Mellin, M.D., Vice President & Chief Medical Information Officer, will be joined by CMIOs to share insights on technology-enabled value-based care. He will also lead a conversation with key collaborators committed to innovation that delivers a more automated prior authorization process, helping patients get the care they need sooner.
  
  
• Justin McMartin, Interoperability Affairs Manager, will engage with leading healthcare organizations to illustrate why advancing interoperability and joining a QHIN™ is key to ensuring clinicians can provide better informed, safer and less costly care for patients.
  
  
• Judy Hatchett, Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer, will discuss how partnering with CLEAR to add another layer of identity validation protections is a critical step to reinforce and further prevent fraudulent prescribing.

Presentation Schedule:

For Media: Surescripts experts will be available to answer questions immediately following all presentations. Please contact Kate Giaquinto to schedule an interview.

Monday, March 3:

• Connected Care Through Digital Identity
  2:45 p.m. @ Interoperability & HIE Preconference Forum (Lido 3101 at the Venetian)

Tuesday, March 4:

• The Latest Innovations in Prior Authorization
  11–11:30 a.m.@ Surescripts booth #1338
  
  
• CMIO Insights on Tech-Enabled Value-Based Care
  2–2:30 p.m. @ Surescripts booth #1338
  
  
• To TEFCA and Beyond
  3:30–3:50 p.m. @ Exchange Theatre Stage

• Social Hour with Surescripts
  4:00 p.m. @ Surescripts booth #1338

Wednesday, March 5:

• Reducing Fraudulent Prescribing with Identity Proofing Technology
  11–11:30 a.m. @ Surescripts booth #1338
  
  
• QHINs: What’s in It for Me?
  2–2:30 p.m. @ Surescripts booth #1338
  
  
• The Case for Payer & Provider Insights for Population Health
  3:30–3:50 p.m. @ Exchange Theatre Stage
  
  
• Social Hour with Surescripts
  4:00 p.m. @ Surescripts booth #1338

About Surescripts

Our purpose is to serve the nation through simpler, trusted health intelligence sharing, in order to increase patient safety, lower costs and ensure quality care. At Surescripts, we align healthcare organizations across the nation and convene the Surescripts Network Alliance^® to give healthcare professionals the trusted insights they need to serve patients. Together, we're bringing more intelligence to prescribing, informing treatment and care management with interoperability, and making it simpler to handle benefits and authorizations so patients get high-quality, affordable care sooner. Visit us at surescripts.com and follow us on LinkedIn.