Purchase Order 75FCMC25PJ003

This is a $152,966.59 fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to Health Level Seven International, Inc. (HL7), a non-profit standards development organization. The contract is for HL7 to host a joint CMS & HL7 Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) Connectathon and provide FHIR technical training to federal employees. The Connectathon will support ongoing testing of FHIR Implementation Guides and Reference Implementations related to CMS's Interoperability and Patient Access and Prior Authorization final rules. The contract was awarded without a set-aside designation, reflecting HL7's specialized role in developing healthcare data exchange standards for the federal government. This contract is part of HL7's broader work supporting electronic health records, interoperability, and health IT modernization efforts across various federal agencies through both contract and grant awards.