Company Reaffirms Confidence in Carequality and TEFCA Frameworks and Warns of Risks to Patient Care if Established Self-Governance Is Undermined
CORAL GABLES, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Health Gorilla today announced that it has filed a Motion to Dismiss litigation initiated by Epic, in which Health Gorilla reaffirms its commitment to strong, nationwide interoperability frameworks that enable providers to safely and securely exchange patient information. The Motion to Dismiss states that the lawsuit is an attack on interoperability, threatening patient safety and efficient healthcare nationwide.
The Motion to Dismiss explains that Plaintiffs bypassed mandatory contractual dispute resolution procedures designed to allow the networks to self-govern and resolve disagreements through established mechanisms and instead sought to escalate what is fundamentally a healthcare governance dispute into a federal action and smear campaign.
More broadly, the Motion describes the lawsuit as part of a pattern of conduct by Epic to deter both its competitors and customers from embracing innovation in interoperability, which undermines the framework and risks a more efficient, safer healthcare system. The lawsuit calls into question the networks’ ability to self-police, which threatens the stability of systems that providers rely on daily to deliver safe and efficient care.
The Motion emphasizes that the lawsuit relies on facts that Health Gorilla provided to Epic after it willingly cooperated in investigations concerning certain network participants, during a months-long, exhaustive and voluntary process involving Carequality, the TEFCA network administrator, and several of the nation’s largest health providers. This clearly demonstrates Health Gorilla’s commitment to vet and investigate concerns, honoring its obligations to protect the system. None of the providers that joined Health Gorilla’s investigation are plaintiffs, which is telling.
“Carequality and TEFCA protect patients by ensuring clinicians have the information they need at the point of care,” said Bob Watson, CEO of Health Gorilla. “Bypassing them risks destabilizing systems that hundreds of millions of patients and providers depend on.”
Health Gorilla’s priority remains unchanged: Preserve reliable treatment access while protecting privacy, security, and the integrity of the national interoperability ecosystem.
Read the full motion to dismiss here.
About Health Gorilla
Health Gorilla, a designated Qualified Health Information Network under TEFCA, provides interoperability solutions delivering secure, real-time access to deduplicated, AI-ready health data. Health Gorilla supports EHR vendors, value-based care organizations, and digital health innovators with data-driven workflows that enable more informed, connected, and efficient care.
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Elizabeth Northrup
ROKK Solutions for Health Gorilla
301-325-1960
elizabeth@rokksolutions.com
