KLAS helps healthcare providers make informed technology decisions by offering accurate, honest and impartial vendor performance information. KLAS independently monitors vendor performance through the active participation of thousands of healthcare organizations. KLAS uses a stringent methodology to ensure all data and ratings are accurate, honest and impartial.

The Council for Affordable Quality Health Care (CAQH) launched the Committee on Operating Rules for Information Exchange (CORE) in January 2005 with the vision of giving providers access to eligibility and benefits information before or at the time of service using the electronic system of their choice for any patient or health plan.

CORE is more than 100 industry stakeholders - health plans, providers, vendors, CMS and other government agencies, associations, regional entities, standard-setting organizations and other healthcare entities. CORE participants maintain eligibility and benefits data for more than 130 million commercially insured lives plus Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries.

Created in 1997, Cybertrust's certification is the most mature certification program in the industry, with the largest customer base. Their independent division, ICSA Labs, certifies more than 95% of information security software - such as anti-virus tools and firewalls - on the market today.

HANYS Solutions, a business subsidiary of the Healthcare Association of New York State, provides outstanding decision support tools, operational efficiency methods, and technology innovations that help hospitals, health systems, and other health care providers to make sound business decisions, enhance their cost-effectiveness and efficiency, improve the quality of health and medical care services, and deploy new technologies to meet changing patient and practitioner needs.

Ohio hospitals continue to be challenged by higher operating costs, an increasing patient population that is getting both older and sicker, along with lower reimbursement.  In order to help create an environment in which our members can be successful, the Ohio Hospital Association created OHA Solutions, a resource that brings the perspective of possibility to creating answers and solving issues facing Ohio hospitals.

HFMA is the nation's leading membership organization for healthcare financial management executives and leaders. More than 34,000 members, ranging from CFOs to controllers to accountants, consider HFMA a respected thought leader on top trends and issues facing the healthcare industry. HFMA members can be found in all areas of the healthcare system including hospitals, managed care organizations, physician practices, accounting firms and insurance companies.

The Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) is the healthcare industry's membership organization exclusively focused on providing global leadership for the optimal use of healthcare information technology (IT) and management systems for the betterment of healthcare. HIMSS represents more than 20,000 individual members and over 300 corporate members that collectively represent organizations employing millions of people. HIMSS frames and leads healthcare public policy and industry practices through its advocacy, educational and professional development initiatives designed to promote information and management systems’ contributions to ensuring quality patient care.

The National Association of Healthcare Access Management provides quality educational programming and interaction for professionals engaged in the management of patient access services in healthcare delivery.

The HFMA Metropolitan New York Chapter helps members meet challenges by providing professional development opportunities, influencing healthcare policy, as well as communicating information and technical data. It is here where the chapter plays the most vital of roles: information exchange.

Central Ohio Patient Account Managers (COPAM) is a professional organization proudly serving areas of admitting, collections, registration, medical records, and utilization review.

COPAM is represented by hospital and healthcare facilities from throughout Ohio and surrounding states. They also have a strong commitment from and partnerships with a variety of vendor companies.

Their primary goal is to enhance professional development for their members through educational opportunities provided by the organization.