What is the Recognized Coordinating Entity^® (RCE^™)?

The Recognized Coordinating Entity^® (RCE^™) is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining the Common Agreement component of the Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement^℠ (TEFCA^℠). The Common Agreement will create the baseline technical and legal requirements for health information networks to share electronic health information and is part of the 21st Century Cures Act (Cures Act).

In addition to the Common Agreement, the RCE^™ will collaborate with ONC to designate and monitor Qualified Health Information Networks^™ (QHIN^™), modify and update an accompanying QHIN^™ Technical Framework, engage with stakeholders through virtual public listening sessions, adjudicate noncompliance with the Common Agreement, and propose sustainability strategies to support TEFCA^℠ beyond the cooperative agreement’s period of performance.

In August 2019, ONC awarded a cooperative agreement to The Sequoia Project to serve as the Recognized Coordinating Entity^® (RCE^™) following a full and open competition to make a single, 4-year award. In August 2023, the non-profit was awarded a five-year contract to continue the public-private engagement in support of a nationwide framework for secure health data sharing.

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What is the Recognized Coordinating Entity^® (RCE^™)?