CMS Innovation Center: Scaling FHIR-Powered Data Exchange to Reduce Burden and Speed Innovation

by | Sep 25, 2025 | Global Health

Client Context

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Innovation Center (CMMI) required a scalable, modern platform to test, evaluate, and oversee new healthcare payment and service models. Conventional data exchange methods were complex, slow, and created significant administrative burdens for both CMS and the model participants.

Our Approach

Global Alliant, through the Innovation Support Platform (ISP), is at the forefront of applying FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources) standards to healthcare innovation. By utilizing cloud-agnostic architectures, data automation, and human-centered design, GA is helping CMS streamline data exchange, lower complexity, and meet federal interoperability goals.

Impact Delivered

Our collaboration with the CMS Innovation Center is establishing a clear pathway to FHIR-based data exchange that can expand across various use cases and programs. This lowers administrative burdens, enhances data quality, and aligns with CMS’s broader strategic vision for interoperability and digital health innovation. Ultimately, these efforts accelerate the adoption of modern healthcare IT standards, enabling better outcomes for patients, providers, and policymakers.

This is what it means to Deliver IT Right; smarter systems, reduced burden, and measurable mission impact.

About Global Alliant

Global Alliant, Inc. (GA) is a certified SBA 8(a) small, disadvantaged business headquartered in Rockville, MD, with a mission to “Deliver IT Right.” Since 2018, GA has been a trusted partner to federal, state, and commercial clients, providing transformative digital technology solutions that address complex challenges and accelerate mission outcomes. With core capabilities spanning digital transformation, cloud modernization, agile and DevSecOps, health IT and FHIR interoperability, human-centered design, AI/ML, data analytics, and automation, GA is driving innovation across government and industry. The company holds multiple certifications including CMMI DEV Level 3, CMMI SVC Level 3, ISO 9001, ISO 27001, and ISO 20000, as well as MBE/DBE certifications.

Recognized nationally as a five-time consecutive Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company, the Washington Business Journal Corporate Diversity Award winner, and with multiple GovCon innovation honors, GA is committed to fostering a culture of servant leadership, trust, and synergy while empowering employees and delivering exceptional value to clients.