New York, January 22, 2026 — Firely, a global provider of FHIR-native interoperability solutions, and HIKE HEALTH®, a healthcare interoperability advisory, implementation, and operations firm, today announced a partnership to help payers and providers move beyond check-the-box compliance and build sustainable, ROI-driven interoperability capabilities.
As CMS interoperability and prior authorization deadlines approach, many healthcare organizations are focused on delivering compliant APIs as quickly as possible. Firely and HIKE HEALTH® work together to help organizations reach those deadlines while laying the foundation for broader interoperability initiatives, enabling the same FHIR infrastructure to support payer and provider workflows, clinical data exchange, analytics, and digital quality measures.
Through the partnership, Firely provides the FHIR-native, .NET-based interoperability foundation used within HIKE-led implementations, while HIKE HEALTH® delivers vendor-agnostic advisory, hands-on full implementation, and ongoing operations.
By working with Firely and HIKE HEALTH® together, organizations benefit from a unified approach that reduces implementation risk, accelerates time to production, and simplifies long-term operations. The partnership enables payers and providers to combine standards-aligned technology with real-world execution, building interoperability programs that can scale across regulatory, clinical, and operational use cases.
“Many payers and providers are realizing that compliance alone doesn’t justify the investment,” said Rakesh Mathew, President of HIKE HEALTH®. “Our approach is to design and run interoperability programs that continue to deliver value well after go-live. Firely provides a standards-aligned, FHIR foundation that allows us to do that, supporting real operations, scalability, and long-term ROI.”
“We’re excited to partner with HIKE HEALTH®,” said Martine Berden, CEO of Firely. “High-impact interoperability programs require more than compliant technology. They require thoughtful architecture, implementation, and ongoing operational expertise. Together, our partnership helps organizations deliver compliant interoperability today while building a foundation for long-term, scalable success.”
The partnership is non-exclusive and reflects HIKE HEALTH’s platform-agnostic approach, selecting the best-fit technologies for each client’s needs. Firely serves as a key FHIR platform within HIKE-led engagements where standards alignment, scalability, and extensibility are critical.
Firely and HIKE HEALTH® will both be attending upcoming industry events, including ViVE and HIMSS, and will be available to discuss how the partnership can support payer and provider interoperability initiatives and help achieve long-term ROI.
About Firely
Firely is a global digital healthcare company providing software, training, and consultancy to bring FHIR to life. As one of the initiators of the FHIR standard, Firely has helped shape its evolution from the beginning. Firely delivers 100% FHIR-based solutions trusted by governments, providers, payers, and health IT companies worldwide — from scalable FHIR server infrastructure and developer tooling to digital quality measures and FHIR-based prior authorization.
About HIKE HEALTH®
HIKE HEALTH® is a healthcare technology and interoperability consulting and operations firm dedicated to helping payers, providers, and health information exchanges (HIEs) unlock the full potential of their data. A vendor-agnostic systems integrator, HIKE HEALTH® specializes in implementing standards-based solutions, especially HL7 FHIR and IHE frameworks, to enable seamless, secure health information exchange across disparate systems and CMS-0057-F compliance.