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tags: CDEX
title: CDEX May Connectathon 2023
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# CDEX May Connectathon 2023

## Summary of CDEX Activities.

### Edifecs (Artem Sopin)

([e-mail])

- Payer Task-based transactions*
- Direct Query transactions
- Unsolicited Attachments ($submit-atthachments)

next steps: Update to latest changes

### "ArkBlue"


- TESTING infrastructure
- Used Multiple EHR Sandboxes to connect our *InteropX CDex App* on the Provider side.
- On the Payer side, we connected with an endpoint hosted by ABCBS.
- We used **CDex Direct Queries** to get data out of the EHR and then submitted the data to the Payer.
- There were some data validation failures which we are analyzing.

next steps: ArkBlue participants introduction to CDex and RI and plans to participate in future Connectathons.

### MCG



- MCG team is planning to connect their DTR app to the CDex RI for the Pre-Auth Burden Reduction use.

### OTHER


- Working through RI Issues and validation issues with $submit-attachments

- Use CDEX Example Scenarios to test (Under Development)

- Creating Postman Documentation for first three scenarios

[](https://documenter.getpostman.com/view/1447203/U16jLkJL)

### Next Steps

#### For CMS Connectathon

- CDEX RI and DTR RI mash up!
- Creation of Questionnaires embedded with CQL expressions from CDex example scenarios.
- Creation of appropriate sample patient data