Kepa Zubeldia, M.D.

Senior Vice President, Interoperability Technologies
Ingenix

Dr. Kepa Zubeldia is senior vice president of interoperability technologies for Ingenix. In this role, he creates strategies for the industry’s next generation of health care information exchange. Zubeldia joined Ingenix in May 2006 through the acquisition of his company, Claredi. As founder and president of Claredi, he established the nation's first commercial provider of HIPAA EDI compliance testing and certification services and led the development of pioneering health care transaction management, connectivity and information exchange technologies.

Zubeldia has been involved with health care information exchange technologies for more than 20 years and has participated in a number of industry bodies, including serving as co-chair of the Security Policy Advisory Group of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) and chair of the Association for Electronic Health Care Transactions (AFEHCT). From 1999 to 2004, he served on the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). In 2002, Zubeldia received the Ed Guilbert E-Commerce Professional Award and the Leadership in Technology WEDI Award.