LKOrbit

One Connection to an Orchestrated Network

LKOrbit orchestrates ELLKAY's healthcare data exchange network. Labs, EHR vendors, payers, providers, and digital health companies connect once, and reach a growing network of partners without building a single integration. 

THE PROBLEM

Every new connection becomes one more thing your team has to hold together.

Each new lab, payer, or EHR partner means another interface to scope, build, and troubleshoot, and another thing your team is accountable for. As your network grows, that one-off approach stops scaling with it. 

THE SOLUTION

Connect once. Expand everywhere.

LKOrbit is a hub-and-spoke network that lets labs, EHR vendors, and payers connect once and exchange orders, results, and data across the entire network. Each new participant makes the network stronger, and none of the burden lands on your team to build or maintain. 

Our numbers

Faster Onboarding. Less Backlog.
One Network Behind It All.

Labs receive clean EHR orders, reduce denials, and get paid faster. EHR vendors simplify lab connectivity. Payers get clinical data without chasing charts. Every connection makes the whole network stronger, for everyone already on it.

400+
Laboratories Connected On ELLKAY's network
750+
EHR/PM Systems Connected
261M+
Individuals across the CommonWell Network
20+
Years Building Networks In healthcare interoperability
SUCCESS STORIES

Results That Grow with the Network

See how organizations across the healthcare ecosystem use LKOrbit to connect faster, exchange data reliably, and grow without growing their integration backlog.

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How ECPC Built a Scalable Growth Engine with ELLKAY

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Empowering Patient Choice Through Seamless Laboratory Connectivity

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Optimizing Efficiency for Independent Labs

One Network Connecting Your Healthcare Ecosystem

Traditional point-to-point integrations have a ceiling. They require separate development, validation, and maintenance for every partner connection, and as labs, EHR vendors, payers, and healthcare organizations grow, that model becomes harder to scale. LKOrbit replaces one-off integrations with a hub-and-spoke network where organizations connect once and ELLKAY manages the infrastructure behind the exchange.

With LKOrbit, complete orders flow from connected EHRs directly to labs with accurate demographics, insurance details, and test information included from the start. Results route back to providers automatically, while ELLKAY manages compendium management and data normalization to keep transactions accurate across the network.


Every new lab, EHR vendor, imaging center, payer, or provider that joins LKOrbit adds value for the entire network. Labs gain broader access to connected providers, EHR vendors expand ordering and results capabilities for their customers, and the more organizations participate, the stronger the network becomes. That is the network effect no collection of one-off integrations can replicate.

Key Benefits

Organizational Impact

LKOrbit removes the per-partner integration burden so your organization can focus on care delivery, network growth, and data exchange instead of managing point-to-point connections.

Labs receive cleaner, more complete orders from connected EHRs, with fewer accessions delays, fewer denials, stronger reimbursement, and less manual billing work.

One connection to LKOrbit can replace dozens of individual EHR interfaces. As new EHR vendors join the network, labs gain broader access without additional development or validation work.

EHR vendors can bring lab ordering and results directly into their workflows without heavy development lift. ELLKAY handles compendiums, code mapping, and lab-specific configuration behind the scenes.

LKOrbit helps accelerate go-lives and reduce integration cycles. New lab connections and payer data exchange can be enabled through the network without adding burden to provider IT teams.

Payers and providers get controlled, opt-in access to clinical data that supports quality reporting, risk adjustment, HEDIS, Stars, and utilization management workflows.

For hospitals and health systems, LKOrbit connects lab outreach programs to more referring providers across the region, helping expand outreach volume without expanding IT or integration teams.

PART OF THE PLATFORM

LKOrbit Is One Layer. Here’s the Rest.

Network connectivity is one piece of ELLKAY's platform. See how the other two layers get data ready and keep it flowing once it's connected.

LKOpera – Integration & Access

Connect EHRs, labs, payers, and digital health platforms in real time.

LKOasis – Data Lifecycle Management

Archive, migrate, and retire legacy systems without losing access to historical data.

Why ELLKAY?

The ELLKAY Difference

LKOrbit connects more than systems. For labs, that means cleaner EHR orders, fewer denials, and faster payment. For EHR vendors, it means simpler lab connectivity. For payers, it means access to clinical data without chasing charts. As the network grows, every connection adds value for everyone already on it.

A Managed Network, Not Just Software

ELLKAY designs, operates, and grows the network for you. Connect once and our team handles participant onboarding, compendium support, monitoring, and the complexity that comes with healthcare data exchange — so none of it lands on you. 

National Infrastructure Experience

As CommonWell's Technical Service Provider, ELLKAY supports nationwide interoperability for 261M+ individuals and 1.5B+ documents exchanged monthly. LKOrbit puts that scale and experience to work for labs, payers, EHR vendors, and every partner on the network. 

Clean Data Across Every Connection

LKOrbit keeps data clean and normalized across every connection. Live mapping, compendium support, and built-in quality checks mean orders arrive complete, results route accurately, and claims have what they need — from the very first connection. 

LKOrbit

The Network Layer, Orchestrated for Scale

LKOrbit is the network layer of ELLKAY’s platform, connecting lab, payer-provider, and nationwide health information exchange through three integrated networks.

Orders & Results

Connect Labs to Every Provider Through One Network

LKOrbit gives laboratories and imaging centers one managed network for exchanging orders, results, requisitions, and care gap data with EHR vendors and providers. Clean electronic orders, custom requisitions, LKCareEvolve workflows, and [link=/lklivemapping]LKLiveMapping[/link] help accelerate accessioning, improve claim completeness, and deliver accurate results faster.

Clean Orders
Hub-and-Spoke
Compendium Mangement
Revenue Support
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CommonWell Connector

CommonWell Connector for
TEFCA Exchange

ELLKAY serves as the Technical Service Provider for CommonWell Health Alliance, a QHIN under TEFCA. Through LKOrbit’s CommonWell Connector, labs, EHR vendors, and health systems can access nationwide patient data to support clinical workflows, billing, public health reporting, and health information exchange.

TEFCA / QHIN
Clinical Data Access
Public Health
National Scale
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Patient Data Retrieval

Turnkey Payer-Provider Connectivity

LKOrbit’s payer network helps payers access clinical data from provider EHR systems for HEDIS, Stars, risk adjustment, prior authorization, and value-based care. EHR vendors can offer payer connectivity without building the infrastructure themselves, while providers stay in control through opt-in data sharing.

Quality Reporting
Risk Adjustment
Prior Auth
VBC Programs
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For EHR Vendors

EHR Connectivity Without the Build

LKOrbit gives EHR vendors one managed connection for embedding lab ordering, results delivery, payer updates, and insurance code mapping directly into their workflows. ELLKAY manages the compendiums, connectivity, and configuration behind the scenes, so vendors can expand capabilities without owning the infrastructure.

Seamless Ordering
One Connection
Faster Go-Lives
Compendium Mgmt
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Public Health Reporting

Public Health Reporting Support

LKOrbit helps labs collect the data required at order entry, including demographics and CARES Act information, to support electronic lab reporting and reportable disease workflows. By reducing manual reporting and improving data timeliness, LKOrbit helps labs meet public health agency requirements and support infectious disease surveillance.

ELR Reporting
Public Health
CARES Act Data
Demographics
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Broader Expertise

Trusted Partner Across the Healthcare Ecosystem

LKOrbit connects the organizations that power healthcare data exchange, including labs, providers, payers, EHR vendors, hospitals, and digital health companies, through one scalable network.

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Laboratories

LKOrbit gives labs one connection to a broader provider network, helping teams receive clean electronic orders, deliver results automatically, and grow outreach without building or managing more interfaces.

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EHR Vendors

Offer lab ordering, results delivery, and payer data exchange inside your EHR without building or maintaining the network infrastructure behind each connection.

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Payers

Access clinical data across provider networks for HEDIS, Stars, risk adjustment, and care management without manual chart requests or added provider IT burden.

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Hospitals & Health Systems

Expand lab outreach connectivity and access nationwide clinical data through CommonWell without adding integration staff or building partner-by-partner interfaces.

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Ambulatory Practices

By improving connectivity and automating data exchange, practices can spend less time on administrative tasks and more time delivering quality patient care.

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EHR Vendors

Add laboratory connectivity and payer data exchange to your EHR platform without building the infrastructure yourself. ELLKAY's white-label network is ready to deploy.

Insights & Resources

What Healthcare Data Leaders Are Reading

ELLKAY publishes success stories, white papers, and partner perspectives on healthcare data infrastructure, interoperability innovation, and what it takes to build an AI-ready data foundation.

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Optimizing Workflows to Accelerate Epic Timelines

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Connected for Better Care: How Strategic Partnerships are Transforming Lab Connectivity

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From Interfaces to Impact: Rethinking Lab Innovation

Get Started

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Tell us about your organization, and our team will design a network connectivity roadmap showing how LKOrbit connects your lab, EHR, or payer platform to the partners and systems you need to reach.

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