Standards
The specifications and schemas that define how claims data moves reliably through the QCS ecosystem.
Built on CIECA.
CIECA (Collision Industry Electronic Commerce Association) publishes the Business Message Suite (BMS) that governs electronic data exchange across the collision repair industry. QCS implements these standards natively, ensuring that every assignment, estimate, status update, and supplement flows in a universally understood format.
By adhering to CIECA BMS and EMS specifications, integrations with carrier systems, estimating platforms, and repair facilities require less custom mapping and deliver more predictable results.
Why standards matter.
Without a shared vocabulary, every integration becomes a one-off translation project. Standards eliminate that burden by providing well-defined message schemas, field-level validation rules, and versioned specifications that all participants agree on.
For development teams, this means faster onboarding, fewer mapping errors, and a reliable contract between systems — whether you're connecting a new carrier feed or extending an existing workflow.
Standards Coverage
Implement the industry-standard Business Message Suite schemas that define how claims data is structured and exchanged.
Work with well-documented XML and JSON representations so your integrations can consume claims data in the format you prefer.
Validate data against precise field-level rules to catch errors early and guarantee clean, conformant messages.
Support multiple specification versions side by side so partners on different releases can integrate without breaking.
Exchange assignments and estimates using standardized message types that every participant understands the same way.
Communicate claim progress through standardized status and notification events that keep all systems in sync.
Represent supplements with well-defined structures so additional repair work integrates cleanly with the original estimate.
Verify your integration against conformance tests so you can be confident it meets the standard before going live.