Posts by Dave Anderson

Knowledge Center Price Confirmed As New Head Of HHS March 6, 2017 Stakeholders weigh in on the confirmation and the future of Obamacare. Georgia Representative Tom Price has been confirmed as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) by a Senate vote of 52 to 47, leaving many stakeholders concerned as to what his…

Knowledge Center Payer, Provider Dialogue Key To Prior Authorization Reform February 22, 2017 February 22, 2017 – ORLANDO – Prior authorization reform has recently been a hot topic for many healthcare industry groups and it was no different at HIMSS17. To find out more about what providers and payers plan on doing to alleviate the administrative and…

Knowledge Center Prior Authorization Still a Pain Point for Providers February 22, 2017 ORLANDO — The healthcare industry hasn’t eliminated the hassles for providers that prior authorization often entails, but they’re getting closer, several speakers said here at Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) annual meeting. “Studies have shown that prior authorization is the biggest ‘pain…

Knowledge Center Politico Morning eHealth 2/15/17 February 15, 2017 WEDI LIKES PRICE AS HHS SECRETARY: The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, a health IT adviser to HHS created the last time a physician ran the department, on Tuesday praised Price’s knowledge of health IT and understanding of policy. “These skills will be critical as we assert that…

Knowledge Center HIT leaders buoyed by Price confirmation as HHS head February 14, 2017 Today’s Senate confirmation of Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.) to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services is generating positive reactions from healthcare information technology groups. While Senate Democrats voted along party lines against Price’s nomination because of concerns…

Knowledge Center WEDI Brief Outlines Challenges to Telehealth Reimbursement January 13, 2017 Healthcare providers face many challenges in launching and sustaining a telehealth program – including finding the right CPT codes, if they exist, for reimbursement. In many cases, a telehealth or telemedicine procedure is so new, a proper definition and guidelines haven’t been written…

Knowledge Center WEDI Releases Issue Brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes January 12, 2017 WEDI publishes a brief introducing physicians to codes for telemedicine services. The challenges related to coding for telemedicine include the creation of codes for universal use that are still capable of capturing detailed telemedicine services, and a lack of consistency among payers when…

Knowledge Center WEDI announces release of issue brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes January 11, 2017 WEDI, the nation’s leading authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of an educational issue brief on an Introduction to Telehealth Codes. This issue brief was developed by the…