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WEDI Provides Comments on CMS and ONC Implementing Final Provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health March 11, 2020 WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in health care information exchange and a statutory advisor to the U.S. Department of Health…
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Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health March 9, 2020 WEDI commends the work undertaken to advance interoperability; pledges to ensure implementation enhances care coordination, safety, efficiency and value in a way that protects patient privacy WASHINGTON, DC — March…
Read MorePrisoners of Paperwork: Facing up to true interoperability of healthcare data, payments
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health February 18, 2020 During the signing ceremony for the Health Insurance Portability and Account- ability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), President Bill Clinton pointed out that the legislation provides for the development of “national…
Read MoreCAQH CORE approves 2-day limit for health plans to act on prior authorizations
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health February 4, 2020 A group that represents multiple industry stakeholders has voted to set a two-day time limit on how quickly health plans must act on prior authorizations. CAQH CORE, a group that includes…
Read MorePrior authorizations are a pain point for both doctors and patients, survey finds
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 30, 2020 A major pain point for physicians is also one—sometimes literally—for patients. In separate recent surveys, 84% of providers reported the number of medical services that require prior authorization has increased, as well…
Read MoreMore medical services now require prior authorizations, according to physicians
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 28, 2020 In a recent survey, 84% of providers reported the number of medical services that require prior authorization has increased. And 62% of providers reported that they do not have the…
Read MoreWEDI: Tech limitations, lack of adoption and standards causing prior auth issues
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 26, 2020 The use of technology has made limited inroads in reducing the impact of prior authorization, even as requests for this documentation increases, according to a national group’s recent survey. WEDI—the…
Read MoreWEDI Corporate Brochure
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 23, 2020 Download the WEDI Corporate Brochure here. WEDI Corporate Brochure Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates Videos WEDI Blog…
Read MoreWEDI Shares Results of Prior Authorization Survey in Testimony to NCVHS
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health January 23, 2020 Technology limitations, lack of stakeholder adoption and lack of mandated standards identified by health care providers, payers and vendors WASHINGTON, D.C. — January 23, 2020 — WEDI, the nation’s leading…
Read MoreWEDI Connection: December 2019
Knowledge Center Episode 224- Talking AI: Eliminating Administrative Noise and Restoring the Human Connection of Health Care. Ben Scharfe, Altera Digital Health December 19, 2019 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit the December Newsletter. Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates…
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