Posts by Dave Anderson
WEDI Connection: July 2019
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) July 25, 2019 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit the July Newsletter. Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates Videos WEDI Blog WEDI in…
Read MoreWEDI Releases Issue Brief on Common Acknowledgement Misunderstandings
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) July 22, 2019 Educational resource clarifies basic misunderstandings related to acknowledgements within HIPAA transaction exchange using the ASC X12 Version 005010 (5010) WASHINGTON, DC — July 22, 2019 — WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of…
Read MoreSurvey: Privacy and security are barriers to Interoperability
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 27, 2019 A recent survey finds that privacy and security concerns continue to hamper the increasing interoperability of healthcare systems. The research, based on a survey from the Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP), found that survey respondents…
Read MoreWEDI Connection: June 2019
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 27, 2019 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit the June Newsletter. Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates Videos WEDI Blog WEDI in the…
Read MoreElectronic Health Data Exchange Success Rests With Coordinator
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 26, 2019 The Trump administration’s goal of setting up seamless, national electronic health-data exchange by 2022 will rest largely on which nonprofit the government chooses to oversee its development. Nonprofits face a June 20 deadline to apply…
Read MoreIndustry interoperability concerns plague TEFCA draft
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 20, 2019 Initial industry comments are trickling in on the government health IT arm’s proposed “on-ramp” to national connectivity, highlighting worries the initiative is biting off more than it can chew. Official comments on the second draft…
Read MoreWEDI Offers Public Comments on Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement Draft 2
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 19, 2019 WEDI supports establishing a framework for the trusted exchange of electronic health information; offers the structure for intra‐industry collaboration WASHINGTON, DC — June 19, 2019 — WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of…
Read MoreCMS Seeks Electronic Prior Authorization for Medicare Part D Drugs
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 18, 2019 CMS recently issued a proposed rule that aims to significantly reduce provider burden by implementing electronic prior authorization for medications prescribed through Medicare Part D. Specifically, the rule would implement new prior authorization transaction standards for the…
Read MoreWEDI Announces 2019 Summer Forum titled Bridging EDI to API Working for Today, Preparing for Tomorrow
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 13, 2019 WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today announced its 2019 Summer Forum…
Read MoreWEDI is offering the comments on their CMS as well as ONC rules that are proposed executing the Cures Act of 21st Century
Knowledge Center Episode 239, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 2 of 2) June 11, 2019 WEDI, the country’s driving not-for-profit expert on the utilization of wellbeing IT to make efficiencies in social insurance data trade and a statutory guide to the U.S. Branch of Health and Human Services (HHS), reported…
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