Posts by Samantha Holvey
WEDI Letter to Lisa J. Pino, JD, Director of the Office for Civil Rights
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F October 1, 2021 WEDI congratulates Lisa J. Pino, JD on her appointment as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Given her background as the New York State Department of Health’s Executive Deputy Commissioner, Senior…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Health Care Literacy
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 28, 2021 Written by Samantha Holvey Universal health care might be out of the question for the U.S. but what about a universal ability of patients to understand the health care system? WEDI President & CEO, Charles Stellar mentioned to me that he was…
Read MoreBest Practices for Secondary EDI Claim Submissions
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 27, 2021 Mitigation steps that providers, software vendors, clearinghouses, and health plans can take to reduce consumption of resources at all levels, eliminate questions and confusion, reduce errors, and result in faster and more accurate payments to providers. If you would like to join…
Read MorePodcast Episode 55: Mother‘s Need Best; The Maternal Health Crisis in America
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 27, 2021 We welcome Caryn Marks, Policy Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of HHS and Rachel Abbey, Public Health Analyst with HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Caryn and Rachel discuss the…
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2021 Newsletter
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 23, 2021 News you can use! September 23, 2021 Newsletter Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates Videos WEDI Blog WEDI in the News WEDI Newsletters WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets Recent Posts…
Read MorePodcast Episode 54: Experiencing a Ransomware Incident, NCPDP‘s John Klimek and X12‘s Andrew Fitzpatrick
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 20, 2021 From our December 2020 virtual event on Ransomware, we have John Klimek from NCPDP and Andrew Fitzpatrick from X12 discussing their respective cyber attacks from 2020. This is moderated by WEDI’s Privacy and Security Workgroup Co-Chairs, Marilyn Zigmund Luke from AHIP and…
Read MoreWEDI Submits Comments on QHIN and TEFCA
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 17, 2021 WEDI submitted a formal letter to the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) in response to the draft Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) framework, a key component of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement…
Read MoreWEDI: HHS No Surprises Act Needs Data Standards to Prevent Burden
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 14, 2021 WEDI gave several recommendations related to HHS’ No Surprises Act, such as the development of data standards to prevent administrative burden. In response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule implementing provisions of the No Surprises Act,…
Read MorePodcast Episode 53: TEFCA Table Talk Part 2- Stakeholder Perspective Panel
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 13, 2021 Moderated by Edifecs’ John Kelly, we present part 2 of our TEFCA stakeholder panel, featuring Hans Buitendijk (Cerner), Tim Pletcher (MiHIN) and Danielle Lloyd (AHIP). The panel was originally broadcast live on September 1 on Zoom as part of WEDI’s Spotlight on…
Read MoreTEFCA! C-CDA to FHIR Conversion
Knowledge Center Episode 232- The Role of Intermediaries in CMS-0057F September 9, 2021 As part of our final web event focused on TEFCA, we welcomed Rick Geimer, Chief Innovation Officer with Lantana Consulting, who covered CDA, C-CDA, and FHIR documents; discussed the relationship between C-CDA-on-FHIR and the US Core; conversion between formats; and presented a…
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