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Data Exchange: The Engine that Powers US Healthcare
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) March 14, 2022 Written by Charles Stellar, WEDI President & CEO The engine that runs the US healthcare system is data exchange between patients, providers, and health plans. While we’ve made great strides in the last quarter century…
Read More2021 WEDI Annual Report
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) February 4, 2022 WEDI was formed in 1991 by then-Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Dr. Louis Sullivan to be a national, multi-stakeholder organization to serve as a voice for the health care industry to improve health…
Read MoreMillennial Medicine
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) February 2, 2022 Written by Samantha Holvey As an elder millennial I can speak from personal experiences, challenges, and the desires of my peers when it comes to our health care and the future of health care as…
Read MoreUnified Agenda Provides Glimpse into Potential Federal Government Regulations in 2022
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) December 16, 2021 Written by Robert Tennant, Vice President Federal Affairs The Fall 2021 Unified Agenda is a document released by the federal government outlining, by department and agency, future regulatory action. While the government is not bound…
Read MoreStaging the Data Exchange Provisions of the No Surprises Act: One Pathway to Success
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) December 9, 2021 Written by Robert Tennant, Vice President Federal Affairs In submitting our comments in response to the Interim Final Rule with Comment (IFR) entitled, “Requirements Related to Surprise Billing; Part II,” WEDI reiterated support for the…
Read MoreNo Surprises Act National Summit
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) November 17, 2021 WEDI convened industry stakeholders to discuss the Good Faith Estimate (GFE) and Advanced Explanation of Benefits (AEOB) requirements of the 2020 No Surprises Act. The goal for the Summit was to not only identify challenges,…
Read MorePodcast Milestone – 5000+ Downloads!
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) November 12, 2021 Written by Michael McNutt The Collective Voice of Health IT podcast was started last year to enhance WEDI’s educational outreach and tap into a popular new media format. Produced by WEDI, the podcast offers relevant…
Read MoreHealth Literacy Month
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) October 21, 2021 To mark Health Literacy Month, we’re highlighting resources that can help providers better explain the services that are available to their patients through their health coverage: Review and share Coverage to Care resources, which help…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Health Care Literacy
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) 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…
Read MoreTEFCA! C-CDA to FHIR Conversion
Knowledge Center Episode 238, Access APIs in Motion: Data Access & Patient Empowerment (Part 1 of 2) 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…
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