Comments & Letters

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness December 23, 2020 On behalf of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), I would like to take this opportunity to extend our congratulations on your election victory and introduce you to our organization. As you…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness December 15, 2020 WEDI a named advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), is a frequent commenter on…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness December 7, 2020 WEDI is a named advisor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), a frequent commenter on…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness September 4, 2020   WEDI’s comment letter to Dr. Rucker, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, HHS regarding the technical and operational methods to improve patient identity and matching.  Our comments based, on membership input, are…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness August 20, 2020 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), appreciates the opportunity to submit comments in response to the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) regulatory review and request for public comment concerning the 2009 Health Breach…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness March 9, 2020 WEDI has reviewed the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) 2020-2025 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan (Strategic Plan) released in January 2020. Overall, we support the high-level goals and…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness October 25, 2019 On behalf of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of information technology to create efficiencies in health care information exchange. We appreciate the opportunity…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness October 25, 2019 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) appreciates the opportunity to comment on (SAMHSA’s) Confidentiality of Substance Use Disorder-Patient Records Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (Proposed Rule). We applaud SAMHSA for continuing to align…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness June 17, 2019 As ONC further develops their approach to advancing interoperability, we encourage the collaboration with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), as well as industry stakeholders such as WEDI. As an advisor…

Knowledge Center Episode 258- Part 1 of 2, Payers Preparing for Success: CMS 0057F Implementation and CMS 0062P Readiness May 28, 2019 As an advisor to the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and a multi‐stakeholder organization comprised of health plans, providers, vendors and SDOs, WEDI offers the structure for intra‐industry…