WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets

Knowledge Center Telehealth and COVID-19 Fact Sheet March 24, 2021 The onset of the spread of COVID-19 and the declaration of the pandemic in March 2020 spurred interest in implementing telehealth services. Telehealth is a viable and proven modality through which to provide healthcare services to patients. The ability for patients to stay in their…

Knowledge Center Updated Telehealth Resource Guide March 2, 2021 The scope of this document is to provide telehealth resources and the goals are to: Provide a convenient place to access various telehealth resources; Identify telehealth resources that are relevant, up-to-date, and represent a diversity of views on the topic; and Provide relevant federal and state…

Knowledge Center A Framework for Implementing Telehealth January 6, 2021 Providers need to determine which telehealth capabilities are right for their practice and patients by defining the population(s) with whom they can be most successful when delivering care virtually. A Framework for Implementing Telehealth Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases…

Knowledge Center Best Practices for Reducing Unnecessary Duplicate Claim Submissions September 9, 2020 The industry suffers from a high rate of rejections and/or denials caused by duplicate claim submissions to the payer. Handling duplicate claims consumes valuable staff time and incurs cost and burden to those stakeholders impacted: providers, software vendors, payers, and clearinghouses. Therefore,…

Knowledge Center Payment Models Workgroup — Did You Know? September 1, 2020 This issue brief is the first in an ongoing series of briefs intended to provide education and clarification related to payment models and related technologies, terminology and trends. Payment Models Workgroup — Did You Know? Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts…

Knowledge Center Incorrectly Routed Payments And Remittance Advice July 29, 2020 This paper provides education and guidance to payers and providers on situations that occur when electronic healthcare claim payments and/or remittance advice are routed to a receiver incorrectly; for example, using the provider’s Taxpayer Identifier Number (TIN), but the payment is meant for a…

Knowledge Center Overcoming Barriers to the Broader Adoption of Telehealth April 9, 2020 Note: This paper was written during 2019 and early 2020 and is a summary of WEDI’s fall 2018 Barriers to the Broader Adoption of Telehealth survey and the industry’s on telehealth adoption between fall 2018 and January 2020. The paper does not…

Knowledge Center Provider Adjustments (PLB) in the Electronic Remittance Advice (835) March 12, 2020 The purpose of this paper is to provide guidance and information on the functionality and usage of the Provider Adjustment Segment (PLB) within the electronic remittance advice (ASC X12N 835 transaction) for specific business use cases, as described in the appendices.…