WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets
Fact Sheet: Medicare Telehealth Changes After the PHE
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report April 24, 2023 Since the public health emergency (PHE) related to the COVID-19 pandemic began in 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a series of waivers and flexibilities for telehealth services for Medicare beneficiaries. Some of these waivers and flexibilities…
Read MoreHealth Equity Terminology Level Setting
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report March 15, 2023 To focus this work so we are all “rowing in the same direction,” we need to have a mutual understanding of the terms and their definitions that make up the language of health equity. Download the Paper Back to Knowledge Center…
Read More2022 WEDI Annual Report
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report January 5, 2023 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 information exchange to enhance the quality…
Read MoreElectronic Payments: Guiding Principles
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report December 16, 2022 The opportunities for improved efficiency and cost-savings associated with industry adoption of the Automated Clearing House (ACH) Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) transaction are well established. However, despite having a national standard and supporting operating rules, compared to some other transactions ACH…
Read MoreBest Practices for Health Plans that Sub-Contract Creation of the Remittance Advice
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report September 29, 2022 Providers are experiencing challenges in situations where they have a relationship/contract with a specific health plan (and submit their claims to that health plan), but that health plan then sub- contracts some or all services to a business associate – another…
Read MoreIntegrating Telehealth Data from Standalone Platforms into EHRs
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report September 21, 2022 As the use of telehealth services through standalone platforms becomes more prevalent, there will be an increased need to integrate health data from those platforms into patients’ electronic health records (EHR). This paper will provide an overview of the need to…
Read MoreCHIME and WEDI Launch the “THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK” Campaign to Arm Consumers Against Loss of Health Information
Knowledge Center CHIME & WEDI Launch the Think Before You Click Campaign to Arm Consumers Against Loss of Health Information May 23, 2022 ANN ARBOR, MI, and WASHINGTON, DC, May 23, 2022 — As patients increasingly permit access to their health information by way of third-party applications (apps), the need to ensure the privacy and…
Read MoreFact Sheet: Data issues in Clinical Genomics
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report March 17, 2022 What can EHR systems do now to support genomics in clinical practice In general, the health care industry struggles to understand how to better incorporate genomics into patient care. Some of these challenges are attributed to the lack of genomic capabilities…
Read More2021 WEDI Annual Report
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report 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 information exchange to enhance the quality…
Read MoreNACHA Data Security Requirement Updates for Healthcare Entities
Knowledge Center Episode 257: Reflections on the 2025 DataSpring Index Report November 17, 2021 This paper outlines updates made to the NACHA Operating Rules (Article 1, section 1.6 Security Requirements) regarding security requirements for account numbers used in healthcare claim payments and other electronic payments made by healthcare entities. NACHA Data Security Requirement Updates for…
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