WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry July 19, 2016 The purpose of this issue brief is to provide a baseline understanding of innovative encounters and telehealth in today’s health care system. A WEDI definition of telehealth will be established. An overview will be provided about the delivery of telehealth, including…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry April 29, 2016 The ICD-10 migration was by most accounts highly successful despite its enormity of scope and effort. Testing was an integral part of this success. Many of the lessons learned from this effort can be applied to implementation of future mandates. The…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry March 31, 2016 As delivery system transformation, consumerization and digitalization converge together, the healthcare industry is at the crossroads to address gaps in care as a national priority. With this in mind the Louis W. Sullivan Institute for Healthcare Innovation, in close collaboration with…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry March 15, 2016 The purpose of this issue brief is to provide a summary of the Report as it pertains to innovative encounters and set the stage for the work of the Innovative Encounters Workgroup. Setting the Stage for Innovative Encounters Back to Knowledge…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry October 4, 2015 This paper provides an overview of key issues to enable stakeholder discussion around the standards, protocols, work- flow processes and strategies that will be required to access, exchange, store and integrate genomic data, as well as the associated business, clinical, legal,…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry September 17, 2015 The purpose of this issue brief is to respond to the challenges that came to light in the 2014 survey and to assist providers and payers with the challenges of processing the 835 payment transactions, offering clarification on how EFT payments…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry September 1, 2015 This paper briefly describes the basic structure, operation and activities of ACOs, while outlining some of the key issues and questions that the Workgroup will tackle. WEDI encourages organizations to participate in an ongoing survey of ACOs to help monitor progress…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry August 4, 2015 For the past several decades, the healthcare industry in the United States has resisted the clarion call of modernization and lagged behind other industries that embraced reform. However, the healthcare industry has recently begun to galvanize around transformative paradigm shifts aimed…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry July 16, 2015 This WEDI issue brief provides a list of items that System Vendors should address regarding the ICD-10 remediation, testing, and implementation of their products. Communicating the items identified in this issue brief will help to provide greater transparency and insight into…

Knowledge Center Episode 242: CMS-0057F Roundtable: Testing Progress Across the Industry July 16, 2015 The WEDI ICD-10 Roadmap Tool Kit is designed to help locate resources available from WEDI and CMS. It provides either a “quick start guide” for those just starting their ICD-10 efforts or a “quick reference guide” for those currently moving through…