WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture February 8, 2017 This issue brief summarizes cybersecurity topics that were discussed at multi‐ stakeholder cybersecurity roundtables convened in November, 2015 and April, 2016 by the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI). In follow‐up to a primer published on the anatomy of a…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture December 21, 2016 The purpose of this issue brief is to provide introductory information on codes for telehealth services, development of codes for telehealth services, and challenges with telehealth coding. Introduction to Telehealth Codes Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture October 21, 2016 Section I (Conventions) of the 2017 ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting includes a new guideline number 19 titled “Code assignment and Clinical Criteria”. This guideline states “The assignment of a diagnosis code is based on the provider’s diagnostic…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture August 23, 2016 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, ACH EFT is significantly underutilized…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture August 23, 2016 Genomic medicine offers the potential to greatly improve medical practice by tailoring the preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic care available to each patient. However, this potential depends on high-quality data that can be readily accessed and applied in the patient care…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture 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,…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture 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.…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture 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…

Knowledge Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture 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 Center Episode 260- Beyond the Billing Code: Capturing the Clinical Picture 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,…