Regulatory Updates

Knowledge Center Member Advisory: CMS Puts Patients Over Paperwork with New Rule that Addresses the Prior Authorization Process January 15, 2021 WEDI believes the Final Rule issued by CMS is an important step towards improving administrative transactions such as prior authorization and effective and secure data flow between patients, providers, and payers. As we have…

Knowledge Center Say “Hey!” to Project US@ – a Unified Specification for Address in Health Care December 7, 2020 The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) in collaboration with Health Level 7 (HL7), the National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP), and X12 (along with the other standards development organizations (SDOs)…

Knowledge Center ONC Announces Interim Final Rule with Comment Period October 29, 2020 WEDI applauds the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for releasing today an interim final rule extending by six months the compliance deadline for the information blocking provisions of the Cures Act final regulation. ONC is permitting public…

Knowledge Center NCVHS Meeting June 17-18, 2020 June 22, 2020 The National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics Virtual Meeting was held June 17-18, 2020. The agenda can be seen here. The meeting notes have been added to the Resources in the WEDI Member Center. If you are interested in becoming a WEDI Member, please contact…