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WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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Resources
HIT leaders buoyed by Price confirmation as HHS head
Knowledge Center Today’s Senate confirmation of Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.) to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services is generating positive reactions from healthcare information technology groups. While Senate Democrats voted along party lines against Price’s nomination because of concerns about his strong support for repealing the Affordable Care Act, health IT…
Read MoreWEDI Statement on Confirmation of Dr. Tom Price as HHS Secretary
Knowledge Center Appointment serves as opportunity to advance health information technology issues RESTON, Va. — February 14, 2017 — The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a trusted advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), released…
Read MoreThe Rampant Growth of Cybercrime in Healthcare
Knowledge Center 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 cyberattack,2 this issue brief explores some of the common vulnerabilities of healthcare organizations…
Read MoreCharles Stellar Named Top 50 HIT Leader for 2017
Knowledge Center Congratulations to our own President and CEO, Charles Stellar, for being named by Health Data Management as one of the Top 50 Leading Health IT Experts for 2017 Healthcare IT is fortunate to have many knowledgeable experts willing to share what they know with others. Following up on last year’s popular look at 50 of…
Read MoreWEDI Brief Outlines Challenges to Telehealth Reimbursement
Knowledge Center Healthcare providers face many challenges in launching and sustaining a telehealth program – including finding the right CPT codes, if they exist, for reimbursement. In many cases, a telehealth or telemedicine procedure is so new, a proper definition and guidelines haven’t been written for it yet, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) reports in…
Read MoreWEDI Releases Issue Brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes
Knowledge Center WEDI publishes a brief introducing physicians to codes for telemedicine services. The challenges related to coding for telemedicine include the creation of codes for universal use that are still capable of capturing detailed telemedicine services, and a lack of consistency among payers when it comes to requirements, coverage, valuation, and payment. To read more, visit HISTalk Practice.
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