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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
HHS Asked to ‘Expeditiously Address’ GFE Provision
Knowledge Center A workforce group takes aim at part of the No Surprises Act and asks HHS to act. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) released a letter to HHS regarding the No Surprises Act. The workgroup takes aim at the good faith estimate (GFE) convening provider/facility provision saying it has significant concerns with how…
Read MoreGenomics Workgroup – Pharmacogenetics
Knowledge Center Presentation on Pharmacogenetics, the science of using genetics to determine drug optimization based on precision medicine. Our speaker is Daniel Dowd, SVP, Medical Affairs for Genomind. His presentation covers the basics of the field and introduces its value as way to both decrease costs and improve outcomes by getting the right medications and…
Read MoreEmerging Tech SWG Meeting – Featuring Amy Berk MSN, RN, Director, Population Health from Microsoft
Knowledge Center Amy Berk MSN, RN, Director, Population Health from Microsoft joined us to present unique services that cloud providers offer including those that provide stronger reliability, scalability, recovery, security, and health care specific services such as FHIR, and other innovative capabilities to accelerate integrated, collaborative and insightful care delivery. Following her presentation, we discussed…
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WEDI Submits Letter to CMS on Administrative Simplification Guidance
Knowledge Center WEDI submitted comments in response to the publication by CMS of administrative simplification guidance in the areas of: (i) Covered Entities’ responsibility for ensuring Business Associates’ compliance with HIPAA regulations; and (ii) Health plans’ payment of health care claims using Virtual Credit Cards (VCCs) and adopted HIPAA standards for Health Care Electronic Funds…
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