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
The Collective Blog of Health IT, a Podcast Episode Companion: Episode 256
The Collective Blog of Health IT, a Podcast Episode Companion Episode 256- Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care: Advancing Value-Based Care Through Smarter Laboratory Testing By: Michael McNutt As healthcare organizations continue their journey toward value-based care, clinicians face a growing challenge: making increasingly complex laboratory and genomic testing decisions while navigating fragmented…
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Knowledge Center Episode 256- Clinical Decision Support at the Point of Care: Advancing Value-Based Care Through Smarter Laboratory Testing As healthcare continues its transition toward value-based care, clinical decision support (CDS) is becoming an essential tool for improving appropriate utilization while reducing administrative burden. In this episode, guest hosts Dr Sandy Rolfe (Optum, WEDI Genomics…
Read MoreWEDI Blog: The WEDI Genomics Workgroup – Latest Fact Sheet on Genetic Counselors
The WEDI Genomics Workgroup: Latest Fact Sheet on Genetic Counselors Sandra Rolfe, PhD, Optum, WEDI Genomics Workgroup Chair As chair of WEDI’s Genomics Workgroup, a position I volunteered for and took on a couple of years ago, I have the opportunity to better educate the health IT community on issues related to genomics. The topic…
Read MoreWEDI Blog: WEDI No Surprises Act Provider Survey Results
WEDI No Surprises Act Provider Survey Results The No Surprises Act was signed into law on December 27, 2020, as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260). The requirements for providers to issue Good Faith Estimates (GFEs) to uninsured and self-pay patients were put into place on Jan 1, 2023. Considering that…
Read MoreWEDI Federal Update 7.27.26
CMS Posts New FAQs on CMS-0057-F, Includes Metric Reporting Template. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) posted new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Prior Authorization application programming interface requirements in the CMS Interoperability and Prior Authorization (CMS-0057-F) final rule. Included in the FAQs is information on the public reporting by impacted payers…
Read MoreWEDI Blog: My Experience at the June X12 Meeting
My Experience at the June X12 Meeting Nancy Spector, WEDI Senior Director, Federal Affairs In my 20 years of involvement in X12 and attending meetings, I have had on multiple occasions to explain what an X12 meeting is and what happens at one. These explanations have been for bosses, colleagues, and newcomers who have either…
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