Posts by Samantha Holvey
Emerging Tech Meeting: Synaptic Health Alliance & Blockchain
Knowledge Center Emerging Tech Meeting: Synaptic Health Alliance & Blockchain August 18, 2022 Guest speaker: Kyle Culver, Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana & Co-founder of the Synaptic Health Alliance, an alliance of health leaders working to solve our industry’s toughest problems through blockchain technology. Kyle presents an overview of Synaptic Health Alliance and discusses how to…
Read MoreWEDI submits letter to CMS on virtual credit card concerns
Knowledge Center WEDI submits letter to CMS on virtual credit card concerns August 17, 2022 The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is warning that the use of virtual credit cards by healthcare payers to make payments to providers, while mitigating some fraud issues, can cause problems for providers that are out of a plan’s network…
Read MoreAugust 11, 2022 Newsletter
Knowledge Center August 11, 2022 Newsletter August 12, 2022 This edition includes: Federal Updates Electronic Attachments Rule Sent to OMB. Feds Issue Guidance on Nondiscrimination in Telehealth. Senate FY23 Labor-HHS Appropriations Bill Removes UPI Funding Ban. Congress Includes Digital Identity Provision in Semiconductor Bill. CMS Hospital Final Rule Increases Payments for Acute Care Hospitals and…
Read MoreNo Surprises Act compliance: Sizing up the challenges
Knowledge Center No Surprises Act compliance: Sizing up the challenges August 11, 2022 By Fred Bazzoli, Editor-in-Chief, HDM A WEDI forum addresses the difficulties in providing consumers with accurate estimates of healthcare expenses in advance of receiving services. The No Surprises Act is based on the premise that cost-conscious consumers who get accurate healthcare price…
Read MoreWEDI Submits Letter to CMS on Administrative Simplification Guidance
Knowledge Center WEDI Submits Letter to CMS on Administrative Simplification Guidance August 9, 2022 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…
Read MoreJuly 28, 2022 Newsletter
Knowledge Center July 28, 2022 Newsletter July 29, 2022 This edition includes: Federal Updates PHE Extended for Additional 90 Days CMS Releases New Payment and Remittance FAQs ONC Publishes USCDI Version 3 ONC to Host EHI Sharing Workshop CMS Announced Updated eCQM DERep for CY2023 Reporting and Performance Periods CMS Releases 2023 CMS QRDA III…
Read MoreHHS Asked to ‘Expeditiously Address’ GFE Provision
Knowledge Center HHS Asked to ‘Expeditiously Address’ GFE Provision July 29, 2022 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…
Read MoreGenomics Workgroup – Pharmacogenetics
Knowledge Center Genomics Workgroup – Pharmacogenetics July 26, 2022 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…
Read MoreEmerging Tech SWG Meeting – Featuring Amy Berk MSN, RN, Director, Population Health from Microsoft
Knowledge Center Emerging Tech SWG Meeting – Featuring Amy Berk MSN, RN, Director, Population Health from Microsoft July 21, 2022 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…
Read MoreJuly 14, 2022 Newsletter
Knowledge Center July 14, 2022 Newsletter July 15, 2022 This edition includes: Federal Updates Proposed Physician Fee Schedule Rule Includes Telehealth Expansion Federal Government Warns Health Care Sector of New Ransomware Threat GAO calls on HHS to Improve Data Breach Reporting Process CMMI Identifies Implicit Bias in APMs ONC Launches HITAC Adopted Standards Task Force…
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