Posts by Samantha Holvey
WEDI Letter to Lisa J. Pino, JD, Director of the Office for Civil Rights
Knowledge Center WEDI Letter to Lisa J. Pino, JD, Director of the Office for Civil Rights October 1, 2021 WEDI congratulates Lisa J. Pino, JD on her appointment as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Given her background as the New York State Department…
Read MoreThe Challenge of Health Care Literacy
Knowledge Center The Challenge of Health Care Literacy September 28, 2021 Written by Samantha Holvey Universal health care might be out of the question for the U.S. but what about a universal ability of patients to understand the health care system? WEDI President & CEO, Charles Stellar mentioned to me that he was trying to…
Read MoreBest Practices for Secondary EDI Claim Submissions
Knowledge Center Best Practices for Secondary EDI Claim Submissions September 27, 2021 Mitigation steps that providers, software vendors, clearinghouses, and health plans can take to reduce consumption of resources at all levels, eliminate questions and confusion, reduce errors, and result in faster and more accurate payments to providers. If you would like to join the…
Read MorePodcast Episode 55: Mother‘s Need Best; The Maternal Health Crisis in America
Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 55: Mother‘s Need Best; The Maternal Health Crisis in America September 27, 2021 We welcome Caryn Marks, Policy Advisor, Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs in the Office of the Secretary of HHS and Rachel Abbey, Public Health Analyst with HHS’ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology. Caryn…
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2021 Newsletter
Knowledge Center September 23, 2021 Newsletter September 23, 2021 News you can use! September 23, 2021 Newsletter Back to Knowledge Center Categories Comments & Letters Podcasts Press Releases Regulatory Updates SDOs & Operating Rules Updates Videos WEDI Blog WEDI in the News WEDI Newsletters WEDI Papers & Fact Sheets Recent Posts January 2025 Newsletters WEDI…
Read MorePodcast Episode 54: Experiencing a Ransomware Incident, NCPDP‘s John Klimek and X12‘s Andrew Fitzpatrick
Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 54: Experiencing a Ransomware Incident, NCPDP‘s John Klimek and X12‘s Andrew Fitzpatrick September 20, 2021 From our December 2020 virtual event on Ransomware, we have John Klimek from NCPDP and Andrew Fitzpatrick from X12 discussing their respective cyber attacks from 2020. This is moderated by WEDI’s Privacy and Security Workgroup Co-Chairs,…
Read MoreWEDI Submits Comments on QHIN and TEFCA
Knowledge Center WEDI Submits Comments on QHIN and TEFCA September 17, 2021 WEDI submitted a formal letter to the Recognized Coordinating Entity (RCE) in response to the draft Qualified Health Information Network (QHIN) framework, a key component of the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT’s (ONC’s) Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement (TEFCA).…
Read MoreWEDI: HHS No Surprises Act Needs Data Standards to Prevent Burden
Knowledge Center WEDI: HHS No Surprises Act Needs Data Standards to Prevent Burden September 14, 2021 WEDI gave several recommendations related to HHS’ No Surprises Act, such as the development of data standards to prevent administrative burden. In response to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interim final rule implementing provisions of the…
Read MorePodcast Episode 53: TEFCA Table Talk Part 2- Stakeholder Perspective Panel
Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 53: TEFCA Table Talk Part 2- Stakeholder Perspective Panel September 13, 2021 Moderated by Edifecs’ John Kelly, we present part 2 of our TEFCA stakeholder panel, featuring Hans Buitendijk (Cerner), Tim Pletcher (MiHIN) and Danielle Lloyd (AHIP). The panel was originally broadcast live on September 1 on Zoom as part of…
Read MoreTEFCA! C-CDA to FHIR Conversion
Knowledge Center TEFCA! C-CDA to FHIR Conversion September 9, 2021 As part of our final web event focused on TEFCA, we welcomed Rick Geimer, Chief Innovation Officer with Lantana Consulting, who covered CDA, C-CDA, and FHIR documents; discussed the relationship between C-CDA-on-FHIR and the US Core; conversion between formats; and presented a live walk-through of…
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