Posts by Samantha Holvey
ONC Announces Interim Final Rule with Comment Period
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft October 29, 2020 WEDI applauds the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) for releasing today an interim final rule extending by six months the compliance deadline for the information blocking provisions…
Read MorePodcast Episode 10: WEDI Workgroup Showcase: The Opportunities and Challenges of Genomics and Genetics Testing
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft October 19, 2020 We welcome Grant Wood, Senior IT Strategist for Intermountain Healthcare’s Clinical Genetics Institute and the chair of WEDI’s Genomics Workgroup and Marilyn Zigmund Luke, Vice President at America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP)…
Read MorePodcast Episode 9: Conversation with an HIE Triple Threat, Tim Pletcher of MiHIN
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft October 12, 2020 Matthew chats this week with Tim Pletcher, the Executive Director for the Michigan Health Information Network Shared Services (@MiHIN), the President and CEO for Velatura LLC and the CEO of the Interoperability…
Read MorePodcast Episode 8: The Ultimate Telehealth Policy Primer with WEDI Telehealth Workgroup Co-Chairs Nancy Spector (AMA) and Alison Armstrong (Anthem)
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft October 5, 2020 Matthew has a great, in-depth discussion about telehealth policy with Nancy Spector of the AMA and Alison Armstrong of Anthem- the WEDI Telehealth Workgroup Co-Chairs. How did COVID-19 accelerate Telehealth policy, what…
Read MorePodcast Episode 7: Connected Care: Placing the Patient at the Center of the Equation, Rick Krohn, HealthSense
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft September 28, 2020 Matthew speaks with healthcare innovator and prolific author and writer Rick Krohn (@RickKrohn) President of HealthSense. Find out how Rick’s idea of a Connected Health Ecosystem could improve healthcare efficiency and experiences…
Read MoreHelp Us Guide Health Care’s Future Leaders
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft September 21, 2020 Over the years, many of you have grown your own network, knowledge and skillset by participating in WEDI workgroups, conferences, webinars and more. Next year is WEDI’s 30-year anniversary, prompting us to…
Read MorePodcast Episode 6 – WEDI Workgroup Showcase: Remittance Advice and Payment
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft September 21, 2020 This week, we welcome the co-chairs of WEDI’s Remittance Advice & Payment Subworkgroup; Pam Grosze ( PNC Bank), Patricia Wijtyk (Cognizant) and Mary Lynam (DST Health). The primary goals of the SWG…
Read MorePodcast Episode 5- Privacy by Design; Cybersecurity as a Patient Safety Issue with Laura Hoffman from the AMA
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft September 15, 2020 This week we welcome Laura Hoffman (@lgh_dc on Twitter), Assistant Director, Federal Affairs with the American Medical Association. Laura talks about how the surge in telemedicine not only advanced policy but also…
Read MoreBest Practices for Reducing Unnecessary Duplicate Claim Submissions
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft September 9, 2020 The industry suffers from a high rate of rejections and/or denials caused by duplicate claim submissions to the payer. Handling duplicate claims consumes valuable staff time and incurs cost and burden to…
Read MoreWEDI Applauds CMS
Knowledge Center Episode 195- “You Can’t Pour from an Empty Cup.” Forward-Thinking Solutions to Improve Interoperability with Mike O’Neill, Medicasoft September 3, 2020 WEDI applauds CMS’ proposal to improve remote access to healthcare through the 2021 Physician Fee Schedule Proposed Rule (PFS) that seeks to make some of the emergency expansion of telehealth services permanent.…
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