WEDI in the News

Knowledge Center Facing heavy pressure from industry, HHS rescinds health plan identifier November 13, 2019 The Department of Health and Human Services has eliminated the need for health plans to use a standard unique health plan identifier, effective December 27. The use of the health plan identifier (HPID) was required in an HHS final rule…

Knowledge Center WEDI Supports Key JAMA Findings on Waste in US Health Care System October 31, 2019 Advisor to HHS calls for continued push for efficient and effective sharing of billing and clinical data in order to achieve administrative simplification Earlier this month, the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) (@JAMA_current) published an article on…

Knowledge Center WEDI Connection: October 2019 October 31, 2019 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit the October 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…

Knowledge Center WEDI Supports Key JAMA Findings on Waste in US Health Care System October 31, 2019 Earlier this month, the Journal of the American Medical Association published an article on Waste in the US Health Care System: Estimated Costs and Potential for Savings. In response to the article’s findings, Jay Eisenstock, Chair, WEDI Board…

Knowledge Center WEDI is Proud to Support National Health IT Week September 18, 2019 This September 23-27, 2019, we’re celebrating a landmark occasion for using health IT as part of the overall solution to improve America’s healthcare. WEDI and others across the U.S. have joined together to celebrate National Health Information Technology (NHIT) Week, a…

Knowledge Center WEDI Connection: August 2019 August 29, 2019 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit the August 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…

Knowledge Center Doctors’ 5 Biggest Gripes About EHRs August 26, 2019 Charles Stellar hears frustration from various healthcare stakeholders as president and CEO of the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, a nonprofit authority on health IT. With membership from payers, physician groups such as the American Medical Association, the Medical Group Management Association, and others,…

Knowledge Center WEDI Releases Brief on Common Acknowledgement Misunderstandings July 30, 2019 Educational resource clarifies basic misunderstandings related to acknowledgements within HIPAA transaction exchange using the ASC X12 Version 005010 (5010) WEDI (@WEDIonline), the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange and a statutory advisor…

Knowledge Center WEDI Connection: July 2019 July 25, 2019 To read the full monthly WEDI Connection Newsletter, visit the July 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…

Knowledge Center Survey: Privacy and security are barriers to Interoperability June 27, 2019 A recent survey finds that privacy and security concerns continue to hamper the increasing interoperability of healthcare systems. The research, based on a survey from the Trusted Network Accreditation Program (TNAP), found that survey respondents overwhelming indicate that improving the electronic movement…