WEDI in the News

Knowledge Center HIT leaders buoyed by Price confirmation as HHS head February 14, 2017 Today’s Senate confirmation of Rep. Tom Price, MD (R-Ga.) to be the next Secretary of Health and Human Services is generating positive reactions from healthcare information technology groups. While Senate Democrats voted along party lines against Price’s nomination because of concerns…

Knowledge Center WEDI Brief Outlines Challenges to Telehealth Reimbursement January 13, 2017 Healthcare providers face many challenges in launching and sustaining a telehealth program – including finding the right CPT codes, if they exist, for reimbursement. In many cases, a telehealth or telemedicine procedure is so new, a proper definition and guidelines haven’t been written…

Knowledge Center WEDI Releases Issue Brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes January 12, 2017 WEDI publishes a brief introducing physicians to codes for telemedicine services. The challenges related to coding for telemedicine include the creation of codes for universal use that are still capable of capturing detailed telemedicine services, and a lack of consistency among payers when…

Knowledge Center WEDI announces release of issue brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes January 11, 2017 WEDI, the nation’s leading authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of an educational issue brief on an Introduction to Telehealth Codes. This issue brief was developed by the…

Knowledge Center WEDI releases brief on introduction to Telehealth Codes January 11, 2017 WEDI, an authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in healthcare information exchange, announced the release of an educational issue brief on an Introduction to Telehealth Codes. This issue brief was developed by the WEDI Innovative Encounters Workgroup with…

Knowledge Center Charles Stellar Named a Top 50 Health IT expert for 2017 January 11, 2017 Healthcare IT is fortunate to have many knowledgeable experts willing to share what they know with others. Following up on last year’s popular look at 50 of the leading HIT experts in the field, Health Data Management offered this compilation of…

Knowledge Center WEDI Releases Educational Issue Brief on Introduction to Telehealth Codes January 10, 2017 Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), the nation’s leading authority on the use of HIT to create efficiencies in health care information exchange, announced the release of an educational issue brief on an Introduction to Telehealth Codes. This issue brief…