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WEDI Administrative Automation Survey Results
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability August 14, 2020 After more than 20 years of effort following enactment of HIPAA and related rules, the industry continues to experience administrative burdens and the costs associated with a reliance on manual approaches to the exchange of health information. A critical look…
Read MoreConvenience Is The New Quality
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability April 24, 2020 By: Jay Eisenstock, WEDI Board Chair Virtual visits help providers increase productivity by adding revenue and reducing travel to different clinical settings. However, despite these obvious advantages, 2019 saw an abysmally low utilization rate of less than 10%. Things have…
Read MoreTelehealth and COVID-19
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability April 20, 2020 The onset of the spread of COVID-19 and the declaration of the pandemic in March 2020 has spurred the interest in implementing telehealth services. Telehealth is a viable and proven platform through which to provide health care services to patients.…
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Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability Updated May 18, 2020 WEDI is providing the following links to resources related to COVID-19 (aka “coronavirus”). We recognize that the information on COVID-19 is changing rapidly and hope these links can provide you with up-to-date information on privacy and security, telehealth, and…
Read MoreCOVID-19 Update from WEDI
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability March 18, 2020 Following discussions with our board, our members and fellow stakeholders, along with closely monitoring the latest developments and adhering to guidance from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO), WEDI has made…
Read MoreIndustry Response to ONC Cures Act Final Rule
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability March 16, 2020 On March 9, 2020 the ONC released the 21st Century Cures Act: Interoperability, Information Blocking, and the ONC Health IT Certification Program Final Rule, which implements provisions from the 21st Century Cures Act passed by Congress. The industry has been waiting…
Read MoreEasing the Pain of Prior Authorization: Operational Advice for Healthcare Providers
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability March 13, 2020 Jay Eisenstock, Board Chair, WEDI joined Jeffrey Sullivan, CTO, J2 Global and April Todd, Senior Vice President, CORE and Explorations of CAQH for a discussion on “Easing the Pain of Prior Authorization: Operational Advice for Healthcare Providers.” Back to Knowledge…
Read MoreWEDI Provides Comments on CMS and ONC Implementing Final Provisions of the 21st Century Cures Act
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability March 11, 2020 WEDI, the nation’s leading nonprofit authority on the use of health IT to create efficiencies in health care information exchange and a statutory advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today issued a statement on behalf…
Read MorePrisoners of Paperwork: Facing up to true interoperability of healthcare data, payments
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability February 18, 2020 During the signing ceremony for the Health Insurance Portability and Account- ability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), President Bill Clinton pointed out that the legislation provides for the development of “national standards for the electronic submission of health insurance claims that…
Read MoreCAQH CORE approves 2-day limit for health plans to act on prior authorizations
Knowledge Center Episode 198: Leveraging AI to Eliminate “Swivel Chair” Data Interoperability February 4, 2020 A group that represents multiple industry stakeholders has voted to set a two-day time limit on how quickly health plans must act on prior authorizations. CAQH CORE, a group that includes 110 organizations representing health plans, providers, vendors and government entities, voted…
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