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WEDI provides a full suite of resources designed to help organizations better understand and manage health IT. The Resources section provides access to WEDI’s various tools and library of health IT information.
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Resources
Leveraging FHIR as Medicaid Public Health Emergency Unwinding Commences
Knowledge Center Written by Shane McMillan, Public Sector Technical Lead, Edifecs At the 2023 State HIT Connect event on March 6-8 in Baltimore, Maryland, state Medicaid agencies gathered to discuss the most pressing issues facing the industry. At the top of the list stood the unwinding of the Medicaid Continuous Enrollment Provision of the Families…
Read MorePodcast Episode 109: Understanding the Brave New World of Health Care AI with HCSC’s Derrick Higgins
Knowledge Center Matthew chats with Derrick Higgins, Head of Enterprise Data Science and Artificial Intelligence at Health Care Service Corporation (BCBS of Illinois, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas). Derrick discusses how his organization is leveraging artificial intelligence, his thoughts on future applications, and the Federal government’s role in AI governance.
Read MorePrior Authorization Regulation on Track for Release and on the WEDI Summer Forum Agenda
Knowledge Center Written by by Robert Tennant, VP Federal Affairs, WEDI August 1-2 will see the Health IT community come together in Chicago at the WEDI Summer Forum to hear from industry leaders and discuss the regulation released late last year by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) aimed at improving prior authorization…
Read MorePodcast Episode 108: Advancing Health Equity Through Alternative Payment Models. HCPLAN HEAT Co-Chairs
Knowledge Center From WEDI’s 2023 Spring Conference! The Health Care Payment and Learning and Action Network (HCPLAN) established the Health Equity Advisory Team (HEAT) to help identify and prioritize opportunities to advance health equity through alternative payment models (APMs). HEAT’s goal is person-centered and focuses on leveraging APMs to help make needed care more accessible,…
Read MoreEmerging Tech Meeting on ChatGPT
Knowledge Center Zachary Lipton, a well-noted Carnegie Mellon (CMU) Assistant Professor of Machine Learning Director of the Approximately Correct Machine Intelligence (ACMI) lab, shared his experiences in delivering machine learning applications for patients and providers with and without ChatGPT. With his experiences delivering practical successful machine learning solutions combined with his CMU focus/research, Zack brings…
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WEDI Submits Comments to NCVHS on the Potential Adoption of ICD–11
Knowledge Center WEDI submitted comments in response to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) June 13, 2023 Federal Register posting entitled “Request for Information (RFI) addressing the potential use of ICD-11 for morbidity coding in the U.S. ICD-11 is expected to present a significant challenge for all health care stakeholders, especially smaller,…
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