Knowledge Center
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
Avoid Surprises by Staying Abreast of Surprise Billing
Knowledge Center CMS regulations and accompanying surprise billing updates are changing faster than revenue cycle leaders can keep up. Read the Article
Read MoreEmerging Tech Meeting: Synaptic Health Alliance & Blockchain
Knowledge Center Guest speaker: Kyle Culver, Director, Emerging Technologies, Humana & Co-founder of the Synaptic Health Alliance, an alliance of health leaders working to solve our industry’s toughest problems through blockchain technology. Kyle presents an overview of Synaptic Health Alliance and discusses how to use blockchain technology collaboratively to facilitate provider data exchange. He also…
Read MoreWEDI submits letter to CMS on virtual credit card concerns
Knowledge Center The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange is warning that the use of virtual credit cards by healthcare payers to make payments to providers, while mitigating some fraud issues, can cause problems for providers that are out of a plan’s network or use alternative ways to settle claims. Read the Article
Read MoreNo Surprises Act compliance: Sizing up the challenges
Knowledge Center By Fred Bazzoli, Editor-in-Chief, HDM A WEDI forum addresses the difficulties in providing consumers with accurate estimates of healthcare expenses in advance of receiving services. The No Surprises Act is based on the premise that cost-conscious consumers who get accurate healthcare price information before services are delivered will be empowered to make wiser…
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WEDI Submits Letter to CMS on Administrative Simplification Guidance
Knowledge Center WEDI submitted comments in response to the publication by CMS of administrative simplification guidance in the areas of: (i) Covered Entities’ responsibility for ensuring Business Associates’ compliance with HIPAA regulations; and (ii) Health plans’ payment of health care claims using Virtual Credit Cards (VCCs) and adopted HIPAA standards for Health Care Electronic Funds…
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