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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.
We strive to make the approval process of our work products as transparent as possible. White papers, issue briefs and surveys must be approved by the Peer Review Committee. Workgroup charters, new workgroups and co-chairs must be approved by the Work Group Leadership Committee. Comment letters and WEDI policies must be approved by the Policy Committee.
Resources
HHS Asked to ‘Expeditiously Address’ GFE Provision
Knowledge Center A workforce group takes aim at part of the No Surprises Act and asks HHS to act. The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) released a letter to HHS regarding the No Surprises Act. The workgroup takes aim at the good faith estimate (GFE) convening provider/facility provision saying it has significant concerns with how…
Read MoreGenomics Workgroup – Pharmacogenetics
Knowledge Center Presentation on Pharmacogenetics, the science of using genetics to determine drug optimization based on precision medicine. Our speaker is Daniel Dowd, SVP, Medical Affairs for Genomind. His presentation covers the basics of the field and introduces its value as way to both decrease costs and improve outcomes by getting the right medications and…
Read MoreEmerging Tech SWG Meeting – Featuring Amy Berk MSN, RN, Director, Population Health from Microsoft
Knowledge Center Amy Berk MSN, RN, Director, Population Health from Microsoft joined us to present unique services that cloud providers offer including those that provide stronger reliability, scalability, recovery, security, and health care specific services such as FHIR, and other innovative capabilities to accelerate integrated, collaborative and insightful care delivery. Following her presentation, we discussed…
Read MorePodcast Episode 77: Dissecting the Recent American Medical Association Prior Authorization Survey
Knowledge Center Matthew welcomes Heather McComas, Director, Administrative Simplification Initiatives and Tyler Scheid, Senior Policy Analyst with the American Medical Association to discuss findings from the AMA’s recent prior authorization survey. Heather and Tyler address the AMA’s advocacy on AMA, the survey results and more. Helpful links: Prior Authorization and Utilization Management Principles: https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/principles-with-signatory-page-for-slsc.pdf Consensus…
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