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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
WEDI Member Alert: CMS Issues new Guidance on ePayments and ERA
Knowledge Center The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today issued guidance to clarify requirements for covered entities conducting transactions using Virtual Credit Cards (VCCs), electronic funds transfer (EFT) and electronic remittance advice (ERA). In the guidance, CMS addresses three specific questions: Do the adopted HIPAA EFT and ERA standards permit health plans to pay claims…
Read MoreFact Sheet: Data issues in Clinical Genomics
Knowledge Center What can EHR systems do now to support genomics in clinical practice In general, the health care industry struggles to understand how to better incorporate genomics into patient care. Some of these challenges are attributed to the lack of genomic capabilities of electronic health record (EHR) systems. Basic EHR infrastructure is still missing…
Read MoreWEDI Comments on RFI regarding national health security threats, challenges, and promising practices
Knowledge Center The response from WEDI focuses on the following four critical issues that we believe the health care industry will face over the next five years: (i) Cybersecurity intrusions (malware and ransomware); (ii) the security threat from third-party applications (apps); (iii); security of portable and implantable devices; and (iv) internal security threats/lack of training.
Read MoreData Exchange: The Engine that Powers US Healthcare
Knowledge Center Written by Charles Stellar, WEDI President & CEO The engine that runs the US healthcare system is data exchange between patients, providers, and health plans. While we’ve made great strides in the last quarter century making that engine run smoothly and efficiently, more work is left to be done before that engine is…
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WEDI Joint Letter on 3rd Party Apps and Patient Data
Knowledge Center WEDI joined with the Confidentiality Coalition on a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Commerce and the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services on the issue of third-party apps and the security of patient health information. The two organizations reiterated their support for patients having electronic access to…
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