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.
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
Prior Authorization Workflow Barriers and Guiding Principles
Knowledge Center Based on its discussions, the Prior Authorization Subworkgroup developed a set of guiding principles that will support optimal industry implementation of the X12 278 transactions and help stakeholders achieve increased benefits and cost savings associated with prior authorization automation. If you would like to join the Prior Authorization Subworkgroup, please contact sholvey@wedi.org. Use…
Read MorePodcast Episode 56: The Economic Importance of Health Equity with Priya Bathija from the American Hospital Association
Knowledge Center From our 2021 Quest for Health Equity event, we hear from Priya Bathija, Vice President of Strategic Infinitives with the American Hospital Association. Priya makes the case for Health Equity, not only from the moral perspective, but for the benefits of hospitals, the economic perspective.
Read MoreThe Challenge of Health Care Literacy
Knowledge Center Universal health care might be out of the question for the U.S. but what about a universal ability of patients to understand the health care system? WEDI President & CEO, Charles Stellar mentioned to me that he was trying to help a family member understand their health insurance benefits package to decide what…
Read MoreBest Practices for Secondary EDI Claim Submissions
Knowledge Center Mitigation steps that providers, software vendors, clearinghouses, and health plans can take to reduce consumption of resources at all levels, eliminate questions and confusion, reduce errors, and result in faster and more accurate payments to providers. If you would like to join the Claims Subworkgroup, please contact sholvey@wedi.org.
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WEDI Letter to Lisa J. Pino, JD, Director of the Office for Civil Rights
Knowledge Center WEDI congratulates Lisa J. Pino, JD on her appointment as the Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Given her background as the New York State Department of Health’s Executive Deputy Commissioner, Senior Counselor at the Department of Homeland Security, and Deputy Assistant Secretary…
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