News & Updates December 16, 2021

Upcoming WEDI Events 1/13-14/22 - WEDI Spotlight: Privacy and Security in Healthcare Knowledge Center Staging the Data Exchange Provisions of the No Surprises Act: One Pathway to Success In the News HHS Study Shows 63-Fold Increase in Medicare Telehealth Utilization During the Pandemic From the WEDI Blog: Unified Agenda Provides Glimpse into Potential Federal Government Regulations in 2022 The Fall 2021 Unified Agenda is a document released by the federal government outlining, by department and agency, future regulatory action. While the government is not bound by this document, and regulations can be released that were not included in the Unified Agenda, it does give us a good sense of what we can expect to be released in 2022. Use the link below for a summary of the HIT highlights from the Unified Agenda. Unified Agenda HIT Summary

2021: A Year in Review- WEDI's Annual Membership Meeting The Board of Directors and staff presented WEDI members with a review of our incredible work over this past year and give you a preview of the exciting plans for 2022. Watch On-Demand & Download Slide Deck

WHAT IS THE INTERNET OF HEALTH? The capabilities of IoT have created an inter-operating technological framework that’s shattered the previous limitations surrounding data transmission. A catalyst leveraged by the FHIR community to improve payer and provider capabilities while also expanding consumer expectations by introducing along overdue Internet of Health. Consequently, rapid modernization of the medical sector is underway, demanding full-scale adoption of the FHIR standard from critical players in healthcare to improve their services and avoid falling in to obsolescence. Learn more

Interoperability and the Connected Health Care System While CMS works to develop and finalize new rulemaking regarding payer-to-payer information exchange, we are engaged in several additional efforts that continue to lay the groundwork for the future of interoperable data exchange. Learn More

WEDI Member Discount to HIMSS22 As WEDI is a HIMSS22 Collaborator, our members receive the HIMSS member rate to attend HIMSS22. To register, go to the HIMSS22 Global Conference website. During the registration process, select our organization in the “Conference Collaborating Organizations” drop down and enter the code HIMSS22COL.

Resources for You Staging the Data Exchange Provisions of the No Surprises Act: One Pathway to Success WEDI Comments on No Surprises Act Interim Final Rule Part 2 Podcast Episode 60: Addressing the Prior Authorization Problem. Sponsored by MCG NACHA Data Security Requirement Updates for Healthcare Entities

CAQH Releases New Features to Streamline How Hospitals and Group Practices Manage Directory and Credentialing Information and Share with Health Plans Enhancements to CAQH ProView for groups and hospitals will reduce administrative burden, improve data accuracy and support compliance with the directory requirements of the No Surprises Act. Learn More

CMS has created a series of fact sheets to help explain how HIPAA electronic adopted transactions streamline health care billing through the use of standards and operating rules.

Health IT Investment: The Next Five Years Though the pandemic certainly is not over, the dust has started to settle a bit, giving C-suite executives a clearer look forward. At this critical moment, Healthcare IT News sat down with eight C-suite executives at seven healthcare provider organizations to glean insights on where they see investments going in the next five years in six categories: AI and machine learning; interoperability; telehealth, connected health and remote patient monitoring; cybersecurity; electronic health records and population health; and precision medicine, emerging technology and other systems. Learn More

HL7 FHIR Connectathon (CST) January 10-22 X12 Winter 2022 Standing Meeting January 23 – February 2

Hot Headlines: UnityPoint Health pins hopes on interoperable digital health platform for patients Bill Proposes Permanent Telehealth, Congress Sidesteps Medicare Cuts Health tech industry learns true value of medical data

Get to know the WEDI Board:

WEDI Board member, Bob Bowman (CAQH) is actually an archeologist. WEDI Board member, John Kelly (Edifecs) escapes to Disney World with his daughter.

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