News & Updates August 12, 2021

Upcoming WEDI Events August 26: TEFCA! Live in 2022 - Free Virtual Event October 8-15: WEDI National 2021  Knowledge Center Podcast Episode 48: Da Vinci Discusses Payer to Payer Data Exchange In the News The Heat is On: US Caught FHIR in 2019 Opportunity: GAO Seeking Nominations for Health IT Advisory Committee GAO is now accepting nominations for HITAC appointments. From these nominations, GAO expects to appoint at least five new HITAC members, focusing especially on health care providers, ancillary health care workers, health information technology developers, and patient advocates. Members serve 3-year terms beginning January 1, 2022, with the terms subject to renewal. Interested nominees should submit letters of nominations and resumes to HITCommittee@gao.gov by August 24, 2021.

By LEAPs and Bounds: Newest Round of Awardees Seek to Advance Health Equity and Research Each year since 2018, new Leading Edge Acceleration Projects (LEAP) in Health IT awardees join an entrepreneurial group dedicated to developing and scaling technological breakthroughs.  For 2021, LEAP in Health IT focused on two areas of interest: Area 1: Referral Management to Address Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Aligned with Clinical Care Area 2: Health IT Tools to Make Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data Research- and Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Ready Learn More

CMS Webinar: Administrative Simplification Enforcement The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Standards Group (NSG) invites you to a webinar about Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification enforcement. The webinar will be held on August 18, 2021, from 1:00-2:30 PM. Register

Wisconsin Governor Signs Insurance Cybersecurity Act into Law According to a report in JD Supra, Wisconsin is one of the latest states to “adopt the National Association of Insurance Commissioner's (NAIC) model cybersecurity law.”   Wisconsin’s governor signed the law, Act 73, on July 15. The law will help protect the PII and PHI that insurance companies collect from individuals.  Learn More

Resources for You WEDI Comment Letter to NCVHS on Healthcare Standards Development, Adoption and Implementation Sneak Peek: Emerging echnologies Subworkgroup Meeting The Evolution of Ransomware with Google Cloud’s Director of Security and Compliance Jeanette Manfra

Final Draft of  Qualified Health Information Network Technical Framework  is Available for Feedback The Workflow Automation Background report is available. Lessons learned from other industries for accelerating workflow automation in health care.

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.

NEW ONC Webinar: What health care providers need to know about information sharing and the info blocking regulation!

HL7 FHIR Connectathon September 13-15 X12 Fall 2021 Standing Meeting September 26 – October 6

Hot Headlines: Share Apple Health data with doctors on Verizon’s telehealth platform Data's role in creating a more equitable health system Cybersecurity: The Hidden Health Tech Crisis No One’s Talking About

Emerging Technology Subworkgroup The next Emerging Technology meeting will be August 19th from 3-4ET and we'll continue our discussion on AEOB. Contact sholvey@wedi.org to get involved

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