Member Newsletter

September 8, 2022

Previous Editions

Federal Updates

CMS Reports ACOs Saved Medicare More Than $1.6 Billion in 2021.
ONC and HRSA launch USCDI+ Initiative to support UDS Modernization.
HRSA Announces $20 Million in Awards to Address Maternal Health Crisis; Reduce Disparities in Maternal and Infant Health.
HHS Launches Website to Safeguard Information on Health and Rights for Patients and Providers.
The Sequoia Project Publishes DUW IG for Review.
The Sequoia Project Releases Final QHIN Documents.
Research: Increased Telehealth Use for Opioid Use Disorder Services During Pandemic Associated with Reduced Risk of Overdose.

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CMS RFI: Make Your Voice Heard

CMS is seeking public input on accessing healthcare and related challenges, understanding provider experiences, advancing health equity, and assessing the impact of waivers and flexibilities provided in response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. Comments must be received by November 4, 2022 to be considered.

Request for Information: Make your voice heard

ISA Comment Period Open

The Interoperability Standards Advisory (ISA) is a catalog of the standards and implementation specifications that ONC has – with your help – curated over the past 8 years. This is an opportunity for you to provide comments, suggest revisions, and propose additions for the 9th Annual ISA Reference Edition. The annual comment period for the ISA will be open until September 30th.

Comment on the ISA

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Interview with Ron Emerson - Telehealth Awareness Week

Advanced technology must fit into the ‘Quadruple Aim’ quest

Artificial intelligence and genomics will give clinicians more weapons in the arsenal to fight disease, but they’ll also pose integration challenges.

“Genomics will be coming more and more into the EHR data, and genomics together (with other clinical data) can do some wonderful (things in the) future there, says Judy Faulkner, CEO of Epic Systems Corp. The ability for us to put the data together and get a lot more evidence-based decisions is wonderful.”

Personalization of care means treating patients when and where they want to be treated. Technology can help extend a provider’s reach into a patient’s home, where they can be assessed through remote monitoring, says Jim Costanzo, CEO of Nordic Consulting Partners. “When we talk about the future of healthcare, we could talk about diagnostics being remote and in your home,” he says.

Beyond just AI, more healthcare organizations need to take advantage of the capabilities of computing to become more efficient, contends David Sides, CEO and president of NextGen Healthcare.

Why WEDI Interview with Steven

Kansteiner, Vice President of Physician Data Operations at UnitedHealthcare

4Q Interview

Upcoming Events

Virtual Spotlight - The Value and Future of Telehealth

Free for WEDI Members

September 21

WEDI is proud to support the second-annual Telehealth Awareness Week presented by the American Telemedicine Association! Telehealth plays a critical role in supporting access to safe, quality healthcare services for diverse communities of patients and providers. Register to learn more about the growing trend toward digital health and telehealth policy updates!

Virtual Spotlight - Healthy Mothers: Addressing Algorithmic Bias (and More) in Maternal Health

September 27

The U.S. has the worst maternal health rating among all developed countries and data confirms significantly higher pregnancy-related mortality ratios among Black and American Indian/Alaskan Native women. Part of the problem is that scientifically inaccurate stereotypes are perpetuated in tools currently used in obstetric clinical decision making (i.e.VBAC calculator). Register for this webinar to learn about the intricacies of the maternal health crisis, insights from AI, new technologies and solutions.

Virtual Spotlight Series: Operating Rules Updates with CAQH CORE

Free for WEDI Members

October 6

CAQH CORE requested a review from NCVHS of a set of new and updated operating rules for federal adoption. Register to learn from CAQH CORE about their recommendations, what it means moving forward for health care administrative transactions, and share your perspectives regarding these new proposals.

Virtual Spotlight Series: Standards Updates with X12

Free for WEDI Members

October 11

X12 submitted the first in a series of recommendations for advancing the HIPAA version of currently mandated transactions to the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS). Register to learn more about these recommendations and provide feedback.

Virtual Spotlight Series: Standards Updates with NCPDP

Free for WEDI Members

October 20

The National Council for Prescription Drug Programs (NCPDP) is an ANSI-accredited, standards development organization providing healthcare solutions. Register to provide feedback and learn more about the standards updates from the past year and their 2023 forecast.

WEDI 2022 National Conference

October 25-27

To be held at The American University Washington College of Law

This is a hybrid event, so you will have the opportunity to engage in-person or virtually. If you want to learn about upcoming regulations, standards implementation, and collaborate with colleagues to develop the future of health care data exchange, then register today!

Calendar of Events

September Schedule

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
			1 Property & Casualty	2
5	6 Prior Auth	7 Acknowledgments	8 Claims	9 NSA
12 Remittance Advice & Payment	13	14 Privacy & Security Provider Info	15 Claims Status Emerging Tech	16
19	20 Prior Auth	21 Virtual Spotlight	22 Claims Health Equity	23 NSA
26	27 Virtual Spotlight Genomics Payment Models	28 Telehealth	29	30

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