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WEDI New Member Orientation
Spring 2012
WEDI New Member Orientation
Agenda
● Introductions
● WEDI 101
– Who is WEDI
– WEDI Structure
– Benefits
– Engagement
– Communication
– Smartbrief
● Web Resources
– Your Profile
– Listservs & Documents
– Online Education
– Health IT Legislative and Regulatory Tracking
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WEDI 101
WEDI: Who are We?
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The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) is a
leading authority on the use of Health IT to improve healthcare
information exchange in order to enhance the quality of care,
improve efficiency and to reduce costs of our nation’s healthcare
system.
WEDI is an industry organization named in the 1996 HIPAA Law
as advisor to the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
WEDI is a consensus based organization when bringing forward
policy recommendations that have been vetted by its
membership from all key stakeholders
WEDI’s membership includes a broad coalition of organizations,
including: hospitals, providers, health plans, vendors,
government agencies, consumers, not-for-profit organizations
and standards bodies.
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WEDI: Who are We?
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WEDI is seen across the industry as a neutral facilitator that
involves representation from providers, plans, clearinghouses,
vendors, government, SDOs, ORAEs, DCCs and others.
WEDI’s work groups have the depth in SME participation to
discuss policy, business and implementation issues of each
transaction based on regulations, standards and operating rules
(e.g. the PAGs).
WEDI is well known for hosting multiple Industry Forums on key
healthcare initiatives and has held hearings on HIPAA
implementation progress, barriers, and best practices.
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WEDI: The Facilitator
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WEDI: Our Advisory Role
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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
of 1996 requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services
(HHS) to adopt standards for health care transactions to enable
electronic exchange of health information. WEDI is an
organization named by the Secretary of HHS that is required to
consult with prior to the adoption of standards.
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WEDI Structure
How We’re Structured
● Committees & Workgroups
– WEDI Board of Directors
– Committees
– Workgroup Leadership
– Task groups
● Adhoc Groups
– Public Advisory Groups
– Technical Advisory Committees
● Staff
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WEDI Structure: Board Committees
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The WEDI Board of Directors has a number of
Committees that help drive the operations of various
functional areas, including:
– Workgroup Leadership Committee
– Peer Review Committee
– Government Relations
– Membership & Communications
– Education Committee
– Regional Affiliates
– Nominating Committee (*)
– Policy Committee (*)
– Finance Committee (*)
– Executive Committee (*)
* Reserved for Board members only
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WEDI Board of Directors
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32 Members of the Board
Board has a defined number of seats for:
– Health Plans
– Providers
– Nonprofits
– SDOs
Responsible for the overall strategic direction of the organization
Board committees include: strategic planning, nominating,
standards advisory, executive, membership and communication,
and education
List of Board Directors:
http://www.wedi.org/forms/committee/CommitteeFormPublic/vie
w?id=6C600000064
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WEDI SNIP: What is it?
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Strategic National Implementation Process (SNIP)
Mission: Facilitate a collaborative, industry-wide approach and
readiness for the implementation of health information technology
(HIT), HIPAA, ARRA/HITECH, other healthcare regulations,
clinical initiatives, and standards including those for security,
privacy, EDI transactions, code sets, and identifiers.
Foster implementation of healthcare regulations, clinical initiatives,
and standards in a manner that preserves the confidentiality,
integrity and availability of health information, while enabling
efficient business processing.
The Workgroup Leadership Committee (WLC) provides oversight
and is comprised of workgroup leaders
List of WLC Leaders: http://tinyurl.com/snipsteering
Details on SNIP workgroups: http://www.wedi.org/snip/index.shtml
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WEDI Structure: SNIP
● Dental Workgroup
● ICD-10
– Clinical SWG
– Crosswalks SWG
– Impact Assessment SWG
– Testing SWG
– Timeline SWG
● Health Plan ID
● ACO & Bundled Payments
● Health Insurance Exchanges (HIX)
● Health Information Exchanges (HIE)
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WEDI Structure: SNIP
● Security & Privacy
– Breach and Breach Notification SWG
– Business Associates SWG
– Cloud Computing SWG
– Enforcement SWG
– Federal Work SWG
– Health Information Exchage (HIE) SWG
– HITECH Updates SWG
– Mobile Health SWG
– Privacy and Risk Management SWG
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WEDI Structure: SNIP
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Transactions & Code Sets
– 5010: 27X SWG
– 5010; 837 SWG
– 5010: Early Adopters SWG
– 835 SWG
– Acknowledgments SWG
– COB SWG
– EFT SWG
– Electronic Medicl Bill SWG
– Property Casualty SWG
– Health ID Card SWG
– NPI SWG
– Testing SWG
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WEDI Structure: Staff
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Located in Reston, VA at:
1984 Isaac Newton Square, Suite 304, Reston, VA 20190.
6 total Staff Members:
– Devin Jopp, President & CEO
– Ann Marie Railing, Vice President of External Relations &
Strategic Initiatives
– Lisa Berretta, Vice President of Membership & Administration
– Mario Marzette, Director of Marketing & Partner Development
– Amy Verd, Director of Meetings & Industry Education
– Samantha Holvey, Community & Education Coordinator
Go to http://www.wedi.org/public/articles/details~14.shtml for contact
information
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Member Benefits
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Joining WEDI is more than just a membership. It’s your
passport to vital information that can help you improve your
business and shape the direction of healthcare information
exchange.
Your membership benefits include access to:
– Your peer’s in order to exchange best practices or seek
advice
– WEDI’s whitepapers, issue briefs on critical topics that
impact your business
– WEDI’s Health IT federal and 50-state legislative and
regulatory tracking system
– Attend WEDI’s free monthly townhall meetings
– Discounted rates to WEDI’s educational programming
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Get Engaged
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Evaluate what are your goals for participating in WEDI?
– Be a part of helping to shape future health IT regulation
– Seek advice from your peers
– Access information (e.g. regulatory, legislative, or resource
documents)
– Seeking Educational opportunities.
Get engaged early, and engage often. Identify your interest and
reach out to the workgroup co-chairs or staff to express your
interest
When you join WEDI, your entire organization is a member. If
you’re a hospital system with 6 hospitals, all of your hospitals
have the same ability to participate in WEDI for no additional
costs. Spread the word to others!
Consider being a leader
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WEDI Communications
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SNIP Synopsis (monthly). Update on key WEDI and SNIP
activities for the prior quarter
Member Bulletins (daily). Late breaking news and/or WEDI
letters of comment
Special promotional mailings (e.g. conferences)
Health IT Smartbrief (see next page)
Manage your subscriptions by going to www.wedi.org, login and
click “Manage Profile”.
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Health IT Newsletter
Smartbrief
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Daily Newsletter
Features top industry stories
related to Health IT
Updates on key WEDI
activities
Current audience of 18,000
readers
Available to WEDI members
and non-members
Sign up now at:
www.smartbrief.com/hit
WEDI Web Resources
WEDI Resources: Profiles
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When you join, you are given a login to the
WEDI website
Creating a profile is critical to accessing
WEDI’s online resources, including your
personal information, listserv subscriptions,
membership management and meeting
registrations
To edit your profile, go to
http://www.wedi.org/manageProfile.shtml
From this link you can modify your
personal profile or your company’s (if
you’re the primary contact)
Contact Lisa Berretta if you have
questions: [email protected]
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WEDI Resources: Listserv
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Listservs are a vital mechanism that WEDI uses to keep
members informed as to what’s going on.
To join Listservs, go to www.wedi.org, resources and Listservs.
Go to bottom of page where is says “To sign up for or manage
your e-mail list subscriptions, please click here”.
To view Listserv archives, go to www.wedi.org, resources and
Listserv archives
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WEDI Resources: Documents
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With your login and profile created, you can access WEDI’s
issue briefs, FAQs, comment letters and whitepapers.
Go to www.wedi.org, Resources, Resource Documents and
select the category you’re interested in. Click on the document,
login in and click on the link below the words: “Related files for
Download”
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Expanded Leg & Reg Tracking
Federal & All 50 State Health IT Tracking
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New service is now
available:
http://www.wedi.org/public/
articles/prot/index.cfm?CF
TOKEN=34627150&CFID
=16930863&id=1125
List of topics, with links to
summary and detail
legislation and regulation
Federal & all 50 state
Updated daily
Let us know if there is a
topic you’d like to see
Just Launched
Health IT Innovations: www.wedionline.org/innovate
New Marketplace
Health IT Marketplace: www.wedionline.org/marketplace
Member Questions
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How did you learn about WEDI? What attracted you to join?
What can we do to make WEDI’s services more valuable to you?
How can WEDI help get more people involved from your company
to participate in workgroups and events?
What services do you wish WEDI offered that it doesn’t today?
What specific topics are you most interested in?
How can WEDI improve it’s new member program?
Do you WEDI?
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Get involved today:
– Join a workgroup
– Actively engage in the listservs
– Leverage WEDI’s website resources (e.g. leg/reg tracking system,
listservs, best practice database and documents)
Pass around the word to your colleagues to get engaged today! There’s
no additional fee – unlimited users from your company and subsidiaries
Make sure you (or others) from your company attend WEDI events.
They’re packed full of important knowledge
Send us your membership story – what does WEDI mean to you? Email
[email protected]. Even better – send us a video.
Let me know what else we can do to make your membership more
valuable: [email protected]
THANK YOU!
Mark Your Calendars
2013 Meeting Locations
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Spring Conference:
– May 12 – 16
– Las Vegas, NV
– Hotel: Venetian
Summer ICD-10 Forum:
– July 22 – 25
– Fairfax, VA
– Hotel: Marriot Fair Oaks
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Fall Conference:
– November 17-21
– National Harbor, MD
– Hotel: Gaylord
WEDI is planning to conduct
three to four all-day virtual
events. First event is
planned for January 2013