Edifecs Community Presentations

Edifecs participates in many industry conferences as a presenter or panelist. Below is a list of publications or presentations from recent events.

HIMSS Members Present to NCVHS Subcommittee on Standards and Security (January 2007)

Edifecs provided testimony before the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) on Vendor Readiness for the soon to be mandated National Provider Identifier (NPI). Topics covered in the testimony included “NPI Readiness” as applied to different types of HIT vendors, types of COTS solutions that are available to help providers and health plans meet the NPI requirements, what providers and health plans are saying about their NPI readiness and obstacles endangering a smooth transition to NPI usage.
A copy of this testimony may be found at www.ncvhs.hhs.gov

National Plan Automation Group (NPAG) (April 2006)

Edifecs moderated a panel discussion on Enabling Interoperability by representatives from Wellpoint, CAQH/CORE Eligibility Project, X12, and BCBS of IL at the NPAG Conference in Napa Valley, April 2-5, 2006.

Fourth National Medical Banking Institute (February 2006)

Edifecs presented on transaction accountability and assuring the integrity of inbound and outbound transactions to technology executives, compliance officers, senior healthcare and banking management and more at the Medical Banking Project’s Institute in Nashville, Tennessee, February 22-23, 2006. Edifecs was also represented on a panel discussing Collaborative Open-source Medical Banking Architecture & Technology (COMBAT).

BCBSA Health IT Summit (November 2005)

Edifecs delivered a presentation on the challenges and opportunities related to transaction accountability for an audience of Blue Cross Blue Shield Executives at Orlando, Florida for BCBSA Health IT Summit in November 4, 2005.

National Dental EDI Council’s annual conference (May 2005)

Edifecs delivered a presentation to Dental EDI managers and executives on the opportunities and advantages of using transaction based data to provide valuable business intelligence at Tucson, Arizona for the National Dental EDI Council’s annual conference in May 22, 2005.

Washington HIMSS Society meeting (May 2005)

Edifecs presented the concepts related to transaction based business intelligence and transactional data warehousing for a variety of healthcare IT managers and executives at Seattle, Washington for Washington HIMSS Society meeting in May 20, 2005.

10th Annual HIPAA Summit (April 2005)

Edifecs delivered a presentation on the opportunities for deriving business intelligence value from the implementation of HIPAA transaction at Baltimore, Maryland for 10th Annual HIPAA Summit in April 7, 2005.

Medical Banking Institute (February 2005)

Edifecs delivered a presentation to a variety of payer and banking executives on the opportunities for business intelligence directly from transactional data at Nashville, Tennessee for Medical Banking Institute in February 24, 2005.

HIMSS 2005 Education Session (February 2005)

Edifecs presented an education session during HIMSS 2005. The presentation was well received and great questions were asked by the audience.

Blue Cross Blue Shield e-Business Summit (December 2004)

Edifecs presented during a conference breakout session.

Texas Managed Care Conference (November 2004)

Edifecs presented during a HIPAA Claims Panel session which consisted of health plans and clearinghouses. The presentation was well received by the 150 attendees in the session and included recommendations to move from HIPAA Certification to Interoperability Assurance.

MMIS Conference (September 2004)

Edifecs project managers facilitated and presented in a session at the MMIS conference, "Best Practices for HIPAA Testing and Validation." There were 5 presentations during this session including two by Edifecs CommerceDesk customers - New York Medicaid and Maryland Medicaid.

Eli Research (August 2004)

Edifecs was interviewed by Eli Research for their monthly compliance alert publication. The subject: "How to Tame the TCS Rule Beast, Hint: Communication and cooperation go a long way."

HCCO/CCAP Audio Conference (August 2004)

Edifecs was pleased to sponsor the HCCO/CCAP audio conference on August 18th, 2004. Edifecs presented with other industry panelists, including a health plan, provider and a vendor.

Texas Association of Health Plans (June 2004)

Edifecs participated in a healthcare vendor and clearinghouse panel discussion regarding transaction implementation and compliance.

WEDI Annual Conference (May 2004)

Edifecs presented a breakout session on achieving a return on investment from your HIPAA transaction implementation. Topics included: where is the return on investment for payers and providers, the barriers to success and the key steps to removing those barriers.

BCBSA Internet Newsletters (May 2004)

BCBSA published an article about Edifecs portal solutions for managing and enabling HIPAA trading partner communities and transactions. These solutions help payers and providers within your community achieve quicker payback on your HIPAA investment.