Edifecs testifies at the National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS) Regarding Vendor Readiness for the National Provider Identifier (NPI)
Bellevue, WA — February 9, 2007: On Wednesday January 24, Catherine Schulten of Edifecs, Inc. 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 state of NPI Readiness
- What obstacles are endangering a smooth transition to NPI usage
A copy of testimony may be found at www.ncvhs.hhs.gov
Edifecs is a nationally recognized vendor that provides a variety of solutions to help Health Plans and Providers meet their objectives for NPI compliance in time for the federally mandated March 2007 compliance deadline
Ms. Schulten, member of the Health Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) AFEHCT Advisory Council and the HIMSS Ambulatory Business Systems Integration Task Force, presented material from a HIMSS’ paper she helped to author “Guide to Vendor Assisted NPI Solutions”. The report, available on the HIMSS website at
http://www.himss.org/content/files/npisolutions.pdf, details the types of commercially available solutions that assist Providers and Health Plans with NPI compliance.
About Edifecs
Edifecs helps organizations achieve interoperability and return on investment by simplifying the adoption of standard electronic transactions and deriving business value from trading partner communities. The Edifecs Healthcare SuiteTM includes business performance management applications that automate and manage the full lifecycle of transactions; defining requirements, community enablement, testing and data validation, real-time transaction monitoring, repair and reconciliation, and providing transaction analytics.
2007 marks 11 years of Edifecs’ expertise in providing innovative technology solutions to over 1600 customers worldwide. Edifecs has over 200 customers and partners in healthcare that include 16 Blue Plans, 35 Medicaid, State and Federal Agencies, along with partnership arrangements with most leading middleware stack vendors. Founded in 1996, Edifecs is headquartered in Bellevue, WA. Company website: www.edifecs.com. Contact: Kevin Pierce 425-452-0622, kevinp@edifecs.com.
