Edifecs to Exhibit and Speak at HIMSS23

CHICAGO – April 10, 2023 – Edifecs, Inc., a global health information technology solutions company, is speaking and exhibiting at the 2023 HIMSS Global Health Conference and Exhibition, April 17-21 in Chicago. Edifecs will co-host sessions at the Interoperability Showcase on the business value of working toward compliance with government mandates, and how to leverage HL7 Da Vinci Project guides to increase workflow efficiency and meet federal regulations.

Exhibiting at booth #7746, during showroom hours, attendees can hear from industry experts including, Da Vinci, Florida Blue, Edifecs, and RELI Group on topics like Member Consent, Alternative Payment Models, Patient Cost Transparency, FHIR®, and more. The Edifecs #WhatIRun program is making its return to the HIMSS exhibition floor in support of women in HIT and in partnership with Allbirds.

As a founding member of the Da Vinci Project, Edifecs is taking part in presentations and demonstrations highlighting the role HL7® FHIR® plays in streamlining processes and improving data exchange.

HIMSS23 Interoperability Showcase:

An Introduction to the Value-Based Performance Reporting HL7 FHIR® Implementation Guide

• WHEN: Wednesday, April 19 at 3:45 p.m.-4:05 p.m. CT
• WHERE: North Building, Level 3, Hall B | Booth 7946
• SPEAKERS:
  • Michael Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Edifecs
  • David Degandi, Senior Interoperability Strategist, Cambia Health
  • Semira Singh, Director of Population Health Informatics, Providence

Business Value Beyond Compliance: Prior Authorization, AI, and FHIR

• WHEN: Thursday, April 20 at 1:45 p.m.-2:05 p.m. CT
• WHERE: North Building, Level 3, Hall B | Booth 7946
• SPEAKERS:
  • Maxim Abramsky, AVP, Product Management Prior Authorization, Edifecs
  • Vaishali Dubey, Sr Manager Interoperability Program Strategy & Operations, Florida Blue

Edifecs In-Booth Activity, Hall B | Booth 7746

Micro Sessions: Join Edifecs for brief, 10-minute sessions on today’s most transformative healthcare topics.

• WHAT: CMS Overhaul of Risk Adjustment: What You Need to Know with Erin Kuhr, Director Risk Adjustment, Edifecs
  WHEN: Tuesday, April 18 – 10:10 a.m. and Wednesday, April 19 – 9:50 a.m.

• WHAT: Comply with the Proposed CMS Payer to Payer & Provider Access API with Member Consent & FHIR® with Sergiu Rata, AVP Product Management and Kevin Day, Principal Business Advisor, Edifecs
  WHEN: Tuesday, April 18 and Wednesday, April 19 – 12:10 p.m.

• WHAT: Leveraging FHIR & Interoperability to Meet Cost Transparency & No Surprise Act with Kevin Day and Alice O’Carroll, Interoperability Product Manager, Florida Blue
  WHEN: Tuesday, April 18 and Wednesday, April 19 – 1:10 p.m.

• WHAT: Update on Value-Based Payment Industry Initiatives: WEDI, CAQH & HL7® Da Vinci Project with Michael Pattwell, Principal Business Advisor, Edifecs
  WHEN: Tuesday, April 18 – 3:10 p.m.

• WHAT: Supporting CMS Compliance Review and Covered Entity Self Testing through the ASSET Program with Karah Jarvis, ASETT Project Director, RELI Group
  WHEN: Wednesday, April 19 – 10:10 a.m.

• WHAT: Value-Based Payments Transparency for Health Systems with Gary Singh, Director Product Management, Edifecs
  WHEN: Wednesday, April 19 – 11:10 a.m.

#WhatIRun: Edifecs will feature its nationally acclaimed #WhatIRun campaign at HIMSS23. The campaign supports women in health IT by shining a spotlight on all the activities women run and manage, both personally and professionally. This year, Edifecs is partnering with Allbirds to give away shoes to lucky winners at booth 7746 throughout the HIMSS23 conference. For every #WhatIRun social share throughout the duration of HIMSS23, Edifecs will donate $1 to the women’s health organization Bright Pink. For more information about the #WhatIRun program visit: https://whatirun.org.

• WHEN: Exhibition floor hours April 17-21 (see schedule at a glance)

Social Hour | Join us for Trivia Night!: Enjoy Beer, Bourbon, and Bites while you compete to be the smartest guy or gal in the booth. The winner gets a prize!

• WHEN: Wednesday, April 19, 4:30 – 6:00 pm

For updates on the latest news and announcements at HIMSS23, please follow Edifecs on LinkedIn.

About Edifecs

Edifecs provides market leading technology to their payer and health system customers who serve nearly 300 million people in the U.S. healthcare market. For over 25 years, Edifecs has enabled customers to unlock greater value by aggregating, normalizing, and unifying data with their Best in KLAS  interoperability platform. The Edifecs platform serves as the foundation for the solutions that eliminate stakeholder friction to overcome healthcare’s biggest challenges, including accelerating value-based payment adoption and obtaining more complete and accurate care funding for alternative payment models. Edifecs offers natural language processing, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to provide deeper insights into patients, populations, and business processes. As new standards and regulations continually emerge from government agencies, Edifecs is a proven partner to ensure its customers maintain “evergreen” compliance. Edifecs customers include 100% of national health plans, 70% of state Medicaid programs, and 94% of the lives covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield payers.

 

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Media Contact:
Janet Hohmann
425-435-2894
Janet.Hohmann@edifecs.com