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WEDI 2025 Summer Forum

August 5, 2025 9:00 AM - August 6, 2025 12:30 PM (EDT)

Description

NEW LOCATION FOR 2025, Wintrust Hall on the Campus of Loyola University Chicago. Only 4.5 blocks from our previous location

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Join us in the Windy City in August as we take an in-depth, engaged, and interactive look at the implementation of the CMS Enhancing Interoperability and Improving Prior Authorization Final Rule (0057-F). Learn from your fellow health IT colleagues as we spend time sharing implementation challenges, collaborating on solutions, identifying best practices, and showcasing progress on meeting the goals of 0057-F to drive more efficient and patient-friendly health care delivery.

Day 2 content TBA

Virtual registration options are available, all sessions will be recorded.


Event Agenda (Subject to Change, Times are Central)

August 5, 2025

8:30am- 9:45amRecipe for Success: Dot Exercise Sponsored by InterSystems
9:45am- 10:30amCMS 0057F: Game Planning the Transformation of Health Care
10:30am- 10:45amNetworking Break
10:45am- 11:15amTBA Session Sponsored by Edifecs
11:15am- 12:00pmExploring Prior Authorization as a Business Process
12:00pm- 12:45pmLunch and Networking/ X12 8060 Preview
12:45pm- 1:15pmTBA Session Sponsored by Itiliti Health
1:15pm- 2:00pmFrom Burden to Benefit: How DTR Can Help Transform Prior Auth and Health Care
2:00pm- 2:30pmNetworking Break
2:30pm- 3:15pmTesting the Waters: Real-World CMS0057F Testing Experiences
3:45pm- 4:45pmCMS Listening Session on CMS 0057F
4:45pm- 5:00pmRevisiting Success Factors from the Morning's Dot Exercise


August 6, 2025

Day 2 content TBA


Faculty (more to be announced)

  • Kendra Obrist, Senior Consultant, Point-of-Care Partners
  • Danielle Lloyd, Senior Vice President, Private Market Innovation and Quality Initiatives, AHIP
  • Andrea Preisler, Senior Associate Director, Administrative Simplification Policy, American Hospital Association (AHA)
  • Vaishali Dubey, Director, Provider Interoperability Solutions, Strategy and Operations, Florida Blue
  • Jim Adamson, Health Information Technology Consultant, Point-of-Care Partners
  • Heather McComas, Director, Administrative Simplification Initiatives, AMA
  • Cara Wahmann, Director, Clinical Operations, Health Care Service Corporation
  • Terry Cunningham, Senior Director, Administrative Simplification Policy, AHA
  • Celine Lefebvre, Assistant Director, Administrative Simplification Policy, AMA
  • Greg LeGrow, Executive Director, Payer Product Market Strategy, athenahealth
  • Stephan Rubin, Director of Product Management, Optum Insights, Optum
  • Scott Weinberg, Health Informatics and Interoperability Group, CMS
  • Denny Brennan, Massachusetts Health Data Consortium
  • Ron Wampler, Executive Director, Interoperability, Aetna, a CVS Health Company

WEDI will not have a host hotel for this event. Onsite attendees are encouraged to research lodging options near Wintrust Hall (address 16 E Pearson Street)

Location

Hybrid Event, Loyola University Chicago, Wintrust Hall AND Zoom

Wintrust Hall is located at 16 East Pearson Street, 4.5 blocks from our previous location and 3 blocks from the world famous Magnificent Mile. 

Onsite registration is limited, be sure to register as soon as possible to secure your seats!

Contact Information

WEDI
Name: Michael McNutt
Email: mmcnutt@wedi.org

In-person and virtual registration options available! For in-person group discounts (for every 2 paid registrations, the third is free) contact Michael McNutt at mmcnutt@wedi.org

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