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  Now over a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, many metrics indicate the light at the end of the tunnel is fast approaching. At the time of this writing,  32.3 percent  of the U.S. is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, with the current average daily vaccination count at 1.75 million doses across the country. Many healthcare professionals, both within the CDC and in their respective fields, seem to agree: we’ve turned a corner in the fight against the pandemic. Even though local, stat e , and federal governments have been responding accordingly by increasing indoor capacity limits and allowing bars and restaurants to open, many healthcare providers have noticed that lost patient volumes have yet to return to pre-pandemic levels. Many providers believed that as soon as reopening began, there would be a mass influx of patients who have had to ignore medical treatments for over a year due to pandemic restrictions. However, that has yet to happen. As far as medicine is concerne...

  Electronic Data Interchanges (EDIs) have been around for over 30 years. But what exactly are the benefits to healthcare organizations, especially those that use sophisticated medical software like Epic to handle billing and patient information? In this blog post, we’ll cover: What EDIs are and the forecasted trends in the industry The benefits that EDIs can provide to medical personnel Challenges and solutions that exist for healthcare organizations using EDIs What are EDIs? An Electronic Data Interchange is a modern way for hospital s  and insurers to communicate. EDI was first introduced publicly in the early 1990s when the Bush Administration expressed concern for rising healthcare costs. With the passing of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act in 1996, EDI was mandated as the primary way that these two groups should communicate with each other. Not only does EDI reduce the costs associated with human error in medical billing, but it also ensures a prot...