Media Contacts
Liz Johnson, MGMA Press Relations, 877.275.6462 ext. 1347, eaj@mgma.com
Jim Schuping, WEDI Executive Director/CEO, jschuping@wedi.org
Press Releases
Project SwipeIT In the News
August 16, 2009
August 12, 2009
April 24, 2009
March 23, 2009
March 16, 2009
Feb. 11, 2009
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Jan. 30, 2009
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Jan. 12, 2009
What Others Are Saying
"UnitedHealth Group strongly supports the creation of consistent national standards that simplifies the exchange of information between insurers and care providers," said Lewis G. Sandy, senior vice president, clinical advancement, UnitedHealth Group. "As a member of the Healthcare Administrative Simplification Coalition, we fully appreciate the importance of decreasing administrative burden to physician practices. That is why we are actively engaged in addressing administrative burden and applaud the MGMA's SwipeIT campaign to promote industry adoption of machine-readable health care ID cards. This campaign will promote the WEDI guidelines and play a critical role in advancing health information technology."
– UnitedHealth Group
"America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) members strongly support efforts to encourage greater use of health information technology. We applaud MGMA's work to promote national standards for swipe ID card technology as one component of a strategy to simplify administrative processes for the benefit of consumers and physicians. As the nation moves towards health care reform, we need to prioritize health information technology that can enhance efficiency, improve health care quality, and reduce costly medical errors. AHIP is actively engaged in these issues and we look forward to working with MGMA on future endeavors."
– Karen Ignagni, president and chief executive, AHIP