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About Unyphied
MISSION
UNYPHIED’s mission is to facilitate improvement in the quality, safety and efficiency of health care for all populations across Western New York by providing leadership, education, outreach and support for the secure and confidential communication of health information among providers, payers, institutions and patients.
VISION
UNYPHIED’s vision is that all information systems in the Western New York health care information infrastructure will be interconnected and interoperable.
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UNYPHIED, the community-wide forum has been formed to assist the Upstate New York healthcare community with HIPAA standards implementation. HIPAA regulates how patient information is to be protected and the Administrative Simplification provision identifies a method in which to simplify the electronic claim transactions of healthcare providers and payers with standardized formats. This forum focuses on HIPAA's regulations and works in conjunction with the national Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), an organization that acts as an advisory to the Department of Health and Human Services. This regional WEDI affiliate called UNYPHIED, stands for the Upstate New York Professional Healthcare Information and Education Demonstration. This "unified" effort is assisting the healthcare continuum with the implementation of the standards the government has set forth. The mission of UNYPHIED is to establish regional Administrative Simplification readiness and leverage the healthcare community's intellectual capital to raise awareness and share best practices to implement HIPAA standards more efficiently. UNYPHIED was founded by Gina Fedele, Manager of Professional Relations of The Center for Hospice & Palliative Care, and Tak Nobumoto, Director of Strategic IT Planning and Director of HIPAA Compliance, UB Associates, Inc. in the spring of 2003. Consensus within the healthcare community is key to the Administrative Simplification provision's success. Whether trying to educate the healthcare community about privacy, security, or transaction and code sets, it is apparent that without a collaborative effort, the whole idea of Administrative Simplification becomes anything but simple. The entire healthcare community of Upstate New York is invited to join the effort. Providers, payers and vendors alike may attend the general meetings (see Calendar). If you are interested in joining the list serve, send your email address and contact information or call:
Gina Fedele: gfedele@palliativecare.org (716) 686-8201
Tak Nobumoto: nobumoto@buffalo.edu (716) 829-2810
DisclaimerThe content provided is for the purpose of serving as a resource to individuals and entities interested in HIPAA compliance, and does not constitute legal advice. As legal advice must be tailored to the specific circumstances of each matter, and applicable law constantly evolves, none of the content provided should be used as a substitute for the advice of competent counsel. By virtue of you and your organization reviewing this content, no legal relationship is formed between you or your organization and UNYPHIED or any of its members. UNYPHIED and its members do not make, and specifically disclaim, any representations, endorsements, guarantees, or warranties, express or implied, regarding the content provided, including, without limitations, any of the foregoing regarding merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose, arising from course of dealing, or usage of trade or trade practice, or concerning the quality or sufficiency of any results to be achieved by use of the content, including, without limitation, any efforts to comply with HIPAA.
