Appendix 13
WEDI Membership

WEDI Co-Chairs

Joseph T. Brophy
Past President
The Travelers Insurance Company
One Tower Square, 6MS
Hartford, CT  06183

Bernard R. Tresnowski
President
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
676 N. St. Clair Street
Chicago, IL  60611


WEDI Steering Committee

Mary Adelman
Director
Government Relations and Legal Affairs Self-
Insurance Institute of America, Inc.
17300 Redhill Ave., Suite 100
Irvine, CA  92714

Lee Barrett
ASC X12
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT  06156

George Belsey
Executive Vice President
American Hospital Association
840 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60611

Jim Bradley
Vice President
United Healthcare Corporation
(Group Health Association of America) 9900 Bren Road
East Minneapolis, MN  55440-8001




Rick Chapman
Chief Information Officer
Columbia Healthcare Corporation
(Federation for American Healthcare Systems) 201 W. Main
Street Louisville, KY  40202

Norwood Davis
Chairman of the Board and CEO
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of America
2015 Staples Mill Road
Richmond, VA  23230

Carole Gassert, Ph.D., RN
School of Nursing
University of Maryland - Baltimore (American
Nurses Association)
Parsons Hall
655 W. Lombard Street, Room 411 Baltimore, MD
21201

Dr. Albert H. Guay
Assistant Executive Director
American Dental Association
211 East Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611-2678

Lynn E. Jensen, Ph.D.
Vice President
Health Policy
American Medical Association
515 North State Street, 13th Floor Chicago, IL
60610

Ernie Johnston
Vice President
Mutual of Omaha
Mutual of Omaha Plaza
Omaha, NE  68175

Ronald P. Jordan, R.Ph.
President
Drug Benefit Management Systems, Inc. (National Council
for Prescription
     Drug Programs)
30 Sharpe Street
West Greenwich, RI  02817

Peter M. Kazon
Executive Director
American Clinical Laboratory Association 1919
Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 800 Washington, D.C.  20006

Steven Lazarus, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director
Medical Group Management Association 104 Inverness
Terrace East
Englewood, CO  80112-5306

Mary Lou Marek
Vice President
Aetna Life Insurance Company
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT  06156

Tony Masso
Vice President
Managed Care and Insurance Products Health Insurance
Association of America 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20036

Martha McSteen
President
National Committee to Preserve Social Security and
Medicare 2000 K Street, N.W., Suite 800 Washington, D.C.
20006

Karen Pace
Director
Clinical Affairs
National Association for Home Care
519 C. Street, N.E., Stanton Park Washington, D.C.
200025809

John Rother
Director
Legislation and Public Policy
American Association of Retired Persons 601 E Street,
N.W. Washington, D.C.  20049

Leonard Schaeffer
Chairman and CEO
Blue Cross of California
21555 Oxnard Street
Woodland Hills, CA  91367



Linda Schofield
Director
Department of Income Maintenance
State of Connecticut
110 Bartholomew Avenue
Hartford, CT  06106

Robert A. Wacloff, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer
Health Technology Management, Inc. (American Managed
Care and
     Review Association)
9015 South Poplar Street
Tempe, AZ  85284

Carol Walton
Director
Bureau of Program Operations
Health Care Financing Administration Meadows East
Bldg., Room 300
6325 Security Blvd.
Baltimore, MD  21207

Pamela Wear, RRA
Executive Director
American Health Information
     Management Association
919 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL  60611

Paul R. Willging
Executive Vice President
American Health Care Association
c/o Peter Fitzgerald
1201 L. Street N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20005-4014



WEDI Technical Advisory Group Chairs

Joel Ackerman
Director
United HealthCare Corporation
9705 Data Park Drive,  MR 6130 Minnetonka, MN
55343



Mary Adelman
Director
Self-Insurance Institute of America
17300 Redhill Ave.,  Suite 100
Irvine, CA  92714

Peter T. Barry
President
Peter T. Barry Co.
1425 W. Mequon Road
Mequon, WI  53092

Debra Beals
Health Care Financing Administration 6325 Security
Boulevard
GA7 Meadows East Building
Baltimore, MD  21207

Ann Behling
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 676 N. St.
Clair Street
Chicago, IL  60611

Joe Bigley
President
Cooperative Healthcare Networks, Inc. 110 Novel
Court, Suite 1200 Alpharetta, GA  30202

Marjorie Carey
Assistant General Counsel
American Hospital Association
840 N. Lake Shore Drive
Chicago, IL  60611

Chris Darrall
Sr. Systems Manager
Columbia Healthcare Corporation
708 West Magazine Street, 4-515 Bldg Louisville, KY
402017434

Leslie Fox
Senior Vice President
American Health Information
     Management Association
101 E. Ontario
Chicago, IL  60611



Kathleen Fyffe
Director
Health Insurance Association of America 1025 Connecticut
Avenue NW
Washington, D.C.  20036-3998

Lois Gargotto
Director
Columbia Healthcare Corporation
708 West Magazine Street, 4-515 Bldg Louisville, KY
402017434

Joel Gimpel
Associate General Counsel
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 676 N. St. Clair
Street
Chicago, IL  60611

Debra Hopkinson
Senior Consultant
Aetna Life Insurance Company
151 Farmington Avenue
Hartford, CT  06156

Lynn Jensen, Ph.D.
Vice President
Health Policy American Medical Association 515 N.
State Street, 13 Floor
Chicago, IL  60610

Lisa Lechowicz
Vice President and Director
Mutual of Omaha
Mutual of Omaha Plaza S2
Omaha, NE  68175

Jeff Sanders
Assistant Vice President
PCS Health Systems, Inc.
9501 E. Shea Blvd.

Bob Schaich
Independent Consultant
5609 Hillsborough Drive
Plano, TX  75093





Barbara Souder, Ph.D.
Division Vice President
Managed Care and Employee
     Benefits Operation
The Travelers Insurance Company
1 Tower Square, 6MS
Hartford, CT  06183

Brenda Winters
Director
American Health Information
     Management Association
101 E. Ontario
Chicago, IL  60611



WEDI Staff Members

Ann Behling
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 676 N. St. Clair
Street
Chicago, IL  60611

James Christie
ITS Managing Director
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 676 N. St. Clair,
15 Floor Street Chicago, IL  60611

Frank O'Roark
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association 676 N. St. Clair,
15 Floor Street Chicago, IL  60611

Dolores Skladnowski
The Travelers Insurance Company
1 Tower Square, 5RS2
Hartford, CT  06183

Barbara Souder, Ph.D.
Division Vice President
Managed Care and Employee
     Benefits Operation
The Travelers Insurance Company
1 Tower Square, 6MS
Hartford, CT  06183







Standards Implementation and Uniform Data Content Co-
Chairs




Debra C. Hopkinson
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Lynn E. Jensen
American Medical Association

Steven S. Lazarus
Medical Group Management Association

Members

Marilyn Abramovitz
Health Care Financing
Administration - Medicaid
Bureau

Margaret Amatayakul
Computer-based Patient
Record Institute

George Arges
American Hospital Association

Alicia Bergmann
PacifiCare Health Systems

Barry W. Blanchard
EDS

Steven K. Boyd
LINCARE

Charles Burt
CYBERTEK Corporation

Sherry M. Connors
Group Health Northwest

Jean Corley
3M Health Care

Mark Dutton
Public Health Information
Services

Rita C. Flynn
MetPath, Inc.

Stephen Frayne
Connecticut Hospital
Association

Michael J. Gaskey
Golden Rule Insurance

Mary Gay
American Family Insurance

Norm Gould
Beverly Enterprises

Dennis Hodges
Group Health Association  of
America

Deborah Jenkins
The American Society for
Automation in Pharmacy

Peter M. Kazon
O'Connor & Hannan

Charlene Leggieri
U.S. Bureau of the Census

Michael P. Lewis
Loyola Medical Practice Plan

Dale H. Lindemann
EDS

Robert D. Luciano
Harvard Community
Health Plan

Edward Matthew
New York Life Insurance
Company

Karen McNeal
GE Information Services

Alan Messer
National Association of
Home Care

Patricia Monahan
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Rhode Island

Jean Petersen Narcisi
American Dental Association

Frank O'Roark
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association

Bob Owens
Premier Hospitals Alliance

Donna M. Padnos
Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's
Medical Center

Don Petry
NEIC

Barbara Redding
Health Care Financing
Administration/BPO/OPOP

Douglas Renshaw
Pennsylvania Blue Shield

Joseph Rosmann
Joseph Rosmann Health Industry Consulting, Inc.

Jerome Seidenfeld
American Medical Association

Abdul-Malik Shakir
Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc.

Michael Short
IBM

Steve Shoaf
Family Health Program


Dennis Sirosky
Health Alliance Plan of MI

Michael F. Smith
Banc One Services Corporation

Jeff Spears
IBAX Healthcare Systems

Robert Spencer
International Association of Industrial Accident Boards
and Commissions

Erik Sze
Fortis Benefits Ins. Company

James S. Tripp
Health Economics and Market
Analysis

Lynne W. Truesdale
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida

Robert A. Wacloff
Health Technology Management, Inc.

C. Peter Waegemann
Medical Records Institute

Amy R. Walters
MetLife

Sheryl Weiss
MD Business Solutions

Kepa Zubeldia
Medical Electronic Data Exchange



Implementation Guide Subcommittee

Debra C. Hopkinson, Co-Chair
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Lynn E. Jensen, Co-Chair
American Medical Association

George Arges
American Hospital Association

Gary Beatty
Employers Health Insurance

Alicia Bergmann
PacifiCare Health Systems

Steve Gaylor
Texas Instruments

Deborah Jenkins
American Society for
Automation in Pharmacy

Ronald P. Jordan, R.Ph.
Drug Benefit Management
Systems, Inc.

Paul Montgomery
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas

Jean Narcisi
American Dental Association

Frank O'Roark
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
Association

Bob Poiesz
Pennsylvania Blue Shield

Dave Schinderle
St. Joseph Health System

Stewart Streimer
Health Care Financing Administration

Dianne Willard
American Medical Association



Attachments Subcommittee

Kathleen Fyffe, Co-Chair
Health Insurance Association of
America

Victor J. Arnold, Co-Chair
The Stanford University Clinic

Marilyn Abramovitz
Health Care Financing
Administration - Medicaid
Bureau

George Arges
American Hospital Association

Jack Brouwer
Beacon Emergency Medicine
Practice Management

Larrie Dawkins
Wake Forest University

Ilona Doyle
Phoenix Baptist Hospital

Howard Entman
Methodist Hospital - Central

Gina Grage
Mayo Clinic

Dennis Hodges
Group Health Association  of
America

Priscilla Lopez
MD Advocate

Karen Svoboda
Mutual of Omaha

Herman Strahan
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Stewart Streimer
Health Care Financing Administration







Network Architecture and Accrediation Co-
Chairs




Joseph Bigley
Cooperative Healthcare Networks, Inc.

Jeff Sanders
PCS Health Systems, Inc.

Members

Joseph Amoroso
Wellmark

Denny Blaszczynsk
Advantis

Robert K. Borneman
Cooperative Healthcare Networks, Inc.

J. Stuart Borders
Intergroup

Dan Clem
EDS

Harry Coster
Metlife

Sara Croce
TDS Healthcare Systems

John William DeClaris
Rush Medical Center

Kathryn Dokas
NACAP

Allan Einboden
Intergroup

Dave Fee
3M HIS

Steve Feia
American Family Insurance

Ray Gallagher
MD Business Solutions

Sid Hoosein
Bellcore

Tom Kinser
Millennium

Sue Lambert
AHIMA

Brad Larrick
HNV

Gil Long
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
North Carolina

Scott Maughan
FHP Healthcare

George Moran
Advantis

Bob Nardello
U.S. Healthcare

Bill Nowacki
AMA

Marge Olsen
Time Insurance

Jack Owen
IVANS

Hank Pedigo
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Virginia/HCS

Barbara Redding
Health Care Financing Administration

John Rower
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Virginia/HCS

Robert Schultz
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association


Sheila Schweitzer
Medical Management

Morteza Semnani
SLI

Steve Shoaf
FHP

Joe Sullivan
NEIC

Karl Zimmerman
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Kepa Zubeldia
Medical Electronic
Data Exchange







Confidentiality and Legal Issues Co-
Chairs Marjorie Carey, Esq.
American Hospital Association

Joel E. Gimpel, Esq.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Members

Bente E. Cooney
National Committee to Preserve
Social Security and Medicare

Russ Fairbanks, Esq.
Electronic Data Systems

Jerry Kurtyka
Bank One

Hilary Lewis, Esq.
American Medical Association

Jim Orr
Blue Cross of California

Hank Palacios
Bureau of Census

Tim Ryan, Esq.
The Travelers Insurance Company

Michelle Thorne, Esq.
American Dental Association







Unique Identifiers for the Health Care Industry Co-

Chairs

Debra Beals
Health Care Financing Administration

Ann Behling
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association


Members

Provider Identification Number Subcommittee

David Miller
(Subcommittee Leader)
The Travelers Insurance Company

James Balija
American Osteopathic Association

Robert Beckley
PDX, Inc.

Steven Brink
American Dental Association

Norbert Budde
American Medical Association

William Campbell
Golden Rule Insurance Company

Lorene Cherry
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Steven Clements
Resource Information Management Systems

Mary Ann Eiler
American Medical Association

Robert Hankin
Health Industry Business Communications
Council

Kate Hicks
Humana, Inc.

Bruce Horn
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Indiana

Ronald P. Jordan, R.Ph.
Drug Benefit Management Systems, Inc.

Kevin Kenward
American Medical Association

Robert Nowell
The Travelers Insurance Company

Charles Ruffin
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Kansas City

Charles Rumfelt
The Travelers Insurance Company

David Sackett
Medco Containment Services, Inc.

Herman Strahan
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois

Bernard Tauber
Data Niche Associates

John Zeitler
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company







Patient Identification Number Subcommittee

Dale Gaffaney
(Subcommittee Leader)
Fairview Hospital

Chuck Baumer
Electronic Data Systems

Norma Border
National Association of Claims Assistance
Professionals

Ward Davis
Veritec, Inc.

Laura Feste
American Health Information Management Association

Cheryl Homan
American Health Information Management Association

Dorothy Kielkopf
Health Care Financing Administration

James Thomas
Blue Cross and Blue Shield
of Alabama



Payor and Employer Identification Numbers
Subcommittee

Lee Barrett
(Subcommittee Leader)
ASC X12

Frank Ammerman
(Subcommittee Co-Leader)
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Richard Bath
Mutual of Omaha

Christina Carpenter
Health Care Financing Administration

Randy Falkenrath
G.D. Searle Corporation

Roy Foltz
Health Care Financing Administration

Jean Kral
Health Care Financing Administration

John Lynch
Connecticut Hospital Association







Education and Publicity

Co-Chairs

Leslie Ann Fox
American Health Information Management
Association

Brenda Winters
American Health Information Management
Association

Mary Rose Jones
Harris Methodist Health Plan

Candy Donovan
Connemare Solutions

Rachel Foerster
Consultant

Deborah Fritz
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan

Jeff Kessler
EDI Partners, Ltd.

John W. Matthews
Mellon Bank

Katherine G. Mazzuckelli
TDS Healthcare Systems Corporation


Karen Pace
National Association for Home Care

Dave Bristle
Consultant

Lisa Paige
American Health Information Management
Association

Pamela W. Postlewaite
Consultant

Robert A. Wacloff
Health Technology Management, Inc.

Elizabeth White, RRA, CTR
Medical Registry Services, Inc.

Nadine M. Zabierek
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Illinois

Ron Snodgrass
Graystone EDI Tech

Don Baker
Boise Cascade Office Products

William Hopkins
State Farm Insurance







Health Identifiction Cards

Co-Chairs

Joel Ackerman
United HealthCare Corporation

Peter T. Barry
Peter T. Barry Company


Members

Lee Barrett
ASC X12

Greg Bowman, CPA
CIGNA

Basil Broomberg
Smart Cards U.S.A., Inc.

Edward F. Cass
Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co.

Dave Fee
Health Information Systems

Kathleen H. Fyffe
Health Insurance Association of
America

A. J. L'Haridon
Blue Cross and Blue Shield

Lisa Haas
Advantis

Janet Hill
Advanced Technology Group

Scott E. Hoag
EDS

Jonathan D. Katz
Benton International

Tom Keane
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida

Kenneth L. Kurth
Mayo Clinic

James Lewis III
Veritec

John H. Lorant, Ph.D.
American Medical Association

William E. Lyons
Banc One Services Corporation

Greg Mace
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Illinois

Jennine Notestine
The Travelers Insurance Company

Ashok D. Parikh
Comprehensive Health Services

Linda Parr
Dept. of Health Services
State of California

Mr. Joseph Pinckney
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Naomi Rapport
Health Care Financing Administration

Christy Roberts, RRA
AHIMA

Mark Schelesinger
PCS, Inc.

Joseph S. Smith
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Arkansas

Joyce S. Smith
Miami Valley Hospital

David A. Stark
The Stark Consulting Group

Daniel E. Twing, CMA
EFT Services

Robert A. Wacloff, Ph.D.
Health Technology Management

C. Peter Waegemann
Medical Records Institute

Debra Woodcock
Norwest Card Services







Short-Term Strategies

Chair


Lisa Lechowicz
Mutual of Omaha

TAG Leader

Marge Brown
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Members

Robin Denunzio
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Rose Dunn
AHIMA/First Class Solutions

Marye Feldhan
American Dental Association

Mike Giel
CHN

David Harris
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
New Mexico

John Hoben
First Consulting Group

Terry Hsu
Premier Hospitals Alliance

Randy Hutchinson
Tiber Group

Christy Johnson
EDS

Kathleen Kennedy
Envoy Corporation


Mary LaRoche
Corporation for Open Systems

Bum Lee
Acxiom

Jeffrey Luma
Prudential

Marti Mahaffey
AdminaStar Federal, Inc.

Rick Mehrlich
Systems Plus, Inc.

Ron Nophsker
ProMed

David Otto
Systems Plus, Inc.

Andy Ousterhout
GE Information Systems

Scott Price
AMSI

Edward Reinfurt
New York State, Inc.

Jon Reynolds
Vortac

John Romer
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of
Virginia

James Rose
NEIC

Paul Schmidt
Health Network Ventures

Beverly Thompson
Kaiser Permanente



Maureen Ward
United Health Care/
Share Health Plan

Bob Woodward
Washington University







State/Federal Role

Co-Chairs

Mary Adelman
Self-Insurance Institute of America,
Inc.

Barbara Souder, Ph.D.
The Travelers Insurance Company

Members

Rebecca Cowling
EDS

Sara Croce
Health Care Systems Corporation

Lou Eddins
Millennium Health Care

Peter Fitzgerald
American Health Care Association

Sue Frey
U.S. Healthcare

Ed Golden
American Business Center

Henry Heffernan
EDPNS

Mary Grossman
Wisconsin Insurance Commission

Sue Lanza
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Lee Ledbetter
SMS

Kathryn Lowell
California Statewide Health Planning Office

Morris (Mike) Melloy
National Association of Insurance
Commissioners

Sandra Raff, M.D.
Raff Health Care Industry Consulting

Ed Reinfert
N.Y. State Business Group

Jeanne Scott
CIS Technologies

Ilene Skeen
Group Health, Inc.

Linda Stavenger
Fairview (Minnesota)

Ann Vail
American Medical Association

George Vorys
former Ohio Medicaid Director







Financial Implications

Chair

Bob Schaich
Independent Consultant

Members

Gene Carruth
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Arizona

Anita Chawla
American Medical Association

Michael Chmura
EDS

Sara Coffou
Advantis

David Emmons
American Medical Association

Richard Kadas
IMG

Bill Keister
The Travelers Insurance Company

Jane Lach
American Health Information Management Association

Brad Logan
PhyMed

Larry Miller
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia

My Lien Nguyen
Aetna Life Insurance Company

Dan Nutkis
Praxis

Bob Owens
Premier Hospital Alliance

Barbara Redding
Health Care Financing Administration

Charlie Reynolds
University of Virginia Health Services Foundation
(MGMA)

Elizabeth West
TDS Healthcare Systems

David Weston
The Travelers Insurance Company







Coordination of Benefits

Chair

Lois Gargotto
Columbia Healthcare Corporation

Co-Chair

Chris Darrall
Columbia Healthcare Corporation

Members

Robert Adderton
AdvaCare, Inc.

Dave Bartholet
Fairview Hospital/
Healthcare Services

Marge Ciechanowski
Time Insurance/Fortis Benefits

Mary Anne Durham
HCFA BPO OMBA

Jim Farley
J.P. Farley Corp.

Oren Hermel
Wausau Insurance

Rita Hoffmann
American Dental Association

Jo Ann Jackson
EDS

Bill Kirkpatrick
MetLife

Jim Lee
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association

Susan Letourneau
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Roger Primeau
NEIC

James Robinson
HMA

Tom Shiebler
Blue Cross of California

Ron Smetana
HCFA MB OMM

Chris Stahlecker
Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield







Health Care Fraud Prevention and Detection
Chair Kathleen H. Fyffe
Health Insurance Association of America

Members

R. James Guzzi
CFE

Bob Prezioso
Knowledge Based Technologies

National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association