Pacific Business Group on Health and Train for HIPAA Sponsor CMS/Sharp/WEDI National Conference on HIPAA Compliance for Employers - Shared Strategies and Common Challenges
  • Sponsored by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
  • July 29-30, 2003
  • New Orleans, LA
  • Click here for more info
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Kristin Becker
Director of SNIP, WEDI
703-391-2714 phone
kbecker@wedi.org
http://www.wedi.org

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) - JULY 24, 2003: The National Conference on HIPAA Compliance for Employers - Shared Strategies and Common Challenges sponsored by Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI) takes place July 29-30, 2003 in New Orleans, LA. Click here for more info. The following organizations are sponsoring the conference:

PACIFIC BUSINESS GROUP ON HEALTH:

Founded in 1989, PBGH is a non-profit coalition of major California employers that is nationally recognized for its efforts to improve the quality and availability of health care while moderating costs. PBGH's 48 major purchaser members represent approximately 3,000,000 employees, retirees and their families and nearly $4 billion in annual health care expenditures. See www.PBGH.org.

TRAIN FOR HIPAA:

Train for HIPAA, http://www.trainforhipaa.com, offers the full continuum of HIPAA workforce training solutions. Train for HIPAA is an affiliate of the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, http://www.hipaasummit.com, HIPAA Colloquium at Harvard University, http://www.hipaacolloquium.com, and HIPAA Audioconferences, http://www.hipaaaudioconferences.com. Train for HIPAA offers a curriculum of over 40 courses in privacy, security and transactions and code sets testing and implementation.

WHAT: A national conference for employees and employers responsible for ensuring compliance with the new HIPAA regulations. Click here for more info.
WHY: To learn from industry leaders, government specialists, and enforcement officials about competitive practices and implementation strategies and to meet with professional peers to share effective business modules.

(Presenters include representatives from: Office for Civil Rights, Shell Oil, Wendy's International, Quebecor, AdminiStaff, and Mutual of Omaha)
SPONSORS: The Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI)
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
WHO: Human Resource Professionals, Benefits Administrators, In-House Counsel, Privacy Officers, Sponsors of Employer-Sponsored Group Health Plans, and Employees of Group Health Providers.
HOW: The conference programs are developed in a panel setting where attendees can interact with panelists to analyze unique business settings and individulaized HIPAA reauirements.
WHEN: July 29 - 30, 2003
WHERE: New Orleans, Louisiana - The Sheraton on Canal Street
COST: The cost for the conference is $350. WEDI and SHRM members will receive a $50 discount.
CEUs: SPHR & PHR recertification credits for human resource professionals CLEs for attorneys (pending approval).
MATERIALS: Participants will receive a complrehensive CD that includes: conference presentations, white papers, sample documents, and guidance materials from CMS and OCR.