PRESS RELEASE:
Register by Friday for Early Bird Discount to HIPAA Summit IX and WEDI Security Forum
  • HIPAA Summit IX Offered in Conjunction with the WEDI Security Forum, September 14 - 15, 2004
  • With a Special Track on the Privacy and Security Issues Raised by the New National Health Information Technology Policy, Including Electronic Health Records and the National Health Information Infrastructure
  • Baltimore Waterfront Marriott, in Baltimore, MD
  • www.HIPAASummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Paul Tunnecliff
Phone: 800-684-4549 phone
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.HIPAASummit.com

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) - AUGUST 11, 2004: The Ninth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com, offered in conjunction with the WEDI Security Forum, September 12 - 15, 2004, at the Baltimore Waterfront Marriott, in Baltimore, MD announced today that the early bird registration discount for the events extends through this Friday, August 13, 2004.

SAVE BY REGISTERING BY FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 2004:

Save $150! The following early bird registration discounts are available through this Friday, August 13, 2004:

Four-Day HIPAA Summit & WEDI Security Forum - Through August 13, 2004:

  • WEDI Member - $1095
  • Regular - $1245
Four-Day HIPAA Summit & WEDI Security Forum - After August 13, 2004:
  • WEDI Member - $1245
  • Regular - $1395
HIPAA SUMMIT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

David Brailer, MD, Ph.D.
National Health Information Technology Coordinator, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Richard M. Campanelli, Esq.
Director, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Gary Kavanagh
Director, Business Standards and Systems Operations Group, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Susan McAndrew, Esq.
Senior Advisor for HIPAA Privacy Policy, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

Stanley Nachimson
Senior Technical Advisor, Office of HIPAA Standards, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Helga E. Rippen, MD, MPH, Ph.D.
Deputy Senior Advisor, National Health Information Infrastructure, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

HIPAA SUMMIT IX AND WEDI SECURITY FORUM COORDINATE CONFERENCES:
  • Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), www.WEDI.org, and the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, www.HIPAASummit.com, have coordinated their major Fall conferences. The Ninth National HIPAA Summit will take place September 12 - 14, 2004. The WEDI Security Forum will take place September 14 - 15, 2004. The conferences will share a common luncheon on Tuesday, September 14.
  • The HIPAA Summit will feature sessions on HIPAA transactions and code sets, privacy and national health information technology policy.
  • The WEDI Security Forum will feature a session on advanced HIPAA security rule implementation and compliance strategies.
HIPAA SUMMIT AND WEDI FORUM SHARE EXHIBIT HALL:

The HIPAA Summit and WEDI Security Forum will share a single exhibit hall. The exhibit hall will open on the morning of Monday, September 13 and close after the morning break on Wednesday, September 15, 2004. The HIPAA Summit networking reception will take place in the exhibit hall on Monday, September 13. The WEDI Security Forum networking reception will take place in the exhibit hall on Tuesday, September 14.

HIPAA SUMMIT CO CHAIRS:

Alan S. Goldberg, JD, LLM
Partner, Goulston & Storrs, Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Maryland School of Law and Suffolk University Law School, Past President, American Health Lawyers Association, Washington, DC

Steven S. Lazarus, Ph.D., FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information Group, Immediate Past Chair, WEDI, Denver, CO

Janet Marchibroda
Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative, Foundation for eHealth Initiative and Markle Foundation's Connecting for Health, Washington, DC

William R. Braithwaite, MD, Ph.D.
"Doctor HIPAA", Former National Director, HIPAA Advisory Services, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Former Senior Advisor on Health Information Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

HIPAA SUMMIT FEATURED FACULTY:

Margret Amatayakul, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS
President, Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Schaumburg, IL

W. Holt Anderson
Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA), Research Triangle Park, NC

Gary A. Beatty
President, EC Integrity, Chair, X12N Insurance Subcommittee, Stewartville, MN

Leslie C. Bender, Esq.
General Counsel/Compliance Officer, The ROI Companies, Timonium, MD

Lesley Berkeyheiser
Principal, The Clayton Group, Co-chair, WEDI SNIP Security & Privacy Workgroup, Glen Mills, PA

Richard B. Boyer
Privacy Officer, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX

Sharon A. Budman
Director of Privacy & Security/Ombudsman, University of Miami Privacy Office, University of Miami Medical School, Miami, FL

Cathleen Casagrande
Director, Health Information Policy, Frederick Memorial Healthcare System, Frederick, MD

John Casillas
Founder and Senior Advisor, Medical Banking Project, Franklin, TN

John C. Cody, Esq.
Associate Counsel, New York State Office for Technology, Albany, NY

Art Conklin
Director of FirstProxy Services, ProxyMed, Atlanta, GA

Walt Culbertson
Chief Technology and Privacy Officer, Webify Solutions, Chair, Southern HIPAA Administrative Regional Process(SHARP), Co-chair, WEDI SNIP Security & Privacy Workgroup, Co-Chair, Southern Insurance Commissioner Task Force, Jacksonville, Fl

Jim Daley
Manager, Information Systems, Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina, Member, WEDI Executive Committee, Chair, WEDI Information Exchange, Chair, Management Committee, Columbia, SC

Tom Dean
President, MBEXX, Oklahoma City, OK

David A. Feinberg, CD
President, Rensis Corporation, Co-chair, X12 Insurance Subcommittee's HIPAA Implementation and Coordination Work Group, Seattle, WA

Rachel Foerster
Chief Executive Officer, Rachel Foerster & Associates Ltd., Beach Park, IL

Diana C. Frew, RN
Chief Privacy Officer, Baptist Health South Florida, Coral Gables, FL

Joy Glass
Business Standards and Systems Operations Group, Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Marc D. Goldstone, Esq.
Of Counsel, Hoagland Longo, New Brunswick, NJ

Marcia Gonzales, Esq.
Privacy & Compliance Officer, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN

Timothy H. Graham, Esq.
Privacy and FOIA Officer, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Tom Grove
Vice President, Phoenix Health Systems, Montgomery Village, MD

Caroline Hamilton
President, RiskWatch, Inc., Annapolis, MD

Jody S. Hawkins
Information Security Officer, Children's Medical Center Dallas, Dallas, TX

Angel Hoffman, RN, MSN
Director of Corporate Compliance, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA

J. Trevor Hughes
Executive Director, International Association of Privacy Professionals, York, ME

Sita Kapoor
Chief Information Officer, Infotech Global Inc., Somerset, NJ

Jillian Harrington Kuruc, MHA, CPC, CCSP
Clinical Technical Editor, Ingenix, Inc., Binghamton, NY

Jim Mechan
Senior Vice President, WebMD, Nashville, TN

Lisa S. Miller, Esq.
Chief Operating Officer, Washington Publishing Company, Rockville, MD

Susan A. Miller, Esq.
Director, Health Transformation Solutions, Webify Solutions, Inc., Co-chair, WEDI SNIP Security and Privacy Workgroup, Concord, MA

Toni Mueller, RN, MSN, CCRN
Associate Director for Perioperative Nursing, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

Kirk J. Nahra, Esq.
Partner, Wiley Rein & Fielding, Editor, IAPP Privacy Officers Advisor, Washington, DC

Uday O. Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CHSS
Chief Executive, HIPAA Academy, Warrenville, IL

John C. Parmigiani
Senior Vice President for Consulting Services, QuickCompliance, Inc., Former Director of Enterprise Standards, HCFA, Ellicott City, MD

Dan Petrosky
Founding Member, EDI Partner, Minneapolis, MN

Stephen L. Priest, FHIMSS, CPHIMS
Adjunct Professor, Healthcare Administration, Saint Joseph's College of Maine, Bedford, NH

Sonja Rajki, JD
HIPAA Coordinator, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

Nav Ranajee
Vice President of Business Strategy, ABN AMRO Services Company, Chicago, IL

Catherine Reynolds, RN, MSN CHP
Information Security Officer, Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA

Frank Ruelas, MBA
Director, Corporate Compliance, Gila River Health Care Corporation, Sacaton, AZ

Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co chair, HIPAA Task Force, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA

Susan S. Stuard CHP
Director, Regulatory Affairs, Greater New York Hospital Association, New York, NY

Robert M. Tennant
Senior Policy Advisor, Health Informatics, Medical Group Management Association, Washington, DC

Deborah J. Thoman, MA, RHIA, CHP
Compliance/Privacy Officer, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA

Barry Thornton
Chief Technical Officer, Founder, ClearCube, Austin, TX

Andrew B. Wachler, Esq.
Principal, Wachler & Associates, PC, Royal Oak, MI

Maria T. Ward CHP
Senior Associate, PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP, Chair, DSMO Steering Committee, Co chair, HL7 Attachment SIG, Co chair, WEDI Attachment PAG, Chicago, IL

Rebecca L. Williams, RN, JD
Partner and Co-chair, HIPAA Task Force, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Chair, Preemption Sub-workgroup, Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange, Seattle, WA

Cynthia (Cindy) F. Wisner, Esq.
Assistant General Counsel, Trinity Health, Chair, Inhouse Practice Group, American Health Lawyers Association, Novi, MI

Maria K. Woods, Esq.
Vice President Compliance and Regulatory Affairs, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers of New York, New York, NY

Brian M. Wyatt, Esq. CHP
Senior Associate, Ropes & Gray LLP, New York, NY

Mariann Yeager, MBA
President, Emerson Strategic Group, Inc., Member, WEDI SNIP Executive and Steering Committee, Alexandria, VA

Melissa M. Zambri, Esq. CHP
Associate, Hiscock & Barclay, LLP, Albany, NY

Jonathan Zimmerman CHP
Vice President of Soarian(TM), Health Connections, Siemens Medical Solutions Health Services Corp., Malvern, PA

Kepa Zubeldia, MD
President and Chief Executive Officer, Claredi, Former Chair AFEHCT, Former Member, NCVH, Co Chair, WEDI Seucrity Policy Advisory Group, Kaysville, UT

HIPAA SUMMIT SPONSORED BY TRAIN FOR HIPAA:

Train for HIPAA, www.trainforhipaa.com, offers the full continuum of HIPAA workforce training solutions. Train for HIPAA is an affiliate of the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, www.hipaasummit.com, HIPAA Colloquium at Harvard University, www.hipaacolloquium.com, and HIPAA Audioconferences, www.hipaaaudioconferences.com.

HIPAA SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION:

For sponsorship and exhibit information contact: Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, 215-599-6626 phone, 215-545-8107 fax, joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.

HIPAA SUMMIT REGISTRATION INFORMATION:

For further registration info, go to the Summit website at www.hipaasummit.com/registration.html, call 800-684-4549, email: registration@hcconferences.com, or write:

    HIPAA Summit Office
    7790 Barberry Ave.
    Yucca Valley, CA USA 92284
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