PRESS RELEASE:
The Fifteenth National HIPAA Summit Special Professional Certification Edition Features Healthcare Security Officer Training
  • The Leading Forum on Healthcare EDI, Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Security and HIPAA Compliance
  • December 10 - 15, 2007, at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, Washington, DC
  • www.HIPAASummit.com
PRESS RELEASE
Phone: 800-684-4549
Email: registration@hcconferences.com
Website: www.HIPAASummit.com
A special intensive training program for professional advancement by healthcare privacy and security professionals. Earn up to three professional certifications in one week.

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- OCTOBER 24, 2007: The Fifteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com, will be held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill on December 10 - 15, 2007 in Washington, DC. This special edition of the HIPAA Summit will provide training and professional certification examinations for seven different categories of privacy and security professional certification.

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HIPAA Summit XV brochure

HEALTHCARE SECURITY OFFICER TRAINING
On the afternoon of Wednesday, December 12, 2007, HIPAA Summit XV will feature the following Healthcare Security Officer Training:
  • 1:00 p.m. Afternoon Plenary Session: Overview of Approaches to Security Officer Training by John C. Parmigiani, President, John C. Parmigiani and Associates, LLC, Former Director of Enterprise Standards, HCFA, Ellicott City, MD (Co chair)
  • 1:30 p.m. Information Security in a Health Care Environment by Walter Padworski, Information Security Officer, Frankford Hospital, Langhorne, PA
  • 2:00 p.m. Questions HHS May Ask in a HIPAA Audit: Critical Steps for HIPAA Compliance by Uday O. Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CHSS, Chief Executive and Co founder, HIPAA Academy, Newport Beach, CA
  • 2:30 p.m. Security Audit Survivor--How to Remain "On The Island" in the wake of the Piedmont Audit by Gerald E. DeLoss, Esq., Attorney/Principal, Gray Plant Mooty, Former General Counsel, Fairmont Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Minneapolis, MN and Marc D. Goldstone, Esq., Vice President and Associate General Counsel (Division II), Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN
  • 3:00 p.m. Coordinating and Balancing Privacy, Security and Practical Operations by Chris Apgar, CISSP, President, Apgar & Associates, LLC, Former HIPAA Compliance Officer, Providence Health Plans, Portland, OR
  • 4:00 p.m. Case Study: Building and Sustaining an Information Security Program by Jim Reiner, Information Security Officer, Sacramento County, Sacramento, CA
  • 4:30 p.m. Healthcare Security Professional Advanced Problem Solving Roundtable
    • Chris Apgar, CISSP, President, Apgar & Associates, LLC, Former HIPAA Compliance Officer, Providence Health Plans, Portland, OR
    • Gerald E. DeLoss, Esq., Attorney/Principal, Gray Plant Mooty, Minneapolis, MN
    • Marc D. Goldstone, Esq., Vice President and Associate General Counsel (Division II), Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN
    • Walter Padworski, Information Security Officer, Frankford Hospital, Langhorne, PA
    • Jim Reiner, Information Security Officer, Sacramento County, Sacramento, CA
    • John C. Parmigiani, President, John C. Parmigiani and Associates, LLC, Former Director of Enterprise Standards, HCFA, Ellicott City, MD (Moderator)

FEATURING TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

HIPAA Summit XV offers a special package price for Summit Registration and one HIPAA Academy Professional Certification Examination (CHP, CHSS™ and CHA™) Online.



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HIPAA Summit XV also features the following additional healthcare privacy and security officer certification training and/or examinations:


AND FEATURED SESSIONS ON
  • The Ten Key Privacy Issues that Must be Addressed in order to Become a Successful and Effective Healthcare Privacy Professional
  • Overview of Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP), Certified HIPAA Security Specialist™ (CHSS) and Certified HIPAA Administrator™ (CHA), Endorsed by the American Hospital Association
  • What it Means to be a Privacy Professional
  • What are the Key HIPAA Privacy Compliance Challenges Today and in the Future?
  • How Broader Privacy Policy Issues Impact Healthcare
  • Information Security in a Health Care Environment
  • Questions HHS May Ask in a HIPAA Audit: Critical Steps for HIPAA Compliance
  • Security Audit Survivor--How to Remain "On The Island" in the wake of the Piedmont Audit
  • Coordinating and Balancing Privacy, Security and Practical Operations
  • Case Study: Building and Sustaining an Information Security Program
  • Healthcare Security Professional Advanced Problem Solving Roundtable
  • Overview of Healthcare Privacy Laws, Regulations and Guidance: HIPAA, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, and State Law
  • Organizing a Privacy Program: Administrative Infrastructure and Reporting Relationships
  • Managing your Institution-Specific HIPAA Compliance Policies and Procedures: Cutting Edge Issues
  • Dealing with Employees Concerning All Aspects of HIPAA Compliance
  • State of the Art Workforce Training and Beyond
  • Managing Relationships with Business Associates and Other Third Parties
  • Handling Internal Investigations
  • Advanced Strategies for Auditing HIPAA Compliance
  • Patient Privacy Practices and Customer Satisfaction: Integrating HIPAA into Day-to-Day Clinical Practice
  • Ensuring HIPAA Compliance for Across-Institution Research Projects which Share PHI
  • Healthcare Privacy and Security Issues in HIT, EHR and RHIO Initiatives
  • The Future of Privacy and Security: From a Regulatory, Business, and Overall Health IT Perspective
  • What Works and What Doesn't: Lessons from HIPAA, GLBA, and SOX
  • Transaction, Code Sets and Identifier Update
  • NPI Implementation Update
  • The Office for Civil Rights and Health Care Privacy
  • At a Crossroads: Culturally Competent Care vs. HIPAA
  • Advocating for Patient Privacy Rights
  • Healthcare Privacy Professional Advanced Problem Solving Roundtable

SUMMIT COCHAIRS
William R. Braithwaite, MD, Ph.D.
"Doctor HIPAA", Former Senior Advisor on Health Information Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Alan S. Goldberg, JD, LLM
Attorney & Counselor at Law, Adjunct Professor of Health Law, College of Health & Human Services, George Mason University, Adjunct Professor of Health Care Informatics & Law, School of Business Administration, Marymount University, McLean, VA

Steven S. Lazarus, Ph.D., CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information Group and Past Chair, WEDI, Denver, CO
John C. Parmigiani
President, John C. Parmigiani and Associates, LLC, Former Director of Enterprise Standards, HCFA, Ellicott City, MD

FEATURED FACULTY
Chris Apgar, CISSP
President, Apgar & Associates, LLC, Former HIPAA Compliance Officer, Providence Health Plans, Portland, OR
Kate Borten
President, The Marblehead Group, Former Chief Information Security Officer, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and CareGroup, Author, HIPAA Security Made Simple and Guide to HIPAA Security Risk Analysis, Marblehead, MA
Gerald E. DeLoss, Esq.
Attorney/Principal, Gray Plant Mooty, Former General Counsel, Fairmont Orthopedics and Sports Medicine, Minneapolis, MN
Bettina M. Ferraro
HIPAA Compliance Manger and Privacy Officer, Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center, Boise, ID
Marc D. Goldstone, Esq.
Vice President and Associate General Counsel (Division II), Community Health Systems, Franklin, TN
Catherine M. Gorman-Klug
Corporate Director, Privacy and Data Security, Meridian Health, Neptune, NJ
Gerry Hinkley, Esq.
Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine, Member, HIMSS HIE Steering Committee, Member, CCHIT Privacy and Compliance Expert Panel, Member, Connecting for Health Steering Group, San Francisco, CA
Brandon Ho
HIPAA Compliance Specialist, US Army Medical Command, Pacific Regional Medical Command Tripler AMC, Honolulu, HI
David A. Hoffman, Esq.
Group Counsel for Global E-Business and Privacy, Intel Corporation, Member, Board of Directors, TRUSTe, and International Association of Privacy Professionals, Washington, DC
Samuel P. Jenkins
Director, Defense Privacy Office, Department of Defense, Former Privacy Officer, DoD TRICARE Management Activity, Arlington, VA
Pierre-Andre La Chance
Chief Information Officer and Research Privacy Officer, Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, Portland, OR

Stanley Nachimson
Principal, Nachimson Advisors, LLC, Former Senior Technical Advisor, Office of E-health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Reisterstown, MD
Kirk Nahra, Esq., CIPP
Partner, Wiley Rein LLP, Co chair, Confidentiality, Privacy and Security Workgroup, American Health Information Community, Washington, DC
Uday O. Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CHSS
Chief Executive and Co founder, HIPAA Academy, Newport Beach, CA
Walter Padworski
Information Security Officer, Frankford Hospital, Langhorne, PA
Deborah C. Peel, MD
Psychiatrist and Privacy Advocate, President, Mental HealthCARE Foundation, President, Coalition for Patient Privacy, Co-chair, Committee on Government Relations, American Psychoanalytic Association, Austin, TX
Jim Reiner
Information Security Officer, Sacramento County, Sacramento, CA
Linda Sanches
Senior Advisor, HIPAA Privacy Outreach & Training, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co-chair, HIT/HIPAA Task Force, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA
Peter Swire, Esq.
C. William O'Neill Professor of Law, Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, Former Chief Counselor, Office of Management & Budget, Office of the President of the United States, Columbus, OH
Karen Trudel
Deputy Director, Office of e-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HIPAA Summit Distinguished Service Award Winner, Baltimore, MD
Alan F. Westin
Professor Emeritus of Public Law and Government, Columbia University, Principal, Privacy Consulting Group, Washington, DC
Susan E. Ziel, Esq.
Nurse Attorney and Partner, Krieg DeVault LLP, Past President, American Association of Nurse Attorneys, Carmel, IN

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

For further registration information, go to www.HIPAASummit.com, call 800-684-4549, email registration@hcconferences.com or write:

    HIPAA Summit Office
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