WASHINGTON DC USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- OCTOBER 12, 2006: The Thirteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com, which was held September 24 - 27, 2006 in Washington, DC announced today that two media platforms are available with the full content of the Summit:

• A CD-ROM which includes video and synchronized PowerPoint slides for all plenary sessions and audio and PowerPoint slides for all concurrent sessions, and
• A video iPOD preloaded with conference plenary sessions and concurrent sessions audio.

The CD-ROM offers plenary session video with synchronized PowerPoint slides and concurrent sessions audio.

Easily navigate using your computer to the presenter and the exact content you wish to view.

CD-ROM Price: $295 - More info - Order Now!

Alternatively receive a new Video iPOD preloaded with Summit content.

Get Apple's Video iPOD yet, pre-loaded with the complete video of the Plenary sessions from the HIPAA Summit held on September 24 - 27, 2006 (please note that the video on the iPODs does not include synchronized PowerPoint slides).

Video iPOD Price: $495 - More info - Order Now!

Order both the CD-ROM video content and the Video iPOD.

CD-ROM and Video iPOD Price: $575 - More info - Order Now!

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Gary G. Christoph, CISM, CHS Chief Informatics Officer, Teradata Government Systems, Inc., Former Chief Operating Officer, National Institutes of Health Center for Information Technology, Former Chief Information Officer, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Columbia, MD
Jodi G. Daniel, JD, MPH Director, Office of Policy and Research, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, and Former Senior Counsel for Health Information Technology, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Janlori Goldman Director, Health Privacy Project, Research Scholar, Center on Medicine as a Profession, Columbia College of Physicians & Surgeons, New York, NY
John Goodman, Ph.D. President and Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Policy Analysis, Author, Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis, Washington, DC
Susan McAndrew, Esq. Senior Advisor for HIPAA Privacy Policy, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
Stanley Nachimson Office of HIPAA Standards, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD
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, Washington, DC
Kepa Zubeldia, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Claredi (an Ingenix Division), Former Chair AFEHCT, Former Member, NCVHS, Co chair, WEDI Security Policy Advisory Group, Salt Lake City, UT

SUMMIT CO CHAIRS:

Lesley Berkeyheiser Principal, The Clayton Group, Glen Mills, PA
William R. Braithwaite, MD, Ph.D. "Doctor HIPAA", Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, eHealth Initiative, 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 Law, University of Maryland School of Law and Suffolk University Law School and Past President, American Health Lawyers Association, McLean, Virginia
Steven S. Lazarus, Ph.D., 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
Susan A. Miller, Esq. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, HealthTransactions.com, Concord, MA

HIPAA SUMMIT FEATURED SPECIAL SESSIONS:

• WEDI Preconference Symposium: Security and Privacy Issues in Electronic Health Records Acquisition and Implementation
• Keynote Address: Assessment of HIPAA Implementation and Compliance and the Implications of New Legislation
• HIPAA Years In Review - What a Short, Strange Trip It's Been
• Transactions and Code Sets and the National Provider Identifier (NPI)
• Live Roundtable Report from the X12
• Advanced Strategies for NPI Implementation Compliance
• ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS Update
• HIPAA Transactions - The Next Generations
• On the Road to Interoperability: CORE Phase I Rules Certification Testing
• The Office for Civil Rights and Health Care Privacy
• HIPAA Privacy: A Three Year Look Back
• An Overview of State Privacy Laws and Preemption Issues Under HIPAA
• Data Breach Prevention 101 and Lessons Learned
• Responding to Your Worse Security Breach Nightmare: When Patient Information is Stolen
• HIPAA and Identity Theft
• How the Heck did this Happen?? Simple Security Mistakes that Can Lead to Disaster
• How to Respond to a Data Breach - It's not just about HIPAA Anymore
• Computer Forensics as a Part of a Security Incident Response Program
• Automating Security Management: Are we There Yet?
• Secure Transmission Workshop
• Achieving HIPAA Security Compliance in a Non-Acute Care Environment
• HIPAA, Providers and Health Plans: What Does Your Provider Agreement Say?
• HIPAA and JCAHO Requirements Compared and Contrasted
• Mind Your Own Business...Associates: Conducting BAA Audits
• Privacy and Security in a Federated Research Network
• Post-HIPAA Implementation of Employee Wellness Programs: Practical Tips and Pitfalls
• How to Conduct an Investigation and Use the Results for Continual Process Improvement
• Achieving Continuous HIPAA Compliance - Tips & Tricks
• HIPAA LIVE! From Plan to Breach To Investigation to Resolution
• Digital Evidence Handling: Chain of Custody
• Close Encounters of the Data Kind: Data Capture from the Actual Medical Record to Validate Accuracy in Reporting
• Responding to Government Subpoenas and other Official Inquiries under HIPAA
• Privacy and Security Enforcement: An In-Depth Exploration of Federal Civil Enforcement
• Privacy and Security Enforcement: An In-Depth Exploration of Federal Criminal Enforcement
• Building Statewide Implementation Strategies for Successful Health Information Exchange (HIE) Implementation
• Managing Patient Authorization in Regional Health Information Organizations
• Realizing the National Health IT Strategy through the Adoption of a Standardized Digital Identity Solution

HOW TO ORDER HIPAA SUMMIT MULTIMEDIA:

Order the CD-ROM, Video iPOD or both online at www.HIPAASummit.com/cdrom13/cdinfo.html.