Press Release: HIPAA Summit XVI Features NPI Implementation Update
  • The Leading Forum on Healthcare EDI, Privacy, Confidentiality, Data Security and HIPAA Compliance
  • Collocated with the Privacy Symposium at Harvard - Summer 2008
  • August 18 - 21, 2008, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
  • www.HIPAASummit.com

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WASHINGTON DC USA -- HIT/HIPAA UPDATE NEWS SERVICE™ -- JUNE 5, 2008: The Sixteenth National HIPAA Summit, www.HIPAASummit.com, will be collocated with the Second Privacy Symposium, www.PrivacySummerSymposium.com, August 18 - 21, 2008, at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA . One registration will permit attendance of all sessions of both events.

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NPI UPDATE


Michael Phillips
Health Insurance Specialist, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD


Peter Barry
Chief Executive Officer, Enumeron, Co-chair, WEDI Workgroup for , National Provider Identifier Implementation, Naples, FL

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

David A. Feinberg, CDP
President, Rensis Corporation, Seattle, WA

Walter G. Suarez, MD, MPH
President & Chief Executive Officer, Institute for HIPAA/HIT Education and Research, President, Public Health Data Standards Consortium, Alexandria, VA

James D. Whicker
Director of EDI, Intermountain Health Care, Chair, WEDI, Salt Lake City, UT

THE SIXTEENTH HIPAA SUMMIT IS COLLOCATED WITH THE 2008 PRIVACY SYMPOSIUM
In 2008, the Sixteenth HIPAA Summit will be collocated at Harvard with the Privacy Symposium. With one registration, you can attend both of these great conferences.

THE PRIVACY SYMPOSIUM - SUMMER 2008
An Executive Education Program on Privacy and Data Security Policy and Practice

FEATURING THE FOLLOWING TRACKS
  • Advanced Issues in HIPAA Privacy Compliance
  • Advanced Issues in HIPAA Security Compliance
  • Advanced HIPAA Compliance Issues Raised by Health Information Technology
  • Advanced Issues in HIPAA Transactions, Code sets and Identifier Compliance
  • The New, New Thing in Privacy: Coming Challenges for Privacy Professionals
  • Financial Services Privacy Policy
  • Information Technology Privacy Policy
  • Consumer Privacy Policy
  • Advanced issues in Domestic and Global Privacy Policy

THE VENUES AT HARVARD

Classes Held: Harvard University's Annenberg Hall, Lowell Hall, Science Center and the Harvard Faculty Club
Congress Hotel: The Inn at Harvard

GOVERNMENT KEYNOTE SPEAKERS


Michael Phillips
Health Insurance Specialist, Office of E-Health Standards and Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Baltimore, MD

Harry L. Reynolds, Jr.
Vice President of HIPAA and Information Compliance Officer, Blue Cross & Blue Shield Of North Carolina, Inc., Chair Elect, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics, Durham, NC

Linda Sanches
Senior Advisor, HIPAA Privacy Outreach & Training, Office for Civil Rights, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC

STATE ATTORNEYS GENERAL

Julie Brill, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General, Vermont Attorney General's Office, Montpelier, VT

Esther Chavez, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General, Texas Attorney General's Office, Austin, TX

Christine Nielsen, Esq.
Assistant Attorney General, Illinois Attorney General's Office, Springfield, IL

Catherine Z. Ysrael, Esq.
Deputy Attorney General, California Attorney General's Office, San Diego, CA

PRIVACY ADVOCATE KEYNOTE

Deven McGraw, Esq.
Director, Health Privacy Project Center for Democracy & Technology, Co chairs, Confidentiality, Privacy and Security Workgroup, American Health Information Community, Washington, DC

Deborah C. Peel, MD
Psychiatrist and Medical Privacy Expert, Founder and Chair, Patient Privacy Rights and the Coalition for Patient Privacy, Austin, TX

HIPAA PRIVACY EXPERTS

Joan Beach
Privacy Official, Catholic Healthcare West, Sacramento, CA

David Behinfar, JD, LLM
HIPAA Compliance Manager, University of Florida Jacksonville Healthcare, Inc., Jacksonville, FL

Brandon Ho
HIPAA Compliance Specialist, US Army Medical Command, Pacific Regional Medical Command Tripler AMC, Honolulu, HI

Sarah Ingersoll, RN, MS, MBA
Vice President and Director of Case Management, PlanetHospital, Clinical Instructor, Keck School of Medicine, USC, Pasadena, CA

Ross T. Janssen, Esq., CIPP
University HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Susan E. Mazer
President and Chief Executive Officer, Healing HealthCare Systems, Inc., Reno, NV

Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co chair, HIT/HIPAA Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA

HIPAA SECURITY EXPERTS

Holt Anderson
Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC



Nadia Fahim-Koster, MBA, CHPS, CISSP
Information Security Director, Piedmont Healthcare, Atlanta, GA

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

Timothy H. Rearick, MBA
Affiliate Consultant, North Highland, Tallahassee, FL

Ken Schwartz
Vice President of Compliance, Piedmont Healthcare, Inc., Atlanta, GA

HIPAA AND HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Margret Amatayakul, MBA
President, Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Schaumburg, IL

Christine Bechtel
Vice President/Public Policy-Government Relations, eHealth Initiative, Washington, DC



Dan Christensen, Esq.
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Dossia, Portland, OR


Richard S. Dick, PhD
Founder, You Take Control, Inc., Co author, The Computer-based Patient, Record: An Essential Technology for Healthcare, Alpine, UT


Gerry Hinkley, Esq.
Partner and Chair, Health Information Technology Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine, San Francisco, CA



Matthew A. Kaminer, Esq.
Vice-President, Assistant General Counsel, and Chief Privacy Officer, WebMD Health Corp, New York, NY



Robert Shelton
Founder, Private Access, Aliso Viejo, CA

Eric Sachs
Product Manager, Google Security, Mountain View, CA

Anna Slomovic, PhD
Chief Privacy Officer, Revolution Health, Washington, DC

Michael Stokes
Health Privacy Officer, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA

SPEECH PRIVACY EXPERTS

William Cavanaugh, FASA, INCE Bd Cert
Founding Director, Architectural Acoustics, Bolt Beranek & Newman, Co-founder and Editor, ANSI S12 Workgroup 44, Cambridge, MA


Kurt Rockstroh, AAH, FACHA
Steffian Bradley Architects, Co chair, Health Guidelines Revision Committee, Facility Guidelines Institute (AIA), Boston, MA


David M. Sykes
Co chair, ANSI S12 Workgroup 44, Cambridge, MA

FEATURING TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION

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


SPECIAL HIPAA ACADEMY CHA, CHP AND CHSS PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PRECONFERENCE
On Monday, August 18, 2008, the following faculty will teach 4 core courses for HIPAA Academy professional certifications:

Uday O. Ali Pabrai, CISSP, CHSS
Chief Executive and Co founder, HIPAA Academy, Newport Beach, CA

Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co chair, HIT/HIPAA Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA
Lorna L. Waggoner
Director, HIPAA Academy, Waukee, IA

SPECIAL HEALTH IT CERTIFICATION CPEHR, CPHIT AND CPHIE PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION PRECONFERENCE
On Monday, August 18, 2008, the following faculty will teach 4 core courses for Health IT Certification professional certifications:

Margret Amatayakul, MBA, CPEHR, CPHIT, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS
President, Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Schaumburg, IL
William R. Braithwaite, MD, Ph.D.
"Doctor HIPAA", Former Senior Advisor on Health Information Policy, DHHS, Washington, DC

Paul T. Smith, Esq.
Partner and Co chair, HIT/HIPAA Practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA
Steven S. Lazarus, PhD, CPEHR, CPHIT, FHIMSS
President, Boundary Information Group, Denver, CO

SUMMIT EXHIBIT & SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION

For sponsorship and exhibit information, go to www.HIPAASummit.com/promotional/index.html or contact Joni Lipson, Exhibit Manager, Phone: 215-599-6626, Fax: 215-545-8107, email joni.lipson@rmpinc.com.


SUMMIT REGISTRATION INFORMATION

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

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