Healthcare privacy and data security has become one of the major policy, technology and operations issues in American healthcare. Health plans and insurers were mandated to comply with Gramm-Leach- Bliley by July 1, 2001. The recently-passed Administrative Simplification Compliance Act, HR 3323, permits covered entities to apply for a one-year extension of the HIPAA transactions and code sets compliance date of October 16, 2002. The primary condition is the submission of a compliance plan by October 2002. This plan, among other things, requires entities to be ready to test transactions by April of 2003. The Act does not change the April 14, 2003 effective date of the privacy regulations. Pending HIPAA regulations on security and electronic signature standards may be issued soon. HIPAA does not preempt more restrictive state law. Thus, in effect, there are 50 state schemes in healthcare privacy and security, subject to certain federal minimum standards. This complex mix of federal and state law and regulation creates a maze through which healthcare organizations must navigate. Compliance will be not only complex, but also extremely costly as healthcare moves to electronic data interchange and the Internet.

The HIPAA Summit conference series provides a road map to understanding the complex requirements of federal and state law and illuminates strategies for compliance. Through an expert faculty of over 100 and over 40 concurrent sessions, HIPAA Summit West II will go well beyond the simple recitation of the federal HIPAA law and regulations. Of course, the Summit will provide the most up-to-date and sophisticated information on the status and construction of the HIPAA regulations through the presentations of the leading HIPAA regulators from the Department of Health and Human Services. Further, the Summit will provide specific and in depth analysis of the healthcare privacy and security laws of a number of major states. The HIPAA Summit West II will focus on practical case studies from the field, featuring presentations by leading privacy, security and comliance officers from around the country. Finally, the Summit will address the complex financial, operational and technical issues that must be addressed not only to comply with the technical requirements of the law, but also to integrate new technologies in order to enhance the efficiency, quality and accessibility of healthcare services.

• Chief Executive Officers
• Chief Operating Officers
• Chief Technology Officers
• Chief Financial Officers
• Compliance Officers
• Health Law Attorneys
• Medical Directors
• Physicians
• Managed Care Professionals
• Medical Group Managers
• Data Managers
• Ethics Officers
• Health Insurance Executives
• Consultants
• Government Agency Employees
• Health Administration Faculty
• Risk Managers
• Pharmacists
• Quality Assurance Professionals
• Registered Nurses
• Long Term Care Professionals
• Billing and Coding Professionals
• Third Party Billing Professionals
• Software Developers
• System Vendors
• System Integrators

• Provide a Basic Background to the HIPAA Law and Regulations
• Discuss Strategies in Developing HR 3323 Extension Requests and Compliance Plans
• Describe and Compare State Approaches to the Regulation of Healthcare Privacy and Data Security
• Articulate Basic HIPAA Compliance and Risk Management Strategies
• Describe Prominent MultiInstitutional and/or Regional Approaches to HIPAA Compliance
• Assess the Implications of the HIPAA Privacy Regulations to Various Sectors of the Healthcare System
• Share Case Studies of Organizational Approaches to HIPAA Compliance