Health Information Compliance Alert

Conferences:

Conference Calendar Corner

Start the spring thaw with these education opportunities coming in March and April.

March 2 (1:00 PM EST): "Wireless Security, Telecommuting and E-Mail" (Quick Compliance; HIPAA Security Roundtable) www.quickcompliance.net/prodsvc/campaign/security/security-roundtable-agenda.html.



March 3 - 4 in Washington, DC: NCVHS Full Committee Meeting (National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics)ncvhs.hhs.gov.


March 6 - 8 in San Francisco: "HIT Summit West" (HIT)
www.hitsummit.com.


March 9 - 11 in Washington, DC: "IAPP National Summit" (International Association of Privacy Professionals) www.privacyassociation.org/html/summit.html.


March 10 in Baltimore: "Improving Your HIPAA & OIG Compliance Plans: Preparing To Comply With The New HIPAA Security Standards" (OPEN MINDS)
www.openminds.com/inst/oms05sm02a.htm.


March 14 in Washington, DC: "Turning Theory Into Practice: The Next Steps for E-HIM" (AHIMA)
www.ahima.org/infocenter/ehim/ehimmeetinghome.cfm.

March 28 - 31 in Houston: "4-Day HIPAA Security Training (CHP & CHSS)" (HIPAA Academy)
http://www.hipaaacademy.net/hipaacertification/hipaatraining.html.

March 30 (1:00 PM EST): "Last-Minute Readiness Check" (Quick Compliance; HIPAA Security Roundtable)
www.quickcompliance.net/prodsvc/campaign/security/security-roundtable-agenda.html#readiness.

April 6 - 8 in Baltimore: "Tenth National HIPAA Summit" (HIPAA Summit)
www.hipaasummit.com.

April 17 - 20 in New Orleans: "2005 Compliance Institute" (Health Care Comp-liance Association)
www.hcca-info.org/eseries/StaticContent/05CImailerWEB.pdf