Health Information Compliance Alert
Conference Calendar Corner
Say goodbye to summer with these exciting privacy and security events headed your way in September:
September 7 - 9 in Washington, DC: "Eleventh National HIPAA Summit and the Second HIT Summit" (Health Information Technology [HIT] Summit)www.hitsummit.com
September 14 at 1:45 PM EST: "National HIPAA National Provider Identifier (NPI) Roundtable" (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services [CMS]) Call-in number: 1-877-203-0044; ID number: 5580762.
September 14 - 15 in Las Vegas: "Security Leadership Conference Series" (Help Net Security) www.net-security.org.
September 15 - 16 in Chicago: "Renaissance for the 21st Century: Leading the Change to e-HIM" (The American Health Information Management Association [AHIMA] and Care Communications) www.ahima.org/renaissance.
September 21 - 23 in Atlanta: "Health IT Certification and Training" (Health IT Certification) www.healthitcertification.com.
September 26 - 28 in Research Triangle Park, NC: "Security and Privacy Conference" (NC Healthcare Information Communications Alliance [NCHICA]) www.nchica.org/Activities/AMC05/intro.htm.
September 26 - October 1 in San Francisco: "HealthSec 2005 Conference & Expo: Optimizing Security in a HIPAA and E-Health World" (MIS Training Institute) www.misti.com/healthsec.
September 30 in Green Bay, WI: "Are You Gambling with Your HIPAA Regulations?" (HIPAA Collaborative Of Wisconsin [COW]www.hipaacow.org/Events/Fall2005.aspx.
COMING IN OCTOBER
October 15 - 20 in San Diego: "2005 AHIMA 77th Convention and Exhibit" (AHIMA ) www.ahima.org/convention/2005/index.asp.
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