Presented by Michael Lowe,
Esquire and Kelly McLendon, RHIA, CHPS
These two professionals offer real world guidance and expertise
in a setting that encourages interaction between the speakers
and the attendees. Each of the presenters have educated and
entertained literally thousands of healthcare professionals over
the years and individually have seen high attendance and speaker
evaluation ratings. Together they form a team that will address
a very wide scope of material related to HITECH HIPAA,
Meaningful Use requirements related to Privacy and Security for
Certified EHRs, Legal Health Records and Electronic Health
Records for both hospitals and other venues of care such as Long
Term, Psychiatric, Hospice and any number of Ambulatory settings
from single physician practices to multi-specialty clinics. The
meeting format is very open, audience questions and concerns
will be answered by the entire presentation team throughout the
sessions.
Mr. Lowe is board certified in health care law by
The Florida Bar. His practice focuses on all aspects of business,
corporate, transactional, litigation, regulatory, operational and
administrative matters in the health care law arena.
Mr. Lowe regularly represents clients in medical
records and HIPAA privacy regulations issues, managed care
contracting and reimbursement matters, the preparation, review and
negotiation of physician employment agreements, Medicare/Medicaid
fraud and abuse prevention, defense and reimbursement issues,
medical staff privilege cases, professional licensure and
disciplinary actions, voluntary self-disclosure cases,
physician-hospital contracts, compliance plan development, and
health care regulatory analysis and counseling matters.
Licensed in both Florida and Georgia, Mr. Lowe is a
member of the health law sections of the Florida Bar, Georgia Bar
and American Bar Associations. Additionally, he is a member of the
American Health Lawyers Association. He received his B.S. degree in
history from the United States Naval Academy and his M.A. degree in
national security studies from Georgetown University, and is a
former naval aviator and Desert Storm veteran. Mr. Lowe graduated
summa cum laude from the University of Alabama School of Law, where
he earned his J.D. degree. He is a frequent lecturer on various
health care law topics.
 Kelly
is President of Health Information Xperts, a consultancy
specializing in HIM, record management, electronic document
management, legal and electronic health records. Kelly is an
accomplished speaker, author and a 30 year AHIMA member.
Kelly was recently awarded the Florida
Health Information Association’s (FHIMA) highest honor, Distinguished Member’
for 2008. He joins a list of HIM
luminaries from Florida who have volunteered extensive time and
knowledge for both FHIMA and it’s parent organization American
Health Information Association (AHIMA). He was awarded the AHIMA Visionary
Award in 2003.
Kelly chaired the FHIMA Legislative Committee for
both 2007 and 2008 which was responsible for a complete rewrite of
the FHIMA Legal Manual. He has a long list of activities and posts
held within FHIMA including being a former member of the Board of
Directors.
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