Legal Health Record Seminar

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Overview

Program Alert:

Kelly McLendon and Mike Lowe have performed analysis of the new economic stimulus plan (named the American Recovery and Reinvestment ACT or ‘ARRA’) and will cover the various HIPAA and EHR provisions in depth!

Don’t miss this opportunity to learn details of the Act as they are known to date!

"The purpose of this seminar is to educate attendees with the most up-to-the-minute best practices
- in relation to legal health records."

This 2-day seminar will present perspectives on the vast subject of medical legal health records from the views of a practicing healthcare attorney and a credentialed record management expert.

This subject area is so vast in scope that it is never fully explored in a single educational instance, but these two professionals will present a view of what they consider the important elements in any discussion about ‘legal’ records, documentation practices, electronic record systems, disclosure and maintenance of the best records for any healthcare provider’s defense. Physician practice, clinic, ambulatory surgical center and hospital venues will all be addressed.

Liabilities, consequences and how to protect against them are many times at the forefront of what legal health record conference participants are interested in learning. This seminar will tie these liabilities and consequences to many areas within the program.

The program will also cover in-depth applicable federal and Florida laws and rules on the privacy, security, ownership, and proper handling and release of records (HIPAA Regs, Florida Statutes, DOH and Board of Medicine Rules). As well as the current regulatory environment including AHCA, the Florida Department of Health and the OCR (HIPAA enforcement agency at HHS).

The seminar will also give specifics on EHR/EMR contracting provisions, do’s and don’ts to look for in any contract, how to effectively negotiate those agreements, and how to tailor the software to your entity.

The program will also address how to design and implement best practice and policies and procedures for a compliance plan; conducting internal investigations and handling/defending government investigations.

Get the latest on the ever evolving eDiscovery rules and issues they are creating (and will continue to create). Find out what they mean for any health care entity and their medical records custodian(s). Practical advice on the various types of subpoenas and current trends in civil breach of privacy and other lawsuits arising from medical records disclosure issues (and how to prevent such litigation/claims). An in-depth look at the duties and obligations of a records custodian.

Don’t miss their opinions and analysis of ARRA and what professionals should be preparing for in both hospitals, physician offices and clinics.

Brochure

Dates, Locations, and Pricing

New Smyrna Beach, FL

When: May 14-15, 2009
            Registration starts at 7:30 am; Meeting scheduled from 8:30-5:00

Where: Bert Fish Hospital, 401 Palmetto Street
             New Smyrna Beach, FL (Directions)

Continental break, lunch, and break provided.

How Much: $499 (includes continental breakfast and lunch). Sending more than one person from your organization? Then the price is $499 for first attendee and $199 per each additional person from your organization.

In keeping with ‘green’ business this seminar is presented without an overabundance of paper handouts. Main program PowerPoint handout copies for real time note taking will be available for each attendee as well as a CD with sample forms, policies and procedures, GAP analysis checklist, business associate agreements, notice of privacy practices, statutes and regulations and planning documents; electronic version of our slide presentation; and the Health Information Xperts Legal Health Record Manual (a $199 value) which includes: various tools to facilitate Legal Health Record definitions, sample polices and procedures as detailed on the HIX website at www.hixperts.com.

Who Should Attend

HIM Directors

Privacy & Compliance Officers

Risk Managers

CIO & IT Managers

Medical Informaticists

Physician & Clinic Office Managers

Release of Information Specialists

Patient Accounts and Billing Managers

Diagnostic Imaging

Department Directors

Any Healthcare Record Custodians

Document Management Vendors

Vendors creating any type of EHR or EMR record solutions

Continuing Education Credits

This two day seminar will offer 10 CEs.

AHIMA Members: AHIMA allows one CE for each 60 minutes of participation in seminars or webinars for educational portions of programs sponsored by organizations or vendors on topics, which maintain, update, or enlarge knowledge and/or skills relevant to the HIM profession. Click here to view AHIMAs CE policy. Ten AHIMA CEU's have been applied for through AHIMA.