Health Care Faces Challenge in Getting HIPAA Insurance

Health Care Faces Challenge in Getting HIPAA Insurance

The costs of HIPAA compliance go well beyond the costs of retooling policies and procedures for protecting patient privacy and health records.

As hospital systems, managed care organizations and other covered entities focus on their regulatory compliance, health care executives also are looking for ways to limit their exposure through business insurance.

To assist health care organizations assess their alternatives, Health Information Privacy Alert, Epstein Becker & Green, A.J. Gallagher and URAC are sponsoring an audio seminar: Underwriting Your HIPAA Risks: Seeking Business Insurance for Privacy and Security.

The audio seminar will take place on Tuesday, October 22 from 1 pm โ€” 2 pm Eastern.

This timely program examines what executives must consider in obtaining insurance to reduce their exposure to HIPAA privacy and security risks. In addition, the seminar will focus on how accrediting bodies play a significant role in this arena. While these bodies exert tremendous influence in licensing decisions, their activities also help insurers assess the risks inherent in HIPAA.

This seminar features exceptional experts in HIPAA , insurance and accreditation.

Mark E. Lutes, J.D. is a member of the firm in the National Health Law Practice in the Washington, D.C. office and a frequent lecturer on HIPAA privacy and security issues. During the past two years, he has worked with over 40 groups in identifying privacy and compliance solutions, including employer, long-term care, hospital, TPA, workers compensation, occupational health, pharmaceutical and managed care audiences.

John S. Fisher is Assistant Vice President for Healthcare First, a Division of Gallagher Healthcare Insurance Services. With more than 18 years of experience specializing in health care professional liability insurance, his expertise includes hospital professional liability, medical group practice liability, managed care errors & omissions liability, directors and officers liability and Internet eHealth errors & omissions liability

Garry Carneal, J.D. is a leading expert in health care quality, including issues pertaining to the accreditation and regulation of health care and managed care operations. He serves as President & CEO of URAC (also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission), a non-profit, charitable organization devoted to the accreditation of health plans, networks, utilization review activities, workers’ compensation managed care, health call centers, case management services, external review, web site standards.

Dennis Melamed (moderator) is the editor and publisher of Health Information Privacy Alert. He is also the lead editor and chief author of the HIPAA Handbook reference trilogy on privacy, security and transactions standards.

Registration

Registration is $195.00 per site, with no limit to the number of people who may participate at a site. Registrants may purchase a tape or CD of the session for an additional $100.00.

For those who cannot attend, tapes and CDs are available for $185.00.

To register visit http://glyphics.quickconf.com/sem-online/hipa/semsel.asp?mem=1

For more information about the Sept. 17 audio conference or to register, or contact Dennis Melamed at 703.704-5665; email: dmelamed@hipalert.com