MEETING ANNOUNCEMENT – FEBRUArY 4, 2010

 

HITECH and HIPAA, What Dangers Await You in this Alphabet Soup?

 

Collecting from Attorneys

 

Pending Quality and Credentialling Changes from DOLI

 

Our next meeting will be at the usual location, Bellevue City Hall, on Thursday, February 4, 2010, from 7 to 9 pm. It will be in Room 1E-120 on the first floor. However, you may wish to come early. Irene Suver from Panel of Consultants has graciously offered to sponsor a light dinner beginning at 6:30 pm. If you are coming for dinner please RSVP by the end of Monday, February 1 st, so I can tell her how many to expect. If you're not coming for dinner, no need to reply.

On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (AARA). Among other provisions it contained the Health Information for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act. HITECH has a number of profound changes affecting physicians including cyber-liability and Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) . Two speakers from Kibble and Prentice have graciously agreed to come and from 7-8 pm enlighten us about the major provisions, and the exposures to privacy liability that physicians now face in everyday medical practice.

Phil Dyer is Senior Vice President in the Professional Liability Division of Healthcare Management Services. Mr. Dyer specializes in medical professional liability services for physicians, group practices, and hospitals. He also served in the Washington Legislature for 3 terms, as Chairman of the Health Care Committee, was the first mayor of Sammamish, and was a technical advisor to the Washington Liability Reform Coalition (WALRC) advocating tort reform solutions.

Seth Shapiro is a Risk Management Consultant and member of the Risk Strategies team. He has more than 27 years of experience in risk and insurance, strongly advocates for clients' needs in enterprise risk management, risk assessment, information security management, contract analysis and risk financing program design. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Information Assurance at the University of Washington.

From 8-9 pm Irene Suver from Panel of Consultants, who needs no introduction to most, will be speaking on means to collect from "deadbeat" attorneys. She will also discuss p ending quality and credentialling changes from Labor and Industries.

Please save these upcoming meeting dates for the first half of 2010: March 4, April 1, and May 6. Second half meeting dates are: September 9, October 7, November 11, and December 2, 2010. Hope to see you on February 4 th.

Charles N. Brooks MD, President

18 Cascade Key

Bellevue , WA 98006-1002

Phone: 425-747-1111

Fax: 425-747-1112

E-mail: charleybrooks@comcast.net