Health Information Compliance Alert
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The HIPAA conference beat goes on in August as entities scramble to ensure testing solutions for HIPAA's Transactions and Code Sets standards, as well as take care of all of their other compliance demands. Take a look below at some of the conferences being conducted in your area in August: August 11 - 15 in Minneapolis: "Certified HIPAA Professional & Security Specialist Training" (HIPAA Academy and Train for HIPAA) http://store.yahoo.com/hipaaacademy/5daofhisetra.html August 14 - 15 in Minneapolis (and August 21-22 in Columbus, OH): "Mastering HIPAA EDI Implementation Guides" (EDI Partners) www.edipartners.com/register.html August 20 - 21 in Orlando: "HIPAA Privacy Officer Training" (Pangaea) August 21 in San Diego (University of San Diego): "HIPAA Security and Privacy Conference - Transactions and Compliance Strategies" (Data Connectors) www.dataconnectors.com/events/sd_hipaa_03/agenda.asp August 22 teleconference: "The Twelfth National HIPAA Implementation Roundtable," 2:00 - 3:30 PM ET (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). Call-in number: 1-877-381-6315; conference identification number: 1596431.
August 4 - 5 in San Francisco: "Managing Change: Thriving in the 21st Century" (American College of Healthcare Executives) http://ache.org/SEMINARS/chnge.cfm
Contact: Brenda White, Event Coor-dinator, at 407-876-9240
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