ADVISORY/Live Webcast to Provide Information and Advice for Achieving HIPAA Compliance; Predictive Systems to Host: "HIPAA: Secure and Private Medicine".Business, High-Tech and Medical Editors ADVISORY ... for June 13, 2001 NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 2001 Predictive Systems to Host: "HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, : Secure and Private Medicine," a Free Webcast Seminar Designed to Help Companies Handling Sensitive Patient Information Comply with New Federal Privacy Regulations "HIPAA: Secure and Private Medicine," a free, live Web cast designed to help companies handling sensitive patient information comply with new federal privacy regulations, will be hosted by Predictive Systems (Nasdaq: PRDS PRDS Parti Républicain Démocratique et Social (French: Democratic and Social Republican Party, Mauritania) PRDS Pitt-Rogers-Danks Syndrome PRDS Peachtree Rainbow Deaf Society, Inc. ), a leading network infrastructure consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a , on Wednesday, June 13, 2001, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (ET). Under recently enacted components of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (HIPAA), all individuals and organizations entrusted to collect, store, transfer, or utilize personal health information must take specific steps to protect it against misuse or disclosure. In many cases, this will require organizations to implement new policies, procedures, and technologies to comply with provisions for privacy and security in transactions and use of electronic signatures. Consequences for non-compliance include civil and criminal penalties, as well as cease-and-desist orders for key business operations Business operations are those activities involved in the running of a business for the purpose of producing value for the stakeholders. Compare business processes. The outcome of business operations is the harvesting of value from assets . Hosted by Mark Rasch, Vice President of Cyber-Law, Richard Rees, Principal Consultant, and Ed Skoudis Ed Skoudis is a founder and senior security consultant for the Washington, D.C.-based network security consulting firm, Intelguardians Network Intelligence, LLC and a handler at the SANS' Internet Storm Center. , Vice President of Security Strategy, Predictive Systems' Webcast will provide important information on this issue that could potentially impact every business offering healthcare and/or related services in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Highlights include: - Why you should be concerned about HIPAA compliance. - How your company will be affected by HIPAA. - Key goals towards achieving HIPAA compliance. The discussion will be followed by an interactive Q & A. To register for the event, please visit http://www.predictive.com/webcast/index.cfm?Source=MA. Predictive Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRDS) is a leading network infrastructure consulting firm focused on building fast, reliable, secure networks for service providers and global enterprises. The firm's BusinessFirst(TM) approach maps technology solutions to business goals. Predictive Systems' clients include Allstate, Bear Stearns The Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. (NYSE: BSC) is the parent company of Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., one of the largest global investment banks and securities trading and brokerage firms in the world. , BellSouth, British Telecom The telephone and communications carrier that provides services in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. It used to be a division of the British Post Office, but was privatized in 1984 under Margaret Thatcher's administration. , Cisco Systems, CSFBdirect, First Union National Bank, MasterCard, WorldCom, and Pfizer. Predictive Systems, the Predictive Systems logo, BusinessFirst, e-frastructure, e-readiness, and e-xplain are trademarks of Predictive Systems, Inc. All other brands or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature relating to future events or future financial results of Predictive Systems. Investors are cautioned that such statements are only predictions, and that actual events or results may differ materially. In evaluating such statements, investors should specifically consider various factors which could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those indicated from such forward-looking statements, including the matters set forth in Predictive Systems' reports and documents filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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