Ames Color-File To Host HIPAA Seminar Series in January 2003; HIPAA Legal Expert Dot Wagg to Speak on HIM Compliance.Business Editors & Health/Medical Writers SOMERVILLE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 16, 2002 Ames Color-File, the nation's largest provider of filing solutions for the U.S. healthcare U.S. Healthcare is a now-defunct healthcare company. The logo had an apple. The merger with Aetna In 1996, the company merged with Aetna, calling it Aetna U.S. Healthcare. The U.S. Healthcare apple logo was next to the Aetna name, and U.S. Healthcare under it. U.S. industry, announced today that it will launch a free 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 (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, ) luncheon seminar series for health information management (HIM) professionals in January 2003. The seminars will be held in seven cities across the nation and feature guest speaker Dot Wagg, lawyer, RHIA RHIA Registered Health Information Administrator (formerly Registered Records Administrator; American Health Information Management Association) , CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan , and former AHIMA AHIMA American Health Information Management Association (Chicago, IL) Director. Attendees will earn four continuing education continuing education: see adult education. continuing education or adult education Any form of learning provided for adults. In the U.S. the University of Wisconsin was the first academic institution to offer such programs (1904). (CE) credits toward maintaining their credentials while learning about HIPAA and some steps they can take to meet the April 14, 2003 compliance deadline. "Ames is proud to sponsor the 2003 HIPAA seminar series and to have secured such a dynamic speaker and known HIPAA authority as Dot Wagg," said Tom Kell, Ames' president and chief executive officer. "The HIPAA seminars allow us to show our support for the healthcare records industry by providing a forum for HIM professionals to gain a better understanding of the impact that HIPAA will have on their organizations -- and what they can do to prepare." Ames Color-File's HIPAA seminar dates and locations are as follows: January 7 New York, NY January 8 Boston, MA January 14 San Francisco, CA January 15 Los Angeles, CA January 23 Atlanta, GA January 29 Dallas, TX January 30 Chicago, IL All seminars are free for HIM professionals. Attendees will earn 4 continuing education (CE) credits upon completion of the seminar. For more information or to register for a seminar near you, email your contact information to info@amespage.com or call 1-800-343-2040, ext. 1058. About Ames Color-File Ames Color-File is the provider of choice for professional medical records products and services to the U.S. healthcare industry. Ames Color-File offers HIPAA-friendly products to ensure privacy, security, and easy tracking of information when storing and transporting records. Ames Color-File's parent company, Ames Safety Envelope Company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA. 800-343-2040. |
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