CMHC Systems Announces National HIPAA Readiness Workshop; In Response to President Clinton's Final Rules Release on Security and Privacy under HIPAA Legislation.Business Editors, Health/Medical & High Tech Writers DUBLIN, Ohio--(BW HealthWire)--Dec. 20, 2000 Earlier today, Donna Shalala Donna Edna Shalala (surname pronounced /ʃəˈleɪlə/; born February 14, 1941) is the president of the University of Miami, a private university in Coral Gables, Florida. , Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS , announced the release of Final Rules on Security and Privacy under the Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act There are a number of piece of legislation known as the Accountability Act:
In response to the newly released rules, CMHC CMHC community mental health center. Systems, a leading provider of information technology for healthcare and human services organizations, is pleased to announce its nationwide HIPAA readiness and education workshop, HIPAA Road Map - How Do I Get There From Here? The innovative and original event includes participation by industry-leading companies such as IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, M.T.M. Services, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and many others. HIPAA Road Map, scheduled for January 25-26 in Boston, Massachusetts “Boston” redirects here. For other uses, see Boston (disambiguation). Boston is the capital and most populous city of Massachusetts.[3] The largest city in New England, Boston is considered the unofficial economic and cultural center of the entire New , is the only educational forum designed specifically to address the HIPAA preparation issues for behavioral health, public health, and human services. The workshop will highlight the combined perspectives of government, technology, healthcare, insurance, legal compliance, and security experts, as well as the consumer and has already drawn hundreds of registrations from across the country. Keynote speaker Dr. William R. Braithwaite, Senior Advisor on Health Information Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and a major contributor to the Administrative Simplification Subtitle 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 of 1996, will make one of his first official appearances since publication of the rules at HIPAA Road Map. Dr. Braithwaite will discuss the recently finalized Security and Privacy Regulations and will offer insight about the latest developments in HIPAA legislation. HIPAA Road Map - How Do I Get There From Here? will take place at the Boston Marriott Burlington, Boston, Massachusetts, January 25-26, 2001. For more information on the workshop or CMHC Systems, write us at HIPAA Road Map, c/o CMHC Systems, 570 Metro Place North, Dublin, Ohio, 43017; call 800-434-CMHC; fax 614-799-3188; email hipaaworkshop@cmhc.com; or visit our web site at www.cmhcsystems.com. Early registration is priced at $795 per person through December 22, 2000. Thereafter, advance registration is $995. Registration at the door, if space is available, will be $1,295. CMHC Systems is offering special pricing for multiple registrations from the same organization. Since 1978, CMHC Systems has pioneered the development of technology and management information systems for human service organizations. Integrating clinical, financial, demographic, and staff data, the CMHC/MIS permits total information management. Using browser-based software and operating under UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). , the CMHC/MIS combines a powerful multi-tasking system with Internet technology to create a graphical environment allowing quick and easy system navigation. CMHC has helped provide information management solutions to more than 500 organizations with 650 sites in 40 states and more than 25,000 end-users. |
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