Cervalis Seminar on HIPAA Regulations to Feature Experts From Gartner, Cisco, TruSecure, Deloitte & Touche and Law Firm Robinson & Cole.Business/Technology Editors STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 2002 -- Cervalis' "Simplifying the 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, Challenge" Seminar will Outline Impact on Companies and Review Compliance Strategies -- Next generation managed hosting and IT outsourcing (1) Contracting with outside consultants, software houses or service bureaus to perform systems analysis, programming and datacenter operations. Contrast with insourcing. See netsourcing, ASP, SSP and facilities management. services provider Cervalis announced today that it will host the fourth seminar in its High-Tech Proficiency pro·fi·cien·cy n. pl. pro·fi·cien·cies The state or quality of being proficient; competence. Noun 1. proficiency - the quality of having great facility and competence Seminar Series on Friday, April 12, 2002, from 8:30 AM to 2:00 PM EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy . The seminar will be held at Cervalis' state-of-the-art Internet Data Center in Dutchess County, New York Dutchess County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York, in the state's Mid-Hudson Region of the Hudson Valley. As of the 2000 census, the population was 280,150. . Cervalis' High-Tech Proficiency Seminars are free for business leaders, executives and IT managers. Titled "HIPAA Readiness: Simplifying the HIPAA Challenge," the April 12th forum will feature keynote presentations from Gartner, Cisco, TruSecure, Deloitte & Touche, Cervalis and law firm Robinson & Cole. The Cervalis seminar comes at a time when many organizations are struggling to understand and comply with federal regulations set forth under 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) of 1996. Researching, planning and implementing a HIPAA Compliance Plan can be laborious la·bo·ri·ous adj. 1. Marked by or requiring long, hard work: spent many laborious hours on the project. 2. Hard-working; industrious. and at times overwhelming. HIPAA is an enterprise wide issue involving legal, regulatory, process, security and technology aspects that apply to each proposed rule. Organizations in many industry sectors are directly affected, particularly those in the insurance, healthcare, state and local government, and legal industries, which must comply with the first of the HIPAA privacy standard deadlines within the next 12 months. The seminar will provide an interactive environment for business leaders and IT managers to understand HIPAA legislation, its legal implications and the security measures Noun 1. security measures - measures taken as a precaution against theft or espionage or sabotage etc.; "military security has been stepped up since the recent uprising" security that need to be addressed by each organization. Presentations will also address state-of-the-art technologies and tools that enable organizations to implement a HIPAA Compliance Plan easily and cost effectively. "Our High-Tech Proficiency events continue to attract substantial interest and attendance," said Cervalis President and COO, Mike Boccardi. "Hosting a HIPAA seminar now is important because it can help companies to prepare for compliance in adequate time for the deadlines that will be enforced. We have invited leading HIPAA experts to show organizations how to comply economically and on time." For more details and to register for the free "HIPAA Readiness: Simplifying the HIPAA Challenge" seminar on April 12th, please call 1-866-602-2020 or visit www.cervalis.com. About Cervalis Cervalis is a next-generation provider of outsourced IT infrastructure and premier managed hosting services that redefine Verb 1. redefine - give a new or different definition to; "She redefined his duties" define, delimit, delimitate, delineate, specify - determine the essential quality of 2. the way companies conduct mission-critical business on the Internet. Through its state-of-the-art, fault-tolerant Internet Data Centers, Cervalis offers world-class customer support with the technology needed to scale complex environments reliably and cost effectively. Cervalis' comprehensive approach to Internet and IT outsourcing solutions provides customers with the ultra-secure high-availability and high-performance infrastructure they need to keep critical e-commerce applications up and running 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. To learn more about the Cervalis advantage, please visit www.cervalis.com or call toll-free 866-602-2020. |
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