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July 24, 2007

Confronting The Threats of Medical Identity Theft

Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Winn Details Scope of Threats

Medical identity theft poses a growing and dangerous challenge to the adoption of electronic health record systems and the integrity of the health system in general. The issue goes well beyond HIPAA privacy and security compliance issues; it threatens the healthcare enterprise across the continuum of operations. Healthcare experts are worried not only that patients are at greater risk as the industry moves toward electronic health records.

There is a mounting and grave concern that some forms of medical identity theft also could hurt the financial solvency and viability of many healthcare operations.

To assist healthcare organizations and their partners, Health Information Privacy/Security Alert sponsored a 90-minute audio seminar:

Confronting the Threats of Medical Identity Theft

The seminar clearly explains the different types of medical identity theft and the dangers they pose. As important, the seminar will discuss some steps healthcare organizations must take to protect patients and safeguard their entire operation.

Participants are briefed on:

• How and where federal and state prosecutors are taking steps to combat medical identity theft;
• The different forms that medical identity theft takes;
• Why medical identity theft poses financial risks for healthcare organizations that fail to take action;
• The steps healthcare must take to minimize the risk of identity theft;
• Actions to in mitigate the consequences of medical identity theft;
• and more.

Who Should Listen

The Faculty

Peter Winn, Since 1994, Peter has served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice. He is the Civil Health Care Fraud Coordinator at the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle, Wash. He was responsible for designing the legal theory underlying the Justice Department's prosecutions of violations of the health privacy provisions of HIPAA.

Gail D. Sausser, Gail specializes in medical identity theft and HIPAA issues. From 2002 through 2006, she served as a staff attorney at Virginia Mason Medical Center. She served as the Chair of the HIPAA Workgroup for the Healthcare Financial Management Association from 2000-2003 and has authored many books and articles on all aspects of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification provisions.

Moderator: Dennis Melamed, editor/publisher of Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.

Continuing Education Credits

• All seminar participants will receive a certificate of participation
• 1.5 IAPP Credits

CD Ordering

The CD recording with all course materials are excellent educational and briefing resources: $275

Download the form at http://www.melamedia.com/CD.0707.Order.Form.pdf and fax it to 703.619.4912