Dear Colleague,

I’m extending a special invitation to you to subscribe to Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.
I’ll get to the details in a moment.

First, I want to share how we see the world of patient data stewardship in an electronic health record environment.

  • An exclusive focus on HIPAA, HITECH or any other single set of patient privacy laws is a risky strategy. A comprehensive, forward-looking approach to patient information is needed.

  • Patient data stewardship should be straightforward; it isn’t. Privacy and data security officers operate in a dynamic environment that requires a constant balancing of competing interests.

  • Responsible organizations already have some kind of privacy and security compliance program in place. The challenge is making sure that the program stays relevant and effective.

  • Tools to keep up-to-date in privacy and confidentiality must be affordable or some important things just won’t happen in a timely way.  

    "Health Information Privacy/Security Alert is one of my key resources
    for my health information technology law practice.
    It provides insider perspectives and insight
    into possible implications which I really don’t find anywhere else."

    John Christiansen
    Principal, Christiansen IT Law
    ABA. Vice-Chair, e-Health Privacy and Security Interest Group
    ABA Chair, Task Force on HITECH Business Associate Issues
     

So what is this special invitation?

We will give you a monthly briefing that keeps you ahead of the curve and provides you with answers you need to  keep your organization’s privacy and security program relevant, healthy and affordable.

You will receive a professional rate of $258 for an electronic subscription to Health Information Privacy/Security Alert. That’s a savings 50%.

Plus, we will send you one of the following three audio seminars at no charge. These well-regarded seminars feature nationally recognized experts and provide information on the issues you confront now.

  • The 6th Annual Review of Medical Privacy and Data Security Enforcement

  • The New Patient Privacy Challenge: Where Breach Notification, HIPAA & HR Meet

  • Best Practices & New Issues in Data De-Identification for Healthcare & EHRs

  • Or go to http://www.melamedia.com/education.php and pick any seminar CD you wish.

Each of these seminars qualifies for continuing education credits from the International Association of Privacy Professionals and provide excellent training and educational materials for professional staff.

If you can’t make up your mind, that’s okay, order additional seminars for $59 each. These seminars usually cost $289. So you can easily amass substantial savings, and we really want you to have this information.

"I rely on Health Information Privacy/Security Alert
for insightful and current reporting and
analysis of both late-breaking and evolving issues
in protecting sensitive data."

John C. Parmigiani, President
John C. Parmigiani & Associates, LLC
Former Director of Enterprise Standards, CMS
 


Before you decide anything though, let me pose a few issues that occupy our attention.

Did you know:

  • New breach notification requirements are setting the stage for labor showdowns between healthcare employers and employees?

  • Personal health records will boost the pressure on covered entities to protect themselves from breaches?

  • Federal prosecutors are increasingly using HIPAA to go after healthcare fraud in the same way they used the tax code to go after mobsters?

  • A federal judge ruled in 2009 that a health screening conducted by physicians was not a healthcare service protected under HIPAA? That’s right. (We’re a little concerned and confused too.)

  • The shift to ICD-10 will provoke a new set of definitions of what may be shared under HIPAA’s minimum necessary provisions?

Some of these issues seem to come from out of nowhere. But we cast a large net to catch and understand the health data issues you need to recognize.

We’ve been doing this for quite some time. And we are gratified that we have been useful to many of the key leaders in this area.

“Health Information Privacy/Security Alert keeps me current
on the important issues of health information privacy and security.
The focus on information from HHS
and other areas of the Federal government is a key
to understanding the requirements industry must meet.”
 

 

Stanley Nachimson, Principal
Nachimson Advisors, LLC
Former Senior Technical Advisor
CMS Office of Electronic Standards and Services
 


Since 1997, Health Information Privacy/Security Alert has provided the strategic outlook and insight into patient data stewardship issues to keep healthcare organizations and employers one step ahead with facts – not speculation.

After all the effort you have already invested, the last thing you want are more surprises. Things are moving quickly on the regulatory front, and this is a limited time offer.

So please take advantage of our invitation and send us the special order form found at http://www.melamedia.com/2010_Special.pdf.

We look forward to serving you in the months ahead.

Sincerely,

Dennis Melamed

Dennis Melamed
Editor & Publisher
Health Information Privacy/Security Alert

PS: Remember to download the special form at http://www.melamedia.com/2010_Special.pdf. This offer ends April 16, 2010.