[PHSW] [Fwd: Re: CMS Provider Training on HIPAA]

[Laura Larsson]

  Friends:

More on teh HIPAA Readiness Workshop.

Laura

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Subject: Re: CMS Provider Training on HIPAA
Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 08:43:48 -0700
From: "Vicki Hohner" <Vicki.Hohner at foxsys.com>
To: <snip>



Here is the CMS media release on the training in Tacoma. Thank you again
for your help in publicizing this event. 

For Immediate Release
May 19, 2003
Contacts: 
CMS Press Office 202-690-6145
Seattle Regional Office 206-615-2370
WORD doc of this alert is attached.

CMS PLANS HIPAA READINESS WORKSH0P

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will hold a one-day
Health Care Provider HIPAA (Health Insurance and Portability Act)
Readiness Workshop in Tacoma, Washington on Thursday, June 5, 2003.

The workshop will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Landmark
Convention Center, 47 Street Helen Avenue. The workshop is free.
However, participants are responsible for their own hotel
accommodations.

CMS recognizes the importance of increasing awareness of HIPAA's
administration simplification requirements among those impacted by the
Act. The workshop is aimed at meeting the information needs of
physicians and individual practitioners.

This workshop will focus on implementing the critical electronic
transactions and code set requirements by: 

- Helping participants understand what HIPAA means to THEM
- Explaining who is covered by the regulation and who is not
- Understanding what HIPAA electronic data interchange means to the
small provider 
- Phases of HIPAA Implementation
- Testing and Certification
- Providing checklists to prepare for meeting the October 16, 2003
HIPAA Electronic Transactions and Code Sets Deadline 
- Delivering a special session on Security

To register for the workshop via email please send your requests to
hipaamail at titan.com or you can fax your request to 410-944-3868.
Please include your name, e-mail address if applicable; company name,
title, and address with your registration request. 
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Pam Negri
Public Affairs Specialist
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Seattle Regional Office
Phone:  206-615-2370
Fax:       206-615-2363
email:    pnegri at cms.hhs.gov


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