The May meeting has been changed to June 4th and will be held at 1 PM at the Alltel center.  To make sure enough food is ordered, please RSVP: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/351663836.  Lunch will be provided at no cost.  Please join us for the following topic (see below) presented by “Adam Stone” followed by an open forum of questions and answers.

Title: HITECH Act: The “Stimulus” Bill and Challenges and Opportunities for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates

The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH Act) is intended to encourage healthcare providers and payors (and their back-end support systems) to move paper-based records to a ubiquitous and secure electronic health information network by 2014. The HITECH Act sets ambitious information security and privacy compliance goals for a myriad of players in and around the healthcare sector.

In this session, participants will receive an overview of HITECH provisions and important changes to HIPAA's Security and Privacy Rules. Participants will also understand the increased downstream liability for "business associates." Specific learning objectives include the following:
- Knowledge of the key changes to HIPAA's Privacy and Security Rule
- Understanding of the emerging standards regime and its impact to business associates
-  Reconciliation between competing compliance obligations and the new health information privacy and security obligations

BIO:
Adam Stone leads the Data Privacy, Security and Risk practice for Enterprise Knowledge Partners, LLC. Mr. Stone has been an active leader in the data privacy and security discipline for nearly a decade. He has lead privacy and security efforts for a large insurance company, and was proud to serve as Corporate Privacy Officer for Hazelden Foundation – the highly-regarded drug and alcohol rehabilitation clinic in Center City, Minnesota.

Mr. Stone has over 19 years experience in privacy, data security, financial and operational management, professional and academic teaching, software design and programming, tier 2/3 systems support management, and corporate communications. He currently holds CIPP, CISSP, ISSMP certifications.