Protecting Patient Privacy, Avoiding Fraud
and Abuse Liability, Ensuring Quality of Care
***CMS Will Pay for Some Telemedicine Services Beginning Jan. 1***
A Live 90-Minute Telephone Conference with Interactive Q&A
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Tuesday, December 9, 2008
1:00–2:30pm Eastern
Early Discount Deadline, November 14
CLE processing available for an additional fee**
Sponsored by Health Law Week, Hospital Litigation Reporter,
and New York Health Law Update
Health Law Teleconference Advisory Board
The past few years have witnessed an increase in hospitals and providers’ adoption of telemedicine programs. However, the laws governing telemedicine are developing slowly. Although states vary widely in how they regulate telemedicine, the legal risks of telemedicine are universal.
On July 16, Congress passed H.R. 6331, expanding Medicare coverage beginning January 1, 2009, to include skilled nursing facilities, in-hospital dialysis centers and community mental health centers as telemedicine sites. This will further increase the prevalence of the telemedicine practice.
As hospitals and providers continue to “practice medicine at a distance,” legal concerns abound — how can telemedicine providers reduce their exposure to malpractice claims? How does HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) impact the sharing of electronic medical records? What fraud and abuse risks arise from telemedicine?
Listen and participate from your telephone as our panel of healthcare attorneys identifies the major legal risks and potential liabilities associated with telemedicine programs and offers their experiences and best practices to avoid litigation and penalties.
The panel for this legal event includes:
Deborah A. Randall, Partner, Arent Fox, Washington, D.C. She focuses on regulatory, reimbursement, corporate and compliance issues for health providers. She advises clients on a range of healthcare legal concerns in the "high tech" healthcare setting.
Cheryl S. Camin, Fulbright & Jaworski, Dallas. She focuses on fraud and abuse, illegal remuneration, referrals, HIPAA and Stark law as each relates to the development of various integrated delivery systems and physician practice arrangements. She often speaks on technology, privacy and security issues, particularly HIPAA issues.
The panel will review these and other key questions:
- What new trends are developing in the field of telemedicine?
- How can providers effectively balance the need to access patient information electronically with HIPAA's patient privacy and information security requirements?
- What telemedicine practices give rise to potential fraud and abuse concerns?
Following the speaker presentations, you’ll have an opportunity to get answers to your specific questions during the interactive Q&A.
TELECONFERENCE REGISTRATION FEESFee covers an unlimited number of staff on one line at your location.
Additional lines or locations for this audioconference can be purchased at 25% off. Non-profit and government attorneys, law students and professors get $50 off the regular or early bird price. Call today to take advantage of these offers.
- Early Registration Discount (through November 14) $247
- Regular Registration $297
Can't participate in the live seminar? A CD of the full event proceedings, including Q&A and PDF files of all handouts, will be available 10 days after the seminar.
- Early Purchase Discount (through November 14) $247
- Regular Price $297
- With Teleconference Registration – an additional $75 (plus $9.45 S&H)
CLE credit processing available for an additional $65 per person per state in states where teleconferences are accredited.
Continuing education processing for this event is not available for Delaware, Indiana, Kansas, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, and South Carolina. CLE credit is not available for New York attorneys admitted within the last 2 years.
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