MAJOR NEW HIPAA RULES ISSUED: LEARN WHAT STEPS YOU NEED TO TAKE SOON, a 90-minute Webinar on August 18, 2010. Learn what specific steps your organization will have to take soon to incorporate the new rules into your existing HIPAA privacy and security compliance programs. Veteran HIPAA attorney
Reece Hirsch, with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in San Francisco, will summarize the major new requirements (and pitfalls) in these mammoth new regs, and what you will need to do to comply. ($329)
REFORM-DRIVEN CHANGES TO RETIREE HEALTH COVERAGE: STRATEGIES FOR PART D PLANS AND EMPLOYERS, a 90-minute Webinar first held on July 28, 2010. Learn how upcoming changes for retiree coverage, as mandated in the new health reform law, can benefit employers and Part D plans. Employee benefits experts from The Segal Company —
Stuart Wohl, senior vice president and retirement health practice lead, and
George Bognar, lead pharmacy benefits consultant — will detail the changes in the retiree drug subsidy (RDS) and the Part D coverage gap, and ways Part D plans can make the most of these opportunities. CD or On-Demand Recording available. ($329)
ACCOUNTABLE CARE ORGANIZATIONS: STRATEGIES FOR HEALTH PLANS AND PROVIDERS, a 90-minute Webinar first held on July 21, 2010. Learn what payers and providers can do now to prepare for the new Medicare ACO pilot created by the health reform law.
Joe Gifford, M.D., senior medical director for Regence BlueShield, and
Philip Gaziano, M.D., a medical director and executive board member for Hampden County Physician Associates, LLC (HCPA), will describe current ACO models already operating in the private sector, and answer questions about how to structure and prepare to launch ACO programs soon. CD or On-Demand Recording available. ($329)