RE: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there?

[timmcguinness]

John, I have heard that Stetson (Orlando/St. Petersburg) is the one offering this course or seminar - I'm not yet sure.  I heard this from a local attorney.  However, there is quite a bit of movement on the civil litigators side.  In fact there may be a major case emerge in Arizona this next month, claiming HIPAA Privacy is already the standard of care - I will post details when I can.   Also, well said!  Attorneys take way to much flak on this one.  I have genuine sympathy for those that are really struggling.  But far to many have to first get past their own ego.  Case in point - the first post doing the bashing in this series was from our friends (not) in the AAPS anyway   Regards, Tim McGuinness, Ph.D. Consulting Specialist in Regulatory Privacy, Security, and Application Compliance HIPAA/FDA/CMS-HCFA/ICH/ADA & Section 508/DITSCAP/NIACAP/ISO17799/BS7799/NIST 800 C&A  Specialist in Local Government Compliance  www.localgovernmentcompliance.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] /  www.timmcguinness.com / www.HIPAAhelpNETWORK.com / www.McGuinnessDesigns.com Executive Co-Chairman for Privacy, HIPAA Conformance Certification Organization (HCCO) www.hcco.us =========================================================================== IMPORTANT LEGAL NOTICE: This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for the entity or individual to whom it is addressed. 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The above may need to be interpreted by your attorney as needed to conform with federal or state law - you’re use of this information must always be reviewed and approved by your own attorney prior to use, application, or implementation. -----Original Message----- From: Christiansen, John (SEA) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 5:46 PM To: WEDI SNIP Privacy Workgroup List Subject: RE: Any HIPAA Humor tools out there? Who's doing this?   << Can you guess what law schools are promoting courses in successful litigation under HIPAA regulations? We have at least one here in Florida I am aware of.>>    Please let me know, I'd love to see the curriculum and figure out the holes in it, perhaps work up articles to help judges reject HIPAA claims. Something like this would be counter-productive and would require creative lawyering to develop strong private claims (or is the training is for prosecutors or OCR investigators?)      By the way, this is one attorney who co-presented about two dozen half-day state medical association sponsored trainings for docs, including a thick compliance manual, for compensation that basically covered expenses, i.e. pro bono. And no, I don't get a lot of work from docs - a little from time to time,  not much, doctors don't trust lawyers and don't want to spend money on them (and get mad at us when they mess up legal matters trying to do it themselves and it costs them more to fix the problems they caused!) - not my client base, but a profession I respect and felt needed the help since nobody else was stepping up to the plate.   Just a thought to keep lawyer slamming in perspective.   John R. 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