Date(s):  January 26, 2010
Time:  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CENTRAL TIME

View PDF Associated With This Event

Overview: Title XIII of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, also known as the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH), includes many provisions. This legislation provides immediate funding for health information technology for essentials such as infrastructure, training, and dissemination of best practices. Learn from an expert the highlights of HITECH and specific funding opportunities.

Target Audience: CEO, CFO, COO, CNO, CMO, HIM Director, HIS Director, and IT Leadership

Faculty: Richard (Rich) Sanders
Balch & Bingham LLP - Atlanta, Georgia

Rich Sanders is a Partner in Balch & Bingham's Atlanta office and directs the Healthcare Practice Group in Atlanta. Mr. Sanders represents a variety of healthcare providers and managed care organizations on a broad range of issues including fraud and abuse compliance, antitrust policy, physician self referral management, medical staff credentialing, Medicare reimbursement, legislative activities, and business transactions. He also represents providers and managed care organizations in their relationships with regulatory agencies, including state Medicaid, insurance, and health departments, as well as the U.S. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Rich regularly speaks to a variety of groups of hospital and physician executives regarding legal issues facing healthcare providers. He has presented to groups of providers on topics including HIPAA, medical staff credentialing, Medicare fraud and abuse, and antitrust. In addition, Rich is on the adjunct faculty at the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University and teaches courses in healthcare law. In 2004, he was awarded Professor of the Year.

Program Topics:
The HITECH Act and how it will be used by the Obama Administration to advance the use of health information technology, including electronic health records, by:
1. Developing standards that allow for the nationwide electronic exchange and use of health information
2. Investing $20 billion in health information technology infrastructure and Medicare and Medicaid incentives to encourage doctors and hospitals to use health information technology

Registration: Educate Your Entire Staff Quickly and Economically!
Register for this program to educate your entire staff in a short period of time without incurring multiple registration fees or travel expenses. The registration is $195 and includes one toll-free telephone connection and one free internet connection to the presentation. You can gather numerous staff members in one room to “attend” for one economical price. Prior to the program, you will receive a detailed slide presentation and handout materials which you can distribute to all participants, along with the log-in information.

Click here to register

For More Information:
Jon Borton
Phone: (402) 742-8147
E-mail: jborton@nhanet.org