TECHNOLOGY OUTSOURCING
IN THE
HEALTH CARE INDUSTRY
Conference in Detail
Friday • June 4, 2004
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| 8:30 | Privacy and Data Security |
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| • The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (“HIPAA”): HIPAA’s privacy and security requirements; how these legal requirements apply when health care providers and health plans outsource technology functions involving the use or disclosure of protected health information; privacy and security concerns when outsourcing functions such as claims payment or data aggregation; issues to consider when evaluating a technology vendor’s ability to meet HIPAA’s privacy and security requirements. |
Deborah W. Larios, Esq. Program Co-Chair |
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| • Information Security and Outsourcing — A Risk Management Perspective: Network, application, data, and physical security considerations; assessing areas of potential vulnerability; securityrelated SLA’s and contractual considerations related to the division of responsibility and liability; security outsourcing through MSSP’s |
Glenn Perdue Principal LECG Nashville, TN |
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| 10:00 | Break |
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| 10:15 | Special Regulatory Issues for the Health Care Industry |
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| • Fraud and Abuse Act |
Thomas E. Bartrum, Esq. Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC Nashville, TN |
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| • Antitrust |
Henry S. Allen Jr., Esq. Holland & Knight LLP Chicago, IL |
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| 11:30 | Murphy’s Law in Outsourcing — Relationship Management and Tips for Avoiding Troubled Relationships Building and managing effective relationships that achieve financial and operational goals; resolution of scope and other disputes; mending troubled relationships |
George Kimball, Esq. Arnold & Porter LLP Los Angeles, CA |
| 12:15 | Lunch (on your own) |
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| 1:30 | Case Study: A Walk through a Major Outsourcing Deal Involving Multiple Customers Outsourcing used not only as a means to cut costs or refocus on “core competencies,” but also in the context of a divestiture, spin-off or other corporate reorganization; outsourcing that has multiple “customers;” issues arising when outsourcing is used in such a manner (both from the perspective of a vendor dealing with multiple customers, and from a customer dealing with a vendor and another customer in the same deal); real life examples in the health care context |
Mark Mayo, Esq. TPI Nashville, TN Edward A. Pisacreta, Esq. Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner LLP New York, NY |
| 3:00 | Break |
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| 3:15 | Contingency Planning (Just in Case the Project Doesn’t Work Out) |
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| • Healthcare officer and director liability when technology projects fail |
Randy Gainer, Esq. Davis Wright Tremaine LLP Seattle, WA |
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| • Practical tips for disaster recovery and business continuity plans |
William J. McDonough, Esq. MPAH, ARM, FASHRM Senior Vice President and National Practice Leader of Healthcare Risk Management Marsh USA, Inc. Boston, MA |
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| 4:30 | Adjourn |
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