Gain new insights in the latest changes to medical records law.

As medical records law continues to evolve, the complexities of how your organization manages these sensitive records now will impact your legal liability later. The medical-legal implications of your records management practices are far reaching and potentially damaging to your organization.

Proper records management strategy is only a small part of protecting your business from potentially damaging legal issues that will happen without understanding the full scope of what your responsibilities are as it pertains to HIPAA and patients’ rights. Not knowing does not protect your business from financial responsibility for damages.

Our faculty has extensive experience in all aspects of this complicated subject and will share insights and examples of “what you must do” and “what you should never do” when handling this very sensitive subject matter.

You Will Learn

• Understand the guidelines for the transition to electronic records
• Discover how your organization must handle medical records in common
  business practices
• Hear about the latest issues surrounding substance abuse and mental
  health records
• Determine the proper method of responding to subpoenas and other requests for medical records

Reed Smith attorneys will be speaking on the following topics:

• Confidentiality of Sensitive Records (Salvatore G. Rotella Jr.)
• Responding to Subpoenas, Court Orders and Law Enforcement (Brad M. Rostolsky)
• Access to Minors' Health Records: HIPAA and Pennsylvania law (Brad M. Rostolsky)

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