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Dear Midwest AAOE Members,
The staff of Midwest AAOE hopes you will find this e-newsletter and subsequent editions beneficial. The Midwest AAOE strives to inform members of relevant information useful to your everyday practices. Please email us with additions you would like to see in the coming e-newsletters at fcobbe@cobbemanagement.com
The Midwest AAOE Staff
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Program Committee Releases Initial Program
for Fall Meeting!
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In these ever-changing times in health care, can you afford to miss any information? Your Midwest AAOE education committee is hard at work finalizing a great program for Fall 2012. We will meet in Kansas at the Double Tree in Overland Park on October 5th and 6th.
Below is an initial program that may be subject to slight changes over the coming months. Please note the expanded tracks for administrators and support staff. We hope you will encourage more of your staff to attend and become Associate Members of the Midwest AAOE.
Meeting Registration is available online by visiting https://www.regonline.com/fallaaoemeeting .
The hotel is ready to accept your housing requests using the information below. Please make sure you tell them you are participating in the Midwest AAOE Conference to secure the room rate of $84.
Housing Instructions:
Room assignments will be made directly with the
Doubletree by Hilton Overland Park Kansas by calling the hotel room reservation department at 913-451-6100. In doing so, please make sure to request the group rate for Midwest AAOE. The room rate is $84 per night. The cut-off date for hotel rooms in our room block is September 13, 2012.
Online reservations are available by visiting the link below:
http://tinyurl.com/723sebt
Hope to see you there.
Chuck Burris, Kevin Laney, and Mike Stephenson
Fall 2012 Education Committee
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Caps on Non-Economic Damages Overturned in Missouri
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The Wichita Business Journal reports that a ruling by the Supreme Court of Missouri effectively invalidates a $350,000 cap the state had previously imposed on non-economic damages in medical liability suits. The court determined that the plaintiff is entitled to $1.45 million in non-economic damages from a Missouri hospital for severe injuries her son suffered at birth.
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HITECH: Expands the Scope of HIPPA
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 When the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) was established over three years ago, it substantially expanded the HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules and increased the penalties for violations of HIPAA. In 2012, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) kicked off their HIPAA Audit Pilot Program, which was designed to assess HIPAA compliance efforts for a range of covered entities. The initial 20 audits have been completed and Linda Sanches OCR Senior Advisor and the lead on HIPAA Compliance Audits related that 81 percent of the providers had findings. To read more of the findings, click here. |
