Free Webinar: Negotiating "Must-Have" Provisions in HIT Contracts
On Thursday, March 18, 2010 from 1:00PM to 2:00PM (EDT), Post & Schell will host the next webinar in a series examining the effects of meaningful use and other HITECH Act regulations on the healthcare industry.
This webinar will focus on identifying and negotiating the essential elements of HIT agreements, particularly in light of the HITECH Act and related HHS regulations regarding "meaningful use" of "certified EHR technology." Post & Schell's Steve Fox and Vadim Schick, along with Jim Oakes, Principal at Health Care Information Consultants, will discuss:
- Warranty, limitation of liability and privacy and security provisions in HIT contracts
- Structuring payments to correspond with certain achievement milestones
- Acceptance testing procedures
- Provisions specific to vendor-financing transactions
- ASP / SaaS models of software licensing
You may view this presentation at your desk. There is no charge or limit to the number of people who may listen to the presentation on the same line. Click here to register. After registering, you will receive log-in information by e-mail.
This webinar is second in a series devoted to structuring vendor-provider agreements in the post-HITECH Act world. If you missed our first webinar, A Lawyer's Take on "Meaningful Use," you can still view the slides from that presentation here.
ONC announced release of the much-anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on certification programs. Via ONC
As of February 22, 2010, HHS is expected to begin enforcing the new breach notification requirements created by the privacy and security provisions within the HITECH Act. Although such requirements went into effect last fall, HHS gave covered entities and business associates a few months to adapt to the new rules. That enforcement delay is now over, and, perhaps in a related move, on February 23, 2010, HHS's Office of Civil Rights, pursuant to the HITECH Act,
Pursuant to the HITECH Act, on February 17, 2010, business associates of covered entities
Joy Pritts, a researcher and faculty member at Georgetown University's Health Policy Institute, was named as the first Chief Privacy Officer for the Office of National Coordinator for Health IT. This position was created pursuant to a provision in ARRA, last year's economic stimulus legislation.
According to
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, appearing with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis, announced the Obama administration will release almost $1 billion set aside in the stimulus bill in order to aid implementation of health information technology.