NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON VITAL AND HEALTH STATISTICS

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY

September 10-11, 2002

Boston Park Plaza Hotel
64 Arlington Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3912

Tuesday, September 10, 2002
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome and Introductions Mark Rothstein, J.D., Chairman
9:15 – 11:15 pm Physician Practices – Panel 1 Eugenia Marcus, M.D., Pediatric Health Care of Newton Wellesley

Michael Fine, M.D., Hillside Avenue Family and Community Medicine, past president, RI Academy of Family Physicians

Betsy Keener, Privacy Officer, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates

Saliha Khaja, J.D., Counsel Massachusetts Medical Society and Thomas E. Sullivan, M.D., Women’s Health Center Cardiology and President-elect Massachusetts Medical Society

Andrew McClean, J.D., Maine Medical Society
11:15 – 11:30 am Break
11:30 – 10:00 pm Hospitals – Panel 2 Alice Polley, Sturdy Memorial Hospital

Anne Cramer, J.D., Counsel to the Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, Eggleston & Cramer

Jean Ahn, HIPAA Project Director, Yale New Haven Health Systems HIPAA Hunt Flyer 

John Halamka, Chief Information Officer, Caregroup Healthcare Systems
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 3:20 pm Ancillary Care Providers – Panel 3 Karen Rafeld, Massachusetts Dental Society

Ellen Janos, J.D., Counsel to Home & Health Care Association of Massachusetts, Inc., Mintz Levin and Robert T. Young, Chief Financial Officer, Visiting Nurse Association of Greater Lowell

Carlos Ortiz, R. Ph., VP of Government AffairsCVS/Pharmacy
3:20 – 3:35 pm Break
3:35 – 4:35 pm Community Providers – Panel 4 Susan Lane, Director, Planning & Grants, Planned Parenthood of Connecticut

Sylvia B. Perlman, Ph.D., Mental Health & Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts, Inc.

Jim Coffee, Director of Information Services and Technology, Greater Lawrence Family Health Center (GLFC), testifying on behalf of GLFC, Massachusetts League of Community Health C4enters, and Community Health Center HIPAA Collaborative
4:35 – 4:50 pm Public Testimony Brian Kozik, North Shore Medical Center
4:50 pm Adjourn

Wednesday, September 11, 2002
8:45 – 9:00 am Welcome and Introductions Mark Rothstein, J.D., Chairman
9:00 – 10:35 am Health Plans & Group Health Plans – Panel 1 Donna Curran, Director of Provider Network System, BCBS RI

Nancy Schwartz Fallon Community Health Plan

Denise Hilger, J.D., Senor Legal Counsel, Fidelity Investments

Helena Rubinstein, Consultant, Hobbs Group
10:35 – 10:50 am Break
10:50 – 12:25 pm State Agencies/Public Health Authorities – Panel 2 Lorllyn Allan, Esq., Massachusetts Executive Office of Health & Human Services

James Ballin, J.D., General Counsel, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

Jean Bergman, HIPAA Director, New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services
12:25 – 1:15 pm Lunch
1:15 – 2:50 pm Consultants/Other Resources – Panel 3 David Szabo, J.D., Boston Bar Association HIPAA Preemption Task Force, Nutter, McLennen and Fish LLP

Barbara Ruffino, Privacy Consultant, Integrated Collaborative Solutions, Inc. (ICSI)

James Weintrub, M.D., Founder, Digital Physicians Network, LLC Acrobat
2:50 – 3:05 pm Break
3:05 – 4:15 pm Subcommittee Discussion Subcommittee
4:15 p.m. Adjourn