The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) has been around since 1996. The major pieces of its Administrative Simplification Provisions, however, are just moving into high gear. What was the Federal Government’s intent with these specific regulatory requirements and why is compliance mandatory not only from a regulatory compliance perspective but also to ensure continued viability in an emerging e-health environment?
While the next critical compliance date is April 21, 2005 for HIPAA Security, a bevy of other regulatory compliance dates are on the horizon. And this is just the first round. Anticipated revisions and enhancements, coupled with companion legislation, dictate future awareness to strategically position healthcare for compliance over the next decade. This presentation will discuss the present HIPAA landscape and what the future holds in store for HIPAA and e-health.
John Parmigiani
President
John C. Parmigiani and Associates, LLC
John Parmigiani is the President of John C. Parmigiani and Associates, LLC. His current focus is on helping the healthcare industry become compliant with healthcare regulations, in particular HIPAA, and move toward e-health.
Mr. Parmigiani has over 30 years experience in information systems management in both the public and private sectors. Most recently, he was the National Practice Director, Regulatory and Compliance Services for CTG HealthCare Solutions. Prior to his responsibilities at CTG, he was the Practice Director, Compliance Programs for Healthcare Computing Strategies, where he was responsible for directing and implementing HIPAA compliance solutions in healthcare client environments.
As the former Director of Enterprise Standards for the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), now the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), he had responsibility for agency-wide information systems policy, system security, and Paperwork Reduction Act activities. Previous management responsibilities also included agency-wide information systems development, information resources management, and administering initiatives in electronic commerce. Relevant to HIPAA, he was also the chairman of the government-wide HIPAA Administrative Simplification Security and Electronic Signature Standards Implementation Team, was a member of the federal committee that oversaw the development and implementation of the HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets and the Privacy Rule, and was closely involved in the development of national policy for electronic health care information security and privacy. Prior to his government service, he was a management consultant to hospitals for Community Systems Foundation, a corporate staff industrial engineer for C&O/B&O Railroad (now CSX), and an industrial engineer for the Black and Decker Manufacturing Company.
Mr. Parmigiani, during much of his federal career, was also an adjunct member of the Information Systems Management Department faculty of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, teaching courses in systems analysis and design and decision support systems.
A frequent speaker at various national conferences on HIPAA security and privacy and healthcare data security and privacy on the Internet, Mr. Parmigiani is currently serving ; as a member on the Content Committee of the Computer-based Patient Records Institute (CPRI)-/HIMSS for the Toolkit: Managing Information Security in Healthcare; as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for HIPAA Compliance Alert’s HIPAA Answer Book; as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board for HIPAA Training Line; as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of HIPAA Training Alert; as a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Health Information Compliance Alert; as a member of the HIMSS Privacy and Security Steering Committee; and as a member of the JCAHO/NCQA Privacy Certification Committee for Business Associates. He has also served as a member of the Train for HIPAA Advisory Board; as a member of the Train for Compliance Board of Directors; as the Chairman of the HIPAA-Watch Advisory Board; and as a member and resident expert in HIPAA Security and Privacy on the Healthcare Security and Privacy Policy Workgroup for Academic Medical Centers and as one of the co-authors of the Guidelines for Academic Medical Centers on Security and Privacy. Mr. Parmigiani is also a member of the Health Information and Management Systems Society and the American College of Healthcare Executives.
A senior member of the Institute of Industrial Engineering and a graduate of the Health Executives Development Program at Cornell University, the University of Miami Law School’s Economics Institute for Healthcare Officials, and the Brookings Institute for Government Executives, Mr. Parmigiani holds a B.E.S. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from The Johns Hopkins University and a M.S. in Management Science and Operations Research from The George Washington University.
