WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- NOVEMBER 11, 2002: Train for HIPAA, http://www.trainforhipaa.com, announced it's sponsorship of the Pharmaceutical Regulatory & Compliance Congress & Best Practices Forum, to be held Nov. 13-15, 2002, at the Philadelphia Downtown Marriott Hotel in Philadelphia PA: http://www.pharmacongress.com.

Train for HIPAA is offering the full continuum of HIPAA workforce training solutions. Train for HIPAA is an affiliate of the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, http://www.hipaasummit.com, HIPAA Colloquium at Harvard University, http://www.hipaacolloquium.com, and HIPAA Audioconferences, http://www.hipaaaudioconferences.com.

The Pharmaceutical Congress features the nation's leading pharmaceutical executives, compliance professionals and regulators:

• Janet Rehnquist, Esq., Inspector General, US Dept of Health & Human Services, Washington DC
• Lewis Morris, Esq., General Counsel, Office of Inspector General, US Dept of Health & Human Services, Washington DC
• Uwe E. Reinhardt, Ph.D., James Madison Professor of Political Economy, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Princeton NJ
• Fred Hassan, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Pharmacia Corp, Chairman, Pharmaceutical Research & Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), Peapack NJ
• Barrett Toan, President & Chief Executive Officer, Express Scripts, Inc., St. Louis MO
• Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., John M. Olin Senior Fellow, Project HOPE, Co-Chair, President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans, Former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), Former Chair Medicare Payment Advisory Commission & Physician Payment Review Commission, Washington DC

Train for HIPAA offers a continuum of training solutions, including:

• A National Speakers Bureau of HIPAA experts available to come onsite to offer in-person HIPAA training.
• Written materials and CD-based presentations on HIPAA training.
• A comprehensive portfolio of job-specific, customizable e-learning HIPAA training courses. Train for HIPAA's courses are delivered on an advanced and flexible learning management system (LMS), which permits customization for unique institution-specific approaches to HIPAA compliance. The Train for HIPAA LMS offers uniquely accessible content for students, and flexible administrative tracking and reporting capabilities.
• Train for HIPAA clients are offered discounts to attend events sponsored by it's affiliates, the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, http://www.hipaasummit.com, HIPAA Colloquium at Harvard University, http://www.hipaacolloquium.com, and HIPAA Audioconferences, http://www.hipaaaudioconferences.com.

The HIPAA Training Core Curriculum is as follows. The three advanced courses are customizable to institution- specific HIPAA policies, procedures and forms.

• The Basics of Healthcare Transactions & Code Sets, Privacy, Data Security and HIPAA
• Advanced Privacy of Health Information Training I: Confidentiality
• Advanced Privacy of Health Information Training II: Patient Rights and Administrative Requirements
• Advanced Health Information Security Training

Train for HIPAA offers basic forms for HIPAA-compliant policies, procedures and forms.

• Only Train for HIPAA E-Learning Solutions Permit Participating Students to receive Healthcare Continuing Education Credit.
• CE Categories Covered: AAPC, AACME, ACHE, ACMPE, ACPE, AHIMA, ANCC, CIHMS, CISSP/SSCP, HCCB, MCLE, NASBA.

Train for HIPAA is led by the following preeminent experts in HIPAA:

• Steve S. Lazarus, PhD - Train for HIPAA Chair, President, Boundary Information Group and Chair, Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange (WEDI), Denver CO
• Peter N. Grant, JD, PhD - Partner and Chair, Health Law Group, Davis Wright Tremaine, Founder, HIPAA Summit and Instructor, Harvard University and University of California, Berkeley, Schools of Public Health, Seattle WA
• John Iglehart, Founding Editor, Health Affairs, Washington DC
• John C. Parmigiani, Director, HIPAA Compliance Services, CGT HealthCare Solutions, Inc. and Former Director of Enterprise Standards, HCFA (now CMS), Cincinnati OH
• Brenton Saunders, JD, MBA, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cofounder and Past President, Health Care Compliance Association and Co founder and Chair Elect, International Association of Privacy Officers, Washington DC
• Kepa Zubeldia, M.D., President and CEO, Claredi, Inc., Chair, WEDI Security Policy Advisory Group and Vice-Chair, AFEHCT, Kaysville UT

Go to the Train for HIPAA website or contact: Matthew Feigenbaum at 888-228-5021 or via email at mfeigenbaum@trainforhipaa.com.