Description: This presentation will provide an overview of the legal landscape of reproductive and gender affirming health care laws from a federal and state law perspective. We will explore knowing your rights, privacy protections, access to information, information exchange, prohibitions and what's next.

Attendees will gain insight into:

• Indiana and Federal laws impacting reproductive and gender affirming health care
• Prohibitions on Access to reproductive healthcare information
• Information Exchange do's and don'ts related to reproductive and gender affirming health care

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of IHIMA’s 2024 Virtual Fall Conference – November 2024

Duration: 1 hour 

Speaker: Charise Frazier, JD, MHA, is a shareholder at Hall, Render and concentrates her practice in the area of general health, assisting clients with a variety of simple and complex matters such as clinical services, patient care, compliance counsel, behavioral and mental health, data management, electronic health records, licensing and mergers and acquisitions. Charise has over 23 years' experience advising clients regarding state and federal privacy and security laws, including multi-state breach incidents and responding to government investigations. Her clients include hospitals and health systems, physician practices, health care providers, universities, long-term care facilities, health plans and vendors. Charise maintains membership in the Marion County Bar Association, Indianapolis Bar Association and American Health Lawyers Association. She serves as the Vice-Chair of the National Bar Association Health Law Section and a board member of the Indiana Math and Science Academy.

Speaker: Waseem Chachar, JD, is a member of Hall Render’s Health IT & Privacy service line. With more than 15 years of Health Information Technology experience, Waseem assists clients in remaining compliant with HIPAA and HITECH, as well as other state and federal privacy authorities. He works with clients to navigate policy assessments, trainings, privacy notice development, privacy and security audits and risk assessments. Additionally, Waseem counsels clients on matters relating to electronic health records, health information exchanges, outsourcing, resource planning, patient information management systems and financial knowledge management and technology infrastructure systems.

Prior to joining Hall Render, Waseem held various technical roles at a health care system in Washington, D.C., which included performing reporting functions to support reporting in the CMS’s Electronic Health Record Incentive “Meaningful Use” program and other interoperability projects. He has also served as a Business Intelligence Consultant, where he prepared Return on Investment models for practice acquisition and equipment procurement. Additionally, Waseem has experience monitoring hospitals’ denials and appeals volume as well as analyzing their billing practices for waste and abuse.

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Cost: $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members

1 AHIMA CEU*

Domain VI: Organizational Management and Leadership

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC. Check eligibility on the AAPC website.