Uniondale, Long Island, NY - Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., one of the premier law firms on Long Island, and CISCO Systems, the leading supplier of networking equipment & network management for the Internet, have teamed up to help medical billing organizations understand and comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which governs the security and privacy of medical patient information. Both organizations recently co-hosted a seminar, "HIPAA Compliance for Medical Billing Organizations and Third Party Administrators", at Ruskin Moscou's offices in EAB Plaza, Uniondale.
The seminar was presented by attorneys in Ruskin Moscou's HIPAA Compliance Group, Jay Silverman and Keshia Thompson, as well as Dennis Dissick, Major Accounts Manager, Health Care, LI Region, Cisco Systems, Inc.
"We are very excited to be working with a major national communications firm in our HIPAA efforts," said Mel Ruskin, chair of the Health Law Department. "This alliance underscores the importance of HIPAA compliance and the realization that it is not just for health care providers, but is just as vital for companies that provide products and services to the health care industry."
Ruskin
Moscou's HIPAA Compliance Group has been addressing many organizations in the
area, including the Suffolk County Medical Society, Association for Health Care
Human Resources Administrators, the Metropolitan Health Care Administrators
Association, North Fork Bank, Citibank, and University
Physicians Network at NYU. The firm can assist health care personnel with HIPAA
compliance.
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