Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on Wednesday, November 18th at the Marriott in Tysons Corner for Straight Talk featuring George Price, Director OSDBU at US Department of State. George Price is a 23 year federal employee with experience at the US Small Business Administration, General Services Administration, Office of Personnel Management and most recently the US Department of State. Currently he holds the title of Director of the Off...

If you are in a Federal Agency, Military, or supporting contractor organization, you can successfully and effectively meet your FY2016 FISMA requirements by understanding the FISMA trends and proven successful, security strategies and solutions. Attendees will be provided: System deployment strategies to prevent OPM type attacks, like "air-gaps" and "connect-and-protect", Automated solutions to support "ongoing authorizations", Simple manageme...

OMICS Group invites all the participants across the globe to attend the 5th International Conference on Nanotek and Expo during November 16-18, 2015 at San Antonio, USA. Join us to share the advancements in the field of Nanomaterials and technology at Nanotek-2015 where we can extend your opportunities by providing interdisciplinary research to industrial and commercial breakthroughs. The meeting will address, identify and focus Nanobiotechnol...

When an employee’s medical condition renders him unable to work a normal schedule or perform his assigned duties, it impacts your entire workforce — with lower productivity and morale as just two potential problems. But you do have recourse. Find out the when, why and how of applying the medical inability to perform charge in a way that will be sustained. Experienced federal employment law attorney Mark Maxin will take you through...

Overview: Health care practitioners and other licensed professionals work in today's diverse, fast-changing, multidisciplinary environment. All licensed professions have higher rates of drug abuse, alcohol abuse, and mental health issues. Yet each individual profession has a unique, though similar, state laws which govern how state licensing agencies take action against the professional so as to protect the public. The state's authority and po...

Educational institutions and non-profit organizations are challenged with making their content and curriculum accessible to students with varying learning needs. Adding Text-to-Speech (TTS) technology to websites and Learning Management Systems (LMS) allows students to listen to text as they read along, improving comprehension. Adding TTS is an invaluable tool to making content accessible to those with learning differences. Join us for a compl...

Luzerne County Community College will host a train-the-trainer program on suicide prevention, “QPR Gatekeeper Trainer Certification Course,” through which participants become certified trainers of the industry-leading QPR (Question Persuade Refer) approach to suicide prevention. The training will include an overview of research that led to development of this program, new and promising approaches to suicide prevention, national and...

Overview: In this webinar, we will look the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and go over requirements for hospitals under the law. There is much to do for a hospital to be compliant with the law, and discuss what is and is not a violation. We will also look at investigating an EMTALA event and what is required. Why should you attend: Many people, even individuals who work in an Emergency Department have misconceptions about EMT...

Overview: This lesson will be addressing how practice managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order before the imminent audits occur. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2015. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates under Omnibus, first and foremost being the Feds have and increased budget and enforcement ab...

Overview: The webinar will concentrate on topics that HHS has announced will be the focus of the first round of "desk audits". They reflect significant areas of non-compliance revealed in the 2012 pilot audits and HHS HIPAA violation investigations concluded by Resolution Agreements and Corrective Action Plans. They include: HIPAA Risk Analysis Risk Management based on Risk Analysis Breach Notification Notice of Privacy Practices (for Covered...