[Med-privacy] Sarbanes Oxley Compliance for Health Care Organizations

[Jeff Williams]

All,

 The following may be of interest to some of you:

Atlantic Information Services, Inc.
Phone: 202-775-9008
Email: scunningham@aispub.com
Website: www.aishealth.com/Products/sarbEBPG2.html

PROTECT YOUR ORGANIZATION WHILE REDUCING LIABILITY AND EXPOSURE

WASHINGTON DC, USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE(TM) -- DECEMBER 13,
2004: Atlantic Information Services, Inc., publisher of Report on
Medicare Compliance and Report on Patient Privacy announces the
availability of its publication, Sarbanes-Oxley: Best Practices for
Private & Nonprofit Health Care Entities. Along with public
corporations, many private and nonprofit health care entities are
instituting Sarbanes-Oxley "best practices" in an effort to reduce
corporate liability and exposure.

Written by former HHS Inspector General Richard P. Kusserow,
Sarbanes-Oxley: Best Practices for Private & Nonprofit Health Care
Entities is a "how-to-do-it" workbook that clarifies why private and
nonprofit health care organizations need to pay very close attention to
this revolutionary corporate responsibility law. It includes specific
action steps, narrative discussions and includes 16 highly useful
templates (in print and on CD) you can adapt for use in your
organization.
www.aishealth.com/Products/sarbEBPG2.html.

Below are just a few of the recommended steps you should take to protect
your organization:

-- Ensure Audit Committee oversight of accounting and reporting
-- Eliminate potential auditor conflicts
-- Better accountability/accuracy of financial documentation
-- Implement a comprehensive records retention policy
-- Update your organization's Code and other written guidance
-- Review accounting practices used by auditors
-- Ensure auditors are not pressured or coerced
-- Establish procedures for confidential, anonymous receipt of
complaints

Compliance with these provisions may no longer be a choice.
Sarbanes-Oxley alters the relationships you will have with auditing and
consulting firms ... changes the way your organization will be governed
... redefines "financial disclosure" as we know it ... and can have a
serious detrimental impact on business deals, financing, and the
top-down legitimacy and integrity of your organization and its
accounting practices.

Make sure you understand the liability your organization faces if it
does not adhere to The Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Place your order for
Sarbanes-Oxley: Best Practices for Private & Nonprofit Health Care
Entities today.

Price: $285, plus $5 shipping and handling
*DC residents add 5.75% sales tax

FOUR EASY WAYS TO ORDER:
1. Call toll free (800) 521-4323
2. To order online visit www.aishealth.com/Products/sarbEBPG2.html
3. Fax your purchase order to (202) 331-9542
4. Mail your order with check, credit card information or purchase order
to:
      Atlantic Information Services (EBPG2)
      1100 17th Street, Suite 300
      Washington, DC 20036

ADDITIONAL AIS COMPLIANCE PUBLICATIONS:
Report on Medicare Compliance
http://www.aishealth.com/Products/NewsRMC.html

HIPAA Security Compliance Guide
http://www.aishealth.com/Products/hsec.html

Report on Patient Privacy
http://www.aishealth.com/Products/RPP.html

A Guide to Complying with Stark Self-Referral Rules
http://www.aishealth.com/Products/sta.html

ABOUT ATLANTIC INFORMATION SERVICES:
Atlantic Information Services, Inc. (AIS) is a publishing and
information company that has been serving the health care industry for
more than 15 years. It develops highly targeted news, data and strategic
information for managers in hospitals, managed care plans, medical group
practices, pharmaceutical companies and many other health care
organizations. AIS products include print and electronic newsletters,
looseleafs, books, audioconferences, strategic reports and databases.


Regards,
--
Jeffrey A. Williams
Spokesman for INEGroup LLA. - (Over 134k members/stakeholders strong!)
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