HIPAA- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
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Length- 51 minutes, 10 seconds
Topic: HIPAA and the impact on your practice for Clinical Social Workers and Mental Health Professionals
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Attorney David Schoolcraft
Dr. John Riolo, "The Insider" interviews Attorney David Schoolcraft a member of the Miller Nash Law Firm in Seattle with a practice focusing on health care, corporate representation, technology, and data privacy.
Professional Experience
David Schoolcraft is a member of the business department with a practice focusing on corporate representation, technology, health care and data privacy. His corporate practice involves representing companies in mergers, acquisitions, distribution arrangements and general corporate matters. In the technology area, he structures and negotiates e-commerce transactions, and drafts and negotiates software licensing agreements, joint ventures and distribution agreements for Internet-based applications. Mr. Schoolcraft also represents companies seeking to comply with US and international data privacy laws. In the health care area, he assists traditional health care organizations and health information technology companies in complying with state and federal health care regulations and implementing technology initiatives. He has experience representing a wide range of for profit and non-profit entities including Internet infrastructure and software companies, hospitals, physicians and medical related businesses.
Professional Activities
Mr. Schoolcraft is licensed to practice in Washington and is a member of the King County and Washington State Bar Associations and the Washington State Society of Healthcare Attorneys and the American Health Lawyers. He is also a member and serves on the Leadership Counsel for the Pacific West HIPAA Congress. He has been named a Rising Star (Washington Law & Politics) by his peers in 2002 and 2003.
Education
Mr. Schoolcraft received his bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Washington. He received his law degree, cum laude, from Seattle University, where he was an associate editor of the Law Review.
Laura Groshong, LICSW
Laura Groshong, LICSW is the Director of Goverment Relations for the Clinical Social Work Association, July, 2006 to present; Registered Lobbyist since 1996 for 8 mental health groups in Washington state; passed 6 bills in Washington state, including Mental Health Parity law, prevented passage of many more; national Government Relations Chair for Clinical Social Work Federation from 2001-2006; Chair, WA-PACE, 1998-2006; Chair MH-PAC, 2002-present; appointed member, several state mental health work groups and task forces.
Ms Groshong has made several presentations on clinical work based on self-psychology principles, creativity, and the effect of self-esteem problems on Oedipal development; co-author of “Manual on Application of HIPAA for Mental Health Clinicians” (2004); author of presentation at 2004 NMCOP Conference on “Comparison of Psychoanalytic Views on Privacy and Confidentiality and HIPAA”; author of several social work licensure laws and rules; co-author and coordinator of 15-hour Course on Approved Supervision.
