Upcoming/Past Presentations

Upcoming Presentations and Speaking Events:


          Past Presentations and Speaking Events:
          • HIPAA, Medical Record Compliance and the E-Revolution, Medical Education Services Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, June 25, 2001.
          • Overview of HIPAA Privacy Standards and West Virginia Prompt Payment Act, CME Presentation Mercer County Medical Society, Bluefield, West Virginia, October 15, 2001.
          • Administrative Simplification Section under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Lorman Educational Services, Charleston, West Virginia, December 12, 2001.
          • HIPAA: The Background and Basics of Administrative Simplification, Mountain State Blue Cross Blue Shield Group Health Plan HIPAA Awareness Meeting, Charleston, West Virginia, June 5, 2002.
          • HIPAA, Medical Record Compliance and the E-Revolution, Medical Education Services Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, June 18, 2002.
          • The Impact of HIPAA on West Virginia Physicians: Basic Understanding of the Standard Transactions, Privacy and Security Standards, Health Care Summit 2002, West Virginia State Medical Association, The Greenbrier, White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, August 24, 2002.
          • HIPAA: The Impact on Physicians, Thomas Memorial Hospital – Medical Staff, Charleston, West Virginia, November 12, 2002.
          • HIPAA: The Impact on Physicians, Raleigh County Medical Society, Beckley, West Virginia, November 24, 2002 and December 14, 2002.
          • State Law and the New HIPAA Standards in West Virginia, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, December 12, 2002.
          • HIPAA: The Impact on Physicians, Saint Francis Hospital, Charleston, West Virginia, December 17, 2002.
          • HIPAA Compliance: Understanding and Implementing the Security and Privacy Regulations, Lorman Educational Services, Robert L. Coffield (Speaker), Charleston, West Virginia, March 27, 2003.
          • Implementing HIPAA for the Small Medical Practice, BRIM and Marsh, Inc. - Loss Prevention Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, April 14, 2003.
          • HIPAA: Practicing Good Privacy, Bluefield Regional Medical Center – Physician Medical Staff, Bluefield, West Virginia, May 14, 2003.
          • HIPAA: Understanding the Impact on Law Firms, Southern & Northern Chapters of the WV American Association Legal Nurse Consultants, June 5, 2003.
          • Risk Management & Legal Issues for Physicians in West Virginia, Bluefield Regional Medical Center – Physician Medical Staff, Bluefield, West Virginia, September 20, 2003.
          • HIPAA: Practicing Good Privacy and the Impact on Access Rights by Law Enforcement, Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner SART Conference, Marshall University Forensic Science Center, Huntington, West Virginia, October 14, 2003.
          • Mock Trial & Case Study: HIPAA, Privacy & Confidentiality Issues in West Virginia, West Virginia Office Managers Association, Mountaineer Conference Center, Chester, West Virginia, November 7, 2003.
          • Mock Trial & Case Study: HIPAA, Privacy & Confidentiality Issues in West Virginia, Physician Risk Management Seminar – Marsh USA, Inc. and Board of Risk Management, Huntington and Charleston, West Virginia, November 12 & 13, 2003.
          • HIPAA’s Impact On West Virginia Providers and Health Plans: Privacy, Security and the Preemption of West Virginia Law, Lorman Educational Services Seminar, Charleston, West Virginia, December 11, 2003.
          • Breaches of Confidentiality – A West Virginia Mock Trial, Thirteenth Annual Winter Conference, West Virginia Society For Respiratory Care, Canaan Valley, West Virginia, February 6, 2004.
          • Mock Trial & Case Study: HIPAA, Privacy & Confidentiality Issues in West Virginia, Morgantown Chapter – West Virginia Office Managers Association, Morgantown, West Virginia, March 3, 2004.
          • Confidentiality and Privacy of Medical Information in West Virginia, Lorman Educational Services, Robert L. Coffield and Edward C. Martin (Speakers), Charleston, West Virginia, August 31, 2004.
          • The Impact of HIPAA, FERPA and the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 on Higher Education, Marshall University Graduate School of Education, LS745 Higher Education Law, South Charleston, West Virginia, July 11, 2005.
          • Confidentiality and Privacy of Medical Information in West Virginia, Lorman Educational Services, Robert L. Coffield and Edward C. Martin (Speakers), Charleston, West Virginia, August 25, 2005.
          • Privacy & Informational Compliance Issues: HIPAA, FACTA, US PATRIOT Act and Workplace Legal Issues, West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants 14th Annual Conference for Industry & Governmental Professionals, Charleston, West Virginia, September 23, 2005.
          • Confidentiality and Privacy of Medical Information in West Virginia, Lorman Educational Services, Robert L. Coffield and Edward C. Martin (Speakers), Charleston, West Virginia, August 3 2006.
          • Healthcare Blogging – Facts &  Issues Panel: Understanding Size, Influence and Rules of the Healthcare Blogosphere, Healthcare Blogging Summit 2006, Panel Discussion: Dmitriy Kruglyak (Moderator) Publisher, The Medical Blog Network; Fard Johnmar, MA, Founder, Envision Solutions LLC and Author: "The Emerging Healthcare Blogosphere, What Is It & Why Does It Matter?"; Robert L. Coffield, JD: Member, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC; First healthcare law blogger; John Mack, MA, MS, MPhil, President, VirSci Corporation and Publisher, Pharma Marketing Network; and Mike Smith, President, Michael Smith Business Development, Washington DC, December 11, 2006.
          • Healthcare Blogging and Web 2.0: Understanding the Basics and Exploring the Impact on the Healthcare Industry, Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute, American Health Lawyers Association, Robert L. Coffield, Las Vegas, NV, February 5-7, 2007.
          • The Value of Blogging In Business, Charleston Area Alliance – CEO Roundtable, Robert L. Coffield, Matthew Ballard and Skip Lineberg, Charleston, West Virginia, April 4, 2007.
          • West Virginia’s Prompt Payment Act and Other Health Law Developments for West Virginia Hospitals, Revenue Cycle Meeting for the West Virginia chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Robert L. Coffield, Sutton, West Virginia, April 9, 2007.
          • Open Healthcare – Learning to Live in the Brave New World: Openness, Controversy and Crisis Management in Blogs and Social Media, Healthcare Blogging Summit 2007, Panel Discussion: Dmitriy Kruglyak (Moderator): CEO, Trusted.MD Network; Matthew Holt: Author & Consultant, The Health Care Blog; Nicholas Jacobs, FACHE: CEO, Windber Medical Center & Research Institute; Robert L. Coffield, JD: Member, Flaherty, Sensabaugh & Bonasso, PLLC; Elisa Cooper, Whistleblower; Las Vegas, Nevada, April 30, 2007.
          • Privacy and Security Enforcement: Advice on Federal Civil Enforcement Actions under HIPAA, West Virginia Health Information Management Association Annual Meeting, Robert L. Coffield, Charleston, West Virginia, May 14, 2007.
          • Confidentiality and Privacy of Medical Information in West Virginia, Lorman Educational Services, Robert L. Coffield and Edward C. Martin (Speakers), Charleston, West Virginia, August 6 2007.
          • Health Care Information Privacy and Security Monitoring, Audits and Investigations, How to avoid an investigation and what you should expect if the state or federal officials call?, Lorman Educational Services, Robert L. Coffield, Michael T. Harmon, Terri Barrett and Jack L. Shaffer, Jr., Charleston, West Virginia, November 13, 2007.
          • Medical Identity Theft: “Preying on Patients”, Panel Discussion, World Healthcare Innovation and Technology Congress 2008 (WHIT v4.0), Washington, DC, December 8-10, 2008.
          • Consumer Driven Healthcare, Annual Meeting – West Virginia Chapter Healthcare Financial Management Association, Charleston, WV, January 15, 2009.
          • The Legal Liabilities and Policy Implications for Health IT Adoption, co-speaker with Rod Piechowski, Senior Associate Director for Policy, American Hospital Association and Director, National Association of Health Information Technology, World Health Care Congress – 2nd Annual Leadership Summit on Consumer Connectivity, Carlsbad, CA, February 23-24, 2009.
          • AHLA Teleconference: HIPAA Privacy Regulation Fundamentals – An Introductory Course, co-speaker with Phyllis F. Granade and Rebecca Williams, American Health Lawyers Association, May 13, 2009.
          • Panel I – What Will Health IT Look Like in 5 or 10 Years?, Testimony and Panel Discussion with Daniel J. Weitzner, Director, Technology and Society, World Wide Web Consortium and Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, THINK-Health, The Future of Personal Health Records and Consumer Facing Health Information Technology, Testimony before the Subcommittee on Privacy, Confidentiality and Security, National Committee on Vital and Health Statistics (NCVHS), Washington, DC, May 20, 2009.
          • Generation Charleston Professional Development: Web 2.0 Summer School, Charleston, WV, June 2009.
          • PHRs, Health 2.0 and the Impact of Social Networking on Consumer Driven Healthcare, co-speaker with Jud DeLoss, American Health Lawyers Association, 2009 Annual Meeting and In House Counsel Program, Washington, DC, June 30, 2009.
          • Getting The Most Out of Advancing Technology, Keynote, West Virginia Primary Care Association Annual Meeting, Oglebay Park, Wheeling, WV, August 5, 2009.
          • Health Topics To Make Your Head Spin: Spotting Important Health Law Issues Every Practicing Attorney Should Know, co-speaker with Alaina Crislip, 123rd Annual Meeting of The West Virginia Bar Association, The Homestead, Hot Springs, VA, August 21, 2009.
          • HIPAA Goes HITECH, West Virginia Compliance Officers Meeting, Charleston, WV September 25, 2009.
          • Staying On The Good Side of HIPAA: Safe and Ethical Blogging Practices, Panel Discussion with Mike Sevilla, Rob Lamberts and Debra Farber, Blog World New Media Expo 2009, Las Vegas, NV, October 15, 2009.
          • Grassroots Health Care: Web 2.0, Social media and Viral Advocacy, Annual Tobacco Control Advocacy Conference, Charleston, WV, January 20, 2010. 
          • February 4, 2010 -- HIPAA Goes HITECH: The State of Electronic Health Information, Southern West Virginia Chapter of American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants, Charleston, WV.
          • February 25-26, 2010 -- Hospital’s Friend or Foe: The Age of Social Media and Health 2.0, co-speaker with Jody Joiner, American Health Lawyers Association, 2010 Hospitals and Health Systems Law Institute, Miami, FL.  
          • March 18, 2010 -- Medical Records Law (Consumer Driven Health Care: HITECH Breach Notification, Health 2.0 Social Media and PHRs), Co-Speaking with Michael Harmon, James Thomas and Sallie Milam, Lorman Educational Services, Charleston, WV. 
          • March 19, 2010 -- Health Care Reform Update Panel Discussion (Joe Letnaunchyn, CEO of WVHA; Sallie Milam, Executive Director of WVHIN; Mark Morgan, CFO Huntington Internal Medicine Group) and Ethics: HIPAA Law Firm Policies Business Associate Agreement Requirements, Health Care Law 2010, Co-Sponsored by the Law and Medicine Committee of the West Virginia State Bar, WVU Medical Center, Charleston, WV. 
          • April 8, 2010 -- Bethany College Communications Week, Panel Discussion sponsored by Integrated Marketing Class, Panel Discussion on Social Media and Networking, Bethany, WV. 
          • May 4, 2010 --  The Intersection of Social Media and Human Subjects Research, teleconference co-sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association's Health Information Technology, Life Sciences and Teaching Hospitals and Academic Medical Centers Practice Groups, Moderator:  Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Reed Smith LLP, Panelists: Robert L. Coffield, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC, Naomi Halpern, Esquire, Frommer Lawrence & Haug, and Laura Odwazny, Senior Attorney, Public Health Division, Office for Human Research Protections, Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, MD. 
          • May 13, 2010 - HIPAA 2 HITECH Panel Discussion,  West Virginia Chapter of Healthcare Financial Management Association (WVHFMA) 2010 Spring Education Program, Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, WV.
          • May 21, 2010 -- HIPAA Goes HITECH: Update on Health Care Laws for Legal Nurse Consultants, West Virginia Bar Association Legal Nurse Consultant Division,  Spring Conference, Charleston Marriott, Charleston, WV. 
          • May 25, 2010 -- Empowered Marketing and Health Care Social Media, West Virginia Critical Access Hospital Network, Co-Presentors: Jeff James, Mythology Marketing; Brandon Holmes WELD, LLC, West Virginia Hospital Association, Charleston, WV.
          • June 16, 2010 -- Social Media: The Opportunities and the Challenges in Healthcare, teleconference sponsored by the American Health Lawyers Association's Health Information Technology Practice Group, Moderator: Linda S. Ross, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, Detroit, MI; Panelists: Robert L. Coffield, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC, Charleston, WV; Daniel S. Goldman, Legal Counsel at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. 
          • June 30, 2010 -- After HITECH, How Might Health Information Exchange Change Our Lives?, American Health Lawyers Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Practice Group Luncheon Co-Sponsored by Health Information Technology and Life Sciences,  Panel Discussion: Robert L. Coffield, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC; Matthew Holt, Health Care Strategist and Author of The Health Care Blog, San Francisco, CA; Jacqueline Studer, General Counsel Health Information Technology GE Healthcare, Barrington, IL and Moderator: Rebecca L. Williams, RN, JD, Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, Seattle, WA. 
          • January 28, 2011 -- Electronic Health Record (EHR) Implementation Roundtable, WV Chapter Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), Winter Education Program, Bob Coffield (Moderator); Kim Clarke, WVU Healthcare; Lynn Brookshire, CAMC; Matthew Downs, M.D., Arbor Medical Associates; John King, EvriChart.
          • April 1, 2011 -- Social Media Business Forum, The State Journal, University of Charleston, Charleston, West Virginia. Panel discussion with Bob Coffield, Jeff James, Emily Bennington, Justin Siebert and Christa Hamra (Moderator).
          • April 9, 2011 -- Protecting Health Information: Strategies for improving information privacy and security, Translating "Meaningful Use" into Practice, WVRHITEC Connection Academy Learning Series, West Virginia Regional Health Information Technology Extension Center, Via Veneto, Bridgeport, WV. 
          • April 15, 2011 -- HITECH Overview - Everything We Need to Know, Dental Integrators 2011 Conference, Myrtle Beach, SC.  
          • May 20, 2011 -- Anatomy of a Breach - Practical Tools to Handle a Health Care Breach and HIPAA/HITECH Update, Health Care Law 2011, Co-Sponsored by the Law and Medicine Committee of the West Virginia State Bar, WVU Medical Center, Charleston, WV. 
          • June 27, 2011 -- Hands On Health Care Social Media with @BobCoffield, Health Care Social Media Track, American Health Lawyers Association 2010 Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
          • August 11, 2011 --- Health Care Social Media: The Opportunities and the Challenges. To Tweet or Not!, 2011 LTC Leadership Conference, West Virginia Health Care Association, Stonewall Resort, Roanoke, WV. 
          • October 11, 2011 -- HIPAA Goes HITECH: Breach Notification and Health Data Privacy Update, Managing the Changing Legal Landscape, West Virginia Health Care Association, Embassy Suites Hotel, Charleston, WV. 
          • May 21, 2012 -- Social Media, Healthcare, and Your Practice: Opportunities and Pitfalls, Young Urologists Forum, American Urological Association, Atlanta, GA.
          • September 12, 2012 -- Webinar: Health Care Data Breach under HIPAA/HITECH – What constitutes a "breach"? How do I investigate? Who do I have to notify?, West Virginia Regional Health Information Technology Extension Center (WVRHITEC), Charleston, West Virginia. 
          • October 4, 2012 -- Health Care Trends: Spotting Health Law Issues Every Practicing CPA Should Know, Charleston Chapter of the WVSCPAs, Charleston, West Virginia. 
          • October 16, 2012 -- Affordable Care Act Panel Discussion - Information Gathering to Formulate Advice to CPA Clients, Moderator: Jim Toney, CPA, Deputy Director for Finance & Administration/CFO WV Lottery Commission; Panelists: William McKee, CPA, Arnett & Foster; Janie Hamilton, Executive Director, KVSS; Joe Letnaunchyn, President/CEO, West Virginia Hospital Association; Robert Coffield, Partner, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso, PLLC, Business, Industry & Government Conference, West Virginia Society of Certified Public Accountants, Charleston, West Virginia.
          • January 8, 2013 -- Enhancing Practice Transformations through Meaningful Use (Legal Issues Involving Privacy and Security of Health Information (HIPAA Goes HITECH), West Virginia Primary Care Association, South Charleston, West Virginia.
          • February, 25, 2013 -- Part I: The HITECH Omnibus Rule - An Overview and Important Policy Changes (Webinar), Part I of the HITECH Final Omnibus Rule Bootcamp Webinar and Roundtable; Moderator: Patricia A. Markus, Partner, Smith Moore Leatherwood LLP, Raleigh, NC; Panelists: Robert L. Coffield, Esquire, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC, Charleston, WV; Adam H. Greene, Esquire, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, Washington, DC; Susan McAndrew, Deputy Director, Health Information Privacy, Office for Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC.
          • March 21, 2013 --  Health Care Reform in West Virginia - Real World Implications & Answers, West Virginia Association of Health Underwriters; Panelists: Dan Samson, Manager of State Affairs Government Relations Department, NAHU; Jeremiah Samples, Director, Health Policy at the Offices of the WV Insurance Commissioner; Robert Coffield, Health Care Attorney, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso PLLC; Bill McKee, CPA, Arnett Foster Toothman, Charleston, West Virginia.
          • March 25, 2013 -- HIPAA Final Rule: Tips for Achieving Compliance, Physician Insurer Association of American (PIAA) Webinar and Panel Discussion; Moderator: Michael C. Stinson, Director of Government Relations, PIAA; Panel: Robert Coffield, Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso, PLLC, Cinda Velasco, Attorney and Manager, Patient Safety and Risk Management, MMIC Group, Catherine Walberg, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Kansas Medical Mutual Insurance Company.
          • May 10, 2013 -- Physicians Using Social Media: Opportunities and Legal Risks; Health Rhythm Society 2013, Denver Colorado. 
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