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Medical Records for Paralegals: Advanced Issues and Answers

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
NALA Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 6 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
Washington Paralegal Association Approved 6 Total
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6 hours
John Malanga
Christine Flynn
Jonathan Schutrum
T. Kevin Knight
Adriante Carter
With John D. Malanga from Malanga Law Firm + 4 others

Wed, Feb 25, 00:00 AM – 00:00 PM

Product ID 101509

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Overview

Enhance Your Medical Record Retrieval, Organization, Review, and Summarization Skills

Are you struggling with getting what you need from difficult medical providers? Are your medical record organization, review, and summarization abilities all they can be? In this program, seasoned faculty will share creative tips and tricks that you can use to overcome common challenges and take your current skills to the next level. Become a more valuable asset to your firm - register today!

  • Gain troubleshooting techniques for common and unique problems, like when a provider produces the wrong patient's records.
  • Learn how to best organize and store medical records for ease of retrieval and analysis.
  • Pick up practical tips for ensuring full compliance with HIPAA in the law office.
  • Uncover useful information that you may be overlooking when reviewing medical records.
  • Discover how to create more meaningful medical chronologies and summaries.

Abbreviated Agenda

  1. HIPAA Tips: How to Quickly Obtain Medical Records
  2. Cleverly Organizing Medical Records
  3. Advanced Medical Chronologies
  4. Deciphering Medical Records and Bills: Pointers From a Pro
  5. Maintaining HIPAA Compliance in the Office
  6. Legal Ethics for Paralegals
Product ID 101509

Credit Details

Credits Available
Credit Status Total
California MCLE Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Delaware Certified Paralegal Program Approved 6 Total
Florida Registered Paralegal Approved 6 Total
Indiana Paralegal CLE Approved 6 Total
NALA Approved 6 Total
Montana CLE Credit for Paralegals Approved 6 Total
North Carolina Continuing Paralegal Education Approved 6 Total
New Mexico Paralegal Division, State Bar of Approved 6 Total
Ohio Certified Paralegals Approved 6 Total
NFPA Approved 6 Total
Texas State Bar of Paralegal Division Approved 6 Total
Washington Paralegal Association Approved 6 Total
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  1. HIPAA Tips: How to Quickly Obtain Medical Records

    1. Strategies for Obtaining Confidential Information
    2. Tricks Medical Providers Use to Limit What They Give You
    3. Dealing With Difficult Medical Providers
    4. Obtaining a Complete Set of Medical Records
    5. What to Do When a Provider Produces Records for the Wrong Patient
    6. Digging Deep: Finding Additional Patient Information
    7. Plaintiff vs. Defense: Tips for Both Perspectives
  2. Cleverly Organizing Medical Records

    1. Creative Ways to Organize Medical Records
    2. Organizing for Use in the Office vs. Trial
    3. Handling Voluminous Records
    4. Organizing Medical Records From Different Facilities
    5. Tracking Updates; Maintaining the Records
  3. Advanced Medical Chronologies

    1. Creating a Detailed Medical Records Chronology
    2. Enhancing Your Medical Chronology and Summary Memorandum
    3. Finding the Holes in Plaintiff's Medical Treatment
    4. Finding Alternative Reasons for Plaintiff's Claims
    5. Maintaining and Updating
  4. Deciphering Medical Records and Bills: Pointers From a Pro

    1. Complex Medical Abbreviations and Terms
    2. Detangling Medical Billing and Coding
    3. Useful Details That Are Easy to Overlook
    4. Finding Discrepancies and Other Red Flags
    5. Handling Inconsistencies in Medical Records
    6. Effectively Distinguishing Objective From Subjective Findings
    7. Handling Problematic Medical Notes
  5. Maintaining HIPAA Compliance in the Office

    1. HIPAA Update for Paralegals
    2. Electronic Storage of Medical Records
    3. Data Privacy and Security
    4. Preventing and Responding to Breaches
    5. Best Practices, Policies, and Procedures
    6. Storing Medical Records
    7. Discarding Medical Records
  6. Legal Ethics for Paralegals

    1. Communicating With Clients
    2. Conflicts of Interest
    3. Medical Records and HIPAA Compliance
    4. Ethical Issues and Responsibilities in Billing
    5. Dealing With Impaired Clients

Who Should Attend

This advanced level course is designed to give paralegals the knowledge they need to maximize their medical records skills. Those who should attend include:

  • Paralegals
  • Legal Technicians
  • Legal Assistants
  • Legal Support Staff

Speakers

John D Malanga
John D.
Malanga
Malanga Law Firm
Christine M Flynn
Christine M.
Flynn
Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C.
Jonathan J Schutrum
Jonathan J.
Schutrum
Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
T. Kevin Knight
T. Kevin
Knight
DSK Law
Adriante Carter
Adriante
Carter
Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Speaker bio
John D Malanga

John D. Malanga

Malanga Law Firm
John Malanga

is an attorney in Fort Worth, Texas, where his main area of practice is insurance defense. He operates the Malanga Law Firm in Fort Worth. Mr. Malanga is board-certified in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. He has spoken for various professional groups on issues relating to insurance law. Mr. Malanga is a member of the Tarrant County and the American bar associations, and the State Bar of Texas. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, cum laude, from Georgetown University; and his M.B.A and J.D. degrees from the University of Texas at Austin.

Speaker bio
Christine M Flynn

Christine M. Flynn

Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C.
Christine Flynn

is a litigation paralegal at Haggerty, Goldberg, Schleifer & Kupersmith, P.C. She has 30 years of experience in the field. Ms. Flynn handles assignments from managing partners and three attorneys on personal injury cases. Duties include file maintenance, completing investigation, daily client interaction, intakes, monitoring deadlines; as well as liens, coordinating medical and vocational evaluations, preparing responses to discovery requests, digesting depositions, preparing medical overviews, drafting demand packets, settlement, mediation and arbitration memos; as well as trial memos and exhibits in all aspects of trial preparation. Ms. Flynn is a member of The Philadelphia Association of Paralegals (chair of the Pro Bono, Programs and Professional Development committees), National Federation of Paralegal Associations (pro bono coordinator), American Bar Association (liaison for the Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service, Standing Committee for the State of the Paralegal Profession), Paralegal Studies Advisory Board at the Community College of Philadelphia, American Association for Justice (chair of Paralegal Committee), Pennsylvania Association for Justice (chair of Paralegal Committee) and the Philadelphia Bar Association.

Speaker bio
Jonathan J Schutrum

Jonathan J. Schutrum

Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.
Jonathan Schutrum

is an associate in Dickie McCamey & Chilcote, P.C.'s Litigation Department, where he focuses his practice in medical and professional malpractice defense, nursing home litigation, municipal and governmental litigation, product liability, and insurance defense litigation. An experienced attorney, Mr. Schutrum has successfully prosecuted and defended legal actions in both New York state and federal courts. He also has experience handling and resolving matters through alternative dispute resolution and mediation. Mr. Schutrum graduated, magna cum laude, from George Washington University, before earning his law degree from the Syracuse University College of Law. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association and Bar Association of Erie County.

Speaker bio
T. Kevin Knight

T. Kevin Knight

DSK Law
T. Kevin Knight

is a partner in the law offices of DSK Law. He is board-certified as a trial lawyer by both The Florida Bar and the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over the course of his practice, Mr. Knight has generally focused on personal injury litigation. He earned his B.S.B.A. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Central Florida and his J.D. degree from Stetson University College of Law.

Speaker bio
Adriante Carter

Adriante Carter

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP
Adriante Carter

is an attorney with Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP in the firm's healthcare practice group. Her practice focuses on providing counsel and advising healthcare providers on various regulatory matters concerning health information privacy and cybersecurity matters and data breach response. Ms. Carter has considerable experience relating to HIPAA and other state and federal privacy laws. Her experience also includes drafting consumer-facing privacy policies and internal privacy and security policies and procedures. Ms. Carter also advises clients on clinical research matters, including the intersection of health information privacy and research, drafting clinical trial agreements, and research relationships with academic medical centers (AMCs). She also has experience assisting with the licensure in complex mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures of healthcare providers, including ambulatory surgery centers and hospitals. Ms. Carter has experience advising clients on various federal and state licensing laws, including Medicare and Medicaid enrollment issues and changes of ownership. She also has extensive experience advising clients on conversion of a hospital into a rural emergency hospital (REH). Ms. Carter is member of the Bradley Lawyers of Color Resource Group and serves as a liaison for the Women's (Winn) Initiative. She earned her J.D. degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Florida Levin College of Law, where she served as a research assistant for multiple professors and as the executive acquisitions editor for the University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy. Ms. Carter earned a B.A. degree, summa cum laude, in political science and philosophy from Delaware State University and was a legislative fellow for the Delaware General Assembly. She is admitted to practice in Tennessee.

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