Webinar on HIPAA Enforcement Activity

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 Duration: 90 Minutes  
Thursday, May 11, 2017   |   10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT

Overview: Now that the HIPAA rules have been in place for more than a dozen years, the days of advice and counseling have been replaced by a hard-nosed enforcement attitude, where HHS OCR is ready to make health care organizations that violate the rules feel some pain for their actions.

If your organization is not ready, the HIPAA rules have new, significantly higher fines, including mandatory minimum fines of $10,000 for willful neglect of compliance. In addition, HIPAA enforcement has taken on a new importance at HHS; officials have publicly stated that enforcement is now a priority, and that means being ready for an audit or compliance review is more important than ever.

If you don't take the proper steps to ensure your patients' rights and health information are being protected according to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, you can be hit with significant fines and penalties. With the increased HIPAA fines beginning at $10,000 in cases of willful neglect, following the privacy requirements, providing good information security, and being in compliance are more important than ever.


Why Should you attend: HIPAA enforcement is now a significant reality, and settlements for violations are being announced more and more frequently. Now, with the increases in breach reporting and the new random audit program, enforcement of HIPAA is something that every HIPAA entity and business associate needs to be aware of and prepared for, by examining why prior enforcement occurred and what could be done to prevent such problems.


Areas Covered in the Session:

    The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification regulations (and the recent changes to them) and how their compliance will be evaluated in enforcement circumstances.
    Recent changes to the HIPAA enforcement regulations that increase fines and create new penalty levels, including new penalties for willful neglect of compliance that begin at $10,000
    The information and documentation that needs to be prepared in advance so that you can be ready for an enforcement review or an audit without notice.
    The results of prior HHS enforcement actions and audits (and their penalties), including recent actions involving multi-million dollar fines and settlements.
    Questions asked in prior audits and enforcement reviews.
    Identification of weaknesses in organizational compliance.
    Future threats to the security of patient information.
    The importance of a good compliance process to help you stay compliant more easily.


Who Will Benefit:

    Compliance Director
    CEO
    CFO
    Privacy Officer
    Security Officer
    HIPAA Officer
    Chief Information Officer
    Health Information Manager
    Healthcare Counsel/lawyer
    Office Manager
Speaker Profile
Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982, providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a wide variety of health care entities.
Price: $139.00

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