Description

This 90-minute webinar is specifically geared towards those who are responsible for HIPAA HITECH Compliance within an organization (covered entities and business associates).  HIPAA Security Officials and IT Managers would benefit greatly.

We will go into detail what the changes for 2027 are going to be as compared to what is currently on the books.  We will also be discussing current breaches, most common breaches, telemedicine, texting, emailing, the 21^st Century Cures Act (Information Blocking), and the OCR audit process.   There’s an enormous number of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days – we will speak to the most common violations and fines – and how to best avoid fines and headaches. 

I will speak on specific experiences from over 23 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, expert witness on multiple HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information.  

More importantly I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Areas Covered in the Session:-

• Major updates for 2027 and beyond (HIPAA HITECH NPRMs)
• Risk Factors
• New Definition of protected health information
• Real life audits and litigated cases
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification

Why Should You Attend:-

July of 2027 will be here sooner than you think. Why is this date significant?

Because that’s when OCR (Office for Civil Rights) states the new sweeping changes to the HIPAA HITECH Security Rule (submitted on Dec 27^th, 2024) will go into effect.

More breaches of protected have occurred since 2022 (to current date) than the entire history of this regulation (dating to 1996) combined x 10 – the government is taking major actions to strengthen this regulation.  Are you prepared for the major changes with the new Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM’s) for the HIPAA Security Rule for 2027?

Who Will Benefit:-

• Practice managers
• Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc)
• MD’s and other medical professionals.