Thursday, MAY 21st, 2009
1:00 - 2:00 pm (EDT)
12:00 - 1:00 pm (CDT)
10:00 - 11:00 am (PDT)
Register Now
Over the past few months, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), Office of Inspector General (OIG) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) have investigated privacy and security violations of various entities in the healthcare industry. From Providence to the Veterans Administration to CVS and beyond, we are in a period of rising investigations and increased consequences in terms of penalties and monitoring.
Key changes in the new stimulus bill (HITECH Act) include regulation of business associates as well as a strong security breach notice requirements. Rules are also tightened in several areas for HIPAA Privacy & Security and penalties have been increased for non-compliance as well as significant funding for aggressive enforcement.
Further, several states, including California, Nevada, Massachusetts and others have specific new requirements with additional penalties for personal information, health information, and health insurance information an organization manages.
Are you prepared for a privacy and security audit of health information your organization manages?
Register for this event and you will:
- Walk through several State regulations and their mandates for increased privacy and security
- Examine new requirements in the HITECH Act for covered entities, business associates and vendors
- Review new enforcement approaches as well as the tiers of penalties that have been defined
- Step through significant requirements introduced for breach and notification
- Understand how to prepare for an audit by organizations such as the OCR, CMS, OIG or the FTC
