8th Annual Review of Medical Privacy and Data Security Enforcement
Webinar Focuses on Day-to-Day Realities of HIPAA Compliance 15 Years After HIPAA Became Law
Webinar Tuesday, December 13, 2011 1 pm – 2:30 pm EASTERN	Qualifies for 1.5 CEs from IAPP Contact: Katalin Sugar 703.704.5665

In the 15 years since Congress passed HIPAA, medical privacy and data security rules have become commonplace and govern the routine handling of patient information. Healthcare employers now face new challenges as their compliance with these evolving rules become the subject of employee complaints and lawsuits and patients gain stronger voices in the management of medical records.

To be sure, OCR’s latest audit program has garnered substantial attention. However,  on a day-to-day basis, healthcare organizations are dealing with more intense  scrutiny over how they enforce their own policies by state and federal courts around the country.

Moreover, HITECH requirements to report breaches affecting fewer than 500 patients have added additional pressure on healthcare employers and Business Associates to ensure that their policies and procedures are enforced and enforced fairly.

HIPAA now is routinely invoked in a variety of lawsuits involving malpractice, law enforcement access, employee rights, and a host of other issues. That means healthcare organizations – the gatekeepers for medical records – are spending enormous resources on determining when they can and cannot release information because of the complexity of the regulations on both the state and federal levels.

Another key development: The Justice Department has become more comfortable in enforcing the criminal penalties under HIPAA, meaning healthcare employees are subject to jail terms.

Piled on top of that, advances in technology and pressures to reduce healthcare spending are compelling covered entities and Business Associates to adopt electronic health record systems and determine how to accommodate new consumer electronics in the workplace.

To help healthcare organizations regain their bearings, Melamedia, LLC, publishers of Health Information Privacy/Security Alert and the monthly HIPAA & Breach Enforcement Statistics is sponsoring a 90-minute webinar:

8th Annual Review of Medical Privacy and Data Security Enforcement

The webinar focuses on realistically evaluating the legal risks posed by data security and privacy mandates as healthcare moves forward with electronic health records and updated regulations.

PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BRIEFED ON:

• How courts are dealing with healthcare employee challenges to the enforcement of corporate HIPAA policies and procedures;

• Where breaches affecting fewer than 500 patients provide the greatest risks to covered entities;

• State enforcement of privacy and security violations;

• The implications of key court decisions in 2011;

• The challenges presented by new patient rights to medical records;

• Lessons learned from OCR's latest HIPAA and breach enforcement activities; and

• The implications of CMS and ONC’s vision for EHRs.
  

WHO SHOULD LISTEN

• Privacy and Security Officers
• Hospital Compliance Executives
• HIM Professionals
• HIPAA Business Associates 
• Fraud & Abuse Professionals

• HR Professionals
• EHR Professionals
• Research Administrators
• State and Federal Government Policymakers
• Healthcare Attorneys & Consultants

THE FACULTY

Dennis Melamed, Mr. Melamed is editor and publisher of Health Information Privacy/Security Alert and the monthly HIPAA & Breach Enforcement Statistics.  He is an adjunct professor at the Drexel College of Medicine where he teaches courses on health data stewardship, federal regulation of biomedical research and trends in medical device regulation. Dennis works extensively as a regulatory affairs analyst and researcher and has served as consultant on health data stewardship issues for a number of organizations, including the National Governors Association's State Alliance for E-Health.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

• All seminar participants will receive a certificate of participation

• 1.5 IAPP Credits for both event and CD

ORDERING INFORMATION

• Registration with CD recording of event and all background materials: $249
  
• Registration alone with all background materials: $199

ORDER AT WWW.MELAMEDIA.COM
 or download the form at www.melamedia.com/12.13.11.Order.Form.pdf
and fax it to 703.619.4912

CD ORDERING

The CD recording with all course materials are excellent educational and briefing resources: $209

Download the form at www.melamedia.com/12.13.11.Order.Form.pdf
and fax it to 703.619.4912

TRACK HIPAA ENFORCEMENT FOR FREE

Health Information Privacy/Security Alert offers free updates on HHS's efforts to enforce the HIPAA privacy and security regulations. The statistics include privacy complaints lodged with the Office for Civil Rights and security and transaction complaints lodged with CMS Office for Electronic Health Standards and Services.

CLICK HERE To receive the HIPAA Enforcement Statistics Update Service