Understanding The Final HIPAA Enforcement Rule:
The New World Of Compliance

 

When: March 16, 2006

 

HHS issued its final enforcement rule Feb. 16, 2006 governing the HIPAA privacy, security and electronic standards rules, calling it a regulation with “extremely, broad implications” for healthcare. The final rule details how HHS will define violations, determine culpability and the steps that organizations may take to protect themselves.

 

To explain the final rule and how organizations should modify their compliance programs, Health Information Privacy/Security Alert is sponsored a 90-minute audio seminar:

 

Understanding the HIPAA Enforcement Rule – The New World of Compliance

 

National experts explained the regulation and its implications for healthcare entities and their Business Associates. Participants will be briefed on all the significant details of the final rule including:

 

·        Determine when a violation involving multiple records may be seen as multiple violations;

·        When Workforce or Business Associate violations may be blamed on Covered Entities;

·        How HHS will define violations and calculate fines;

·        How Covered Entities can defend themselves or avoid prosecution;

·        How the rule may affect state laws governing employer-employee relationships;

·        How the enforcement rule fits into the overall scheme of privacy and data security requirements in HIPAA and other federal and state laws;

·        The outlook for criminal prosecutions;

And more.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

·        HIPAA Privacy & Security Officers

·        Healthcare Management Executives

·        Risk Managers

·        Business Associates

·        Health Information Management Professionals

·        Healthcare Providers

·        HR Professionals

·        Researchers

·        Health Plans

·        Clearinghouses

·        Prescription Drug Discount Sponsors

·        Pharmacy Benefit Managers

·        Drug and Device Manufacturers

·        State and Local Health Officials

·        Healthcare Lawyers and Consultants

 

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

 

The 90-minute audio seminar qualifies for at least 1 credit hour of continuing education credits from the following organizations:

 

 

THE FACULTY

 

John R. Christiansen is a principal in Christiansen IT Law, where he focuses on the implementation and management of healthcare information technology. He is the Co-Chair of the American Bar Association's Committee on Healthcare Privacy, Security and Information Technology and past Chair of its Healthcare Informatics Committee. His most recent book is An Integrated Standard of Care for Healthcare Information Security: HIPAA, Risk Management and Beyond (2005), the definitive legal treatise on security obligations applicable to healthcare information.

 

Dennis Melamed is the editor of Health Information Privacy/Security Alert. A frequent lecturer, Dennis was the lead author of the three-volume HIPAA Handbook reference set.

 

CD recordings and seminar materials – a valuable tool for training – are $260, which includes free shipping.

 

For more information, call Dennis Melamed: 703.704-5665