Colorado Casualty Insurance Company’s refusal to pay for a health data breach by a business associate of University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics in April  has created substantial uncertainty among healthcare risk managers seeking to protect their organizations. The case considered one of the worst nightmares for healthcare: a business associate's insurer refusal to cover the cost of a breach, leaving the healthcare organization liable for the huge cost of mitigation.

The cost of reporting and mitigating health data breaches has shifted the issue from one of technical compliance to core business operations. With breaches expected to become more common, attention necessarily focuses on how to respond in the most affordable and effective way.

The fight among Colorado Casualty, the University of Utah Hospitals and Clinics and its business associate, has made everyone scramble. The vague arguments by the insurer have left everyone guessing.

Risk management in this area has become murkier. Insurers are starting to offer programs that can help healthcare organizations control that cost. But there are strings attached, and there is nothing that totally insulates an entity from exposure. But the ongoing legal fight means that healthcare managers must have a better grasp of what's really available and with what strings attached.

Some insurers are already worried that their clients are reporting too many breach claims, and the controversy over Colorado Casualty's decision only heightens the need for healthcare to pay closer attention to how insurers are interpreting their own policies.

With that in mind, Melamedia, LLC, publishers of Health Information Privacy/Security Alert is sponsoring a 90-minute audio seminar focused on the negotiation between business insurers and healthcare:

The Nuts & Bolts of Insurance & Covering the Costs of Health Data Breaches.

PARTICIPANTS WILL BE BRIEFED ON:

• The implications of Colorado Casualty's decision to go to court to avoid paying for a health data breach

• Tactics  to insulate healthcare from Business Associate breaches

• What insurers are now looking at when conducting due diligence for organizations seeking coverage

• How insurers view your risk profile to offer coverage and set premiums

• Where insurance may help you deal with rogue employees and snooping

• What issues  healthcare organizations are finding the most important to negotiate

• What you can still expect to pay in the event of a breach after insurance kicks in
  And much more

WHO SHOULD LISTEN

• Privacy & Security Officers
• Healthcare CFOs
• Health Risk Management Professionals
• Healthcare Compliance Professionals
• Healthcare Fraud & Abuse Professionals
• Hospital Executives
• HIM Professionals
• HIT Professionals

• Business Associates
• Healthcare Providers
• Healthcare Insurers
• Healthcare Administrators
• Research Administrators
• Third Party Administrators
• Healthcare Attorneys And Consultants
• Employment Attorneys and Consultants
• State And Local Risk Management Officials

THE FACULTY

Eric Dieterich is a Director with Sunera and leader of it global data privacy practice. Eric has successfully developed and implemented privacy programs for leading multi-national organizations, in their efforts to become compliant with local and international data privacy laws. Eric has also performed IT risk assessments, strategic business assessments, and audits for organizations across various industries. Eric is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and a Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).

Dr. Patricia Wagner is an attorney with Epstein Becker & Green’s Health Care and Life Science practice, where her practice focuses on HIPAA and a variety of other federal and state regulatory issues. Ms. Wagner also received her doctorate in microbiology and has worked for a number of research institutions, including the CDC

Dennis Melamed is  editor and publisher of Health Information Privacy/Security Alert.  He also is an adjunct professor at the Drexel College of Medicine and the chief editor and lead author of the three-volume HIPAA Handbook reference set.

CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS

• All seminar participants will receive a certificate of participation
• 1.5 IAPP Credits 

OTHER ORDERING INFORMATION

Each registration provides 1 call-in line for an organization, allowing your colleagues and staff to sit in on the seminars
for one low cost

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• The CD recording with all course materials are excellent educational and briefing resources: $289

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 WEBINAR EXPLAINING NEW HIPAA PROPOSAL  IS NOW AVAILABLE ON DEMAND

Responding to Key Issues in  OCR's Proposed HITECH Regulations
Thursday, July 22, 2010

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