HIPAA and Suing - Trial Attorneys Are More Dangerous Than The Federal Government 2017

This lesson will be going into great detail regarding you practice or business information technology and how it relates to the HIPAA Security Rule, in particular portable devices.

Areas covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to personal devices. I will uncover myths versus reality as it relates to this very enigmatic law based on over 1000 risk assessments performed as well as years of experience in dealing directly with the Office of Civil Rights HIPAA auditors. I will speak on specific experiences from over 17 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. Don't always believe what you read online about HIPAA, especially as it relates to encryption and IT, there are a lot of groups selling more than is necessarily required.

Why Should you attend:

There are major changes to HIPAA set forth by the Federal government whereby patients can receive remedies for HIPAA violations and business associates (i.e. law firms) must now comply directly with HIPAA Omnibus has changed the HIPAA landscape for good! State laws are now in place increasing liability for patient remedies!

THESE DAYS THE TRIAL ATTORNEYS ARE MORE DANGEROUS THAN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT!!
This once rarely enforced law has changed and you need to know what’s going on! Protect your practice or business! Why are the Feds enforcing after all these years? We will be discussing some of the changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services in regards to the enforcement of the HIPAA laws already on the books.

I will also thoroughly go through multiple litigated cases I have been a part of involving patients suing for HIPAA violations - THIS IS A MUST TO UNDERSTAND!! changes affecting law firms dealing with protected health information

I will also be discussing factors might cause an unwanted visit or letter from the Office of Civil Rights and how to prepare for the audit and deal with the Feds

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Updates for Omnibus
• Patients suing - how does this work
• Fines from HHS
• Audit process
• Real life audits and litigated cases
• New patient legal remedies and how to lower risks
• State laws and patient remedies
• Portable devices
• Emailing and texting
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification
• Risk factors for being sued or audited

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