Health Information Privacy in 2024 - Disruption and Upheaval
Overview:
In 2024 the Basics of Health Information Privacy Compliance will not just be about HIPAA and OCR investigations anymore. HIPAA still applies nation-wide to HIPAA regulated entities - Health Care Providers, Health Plans and Business Associates. But now there are new, active and aggressive enforcers protecting the privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information: They are:
And they are using new or revised laws, new strategies and in some cases enforcing existing laws in a new way.
Learning Points
- Threats - Increased Health Information Breaches by criminals
- The New Enforcers - public and private supplementing OCR
- New Laws in 2024 including HIPAA Privacy Rule modifications
- Strategies to protect your organization in this new environment
Why should you Attend: 2024 brings brand new challenges to protecting health information. 2023 will be remembered as the year that enforcement of health information privacy breaches suddenly got very serious and spread way beyond HIPAA enforcement by OCR. Attend this webinar to catch up with the new enforcement wave and protect yourself in 2024
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Planned HIPAA Privacy Rule Modifications
- Changing Health Information Privacy Compliance
- Tracking Technologies
- Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Enforcement
- Aggressive Private Lawsuits
- State Privacy Laws
Who Will Benefit:
- Organizations
- Health Care Providers
- Health Plans
- Business Associates
- Health App Developers
- Non-HIPAA Regulated Entities with Individually Identifiable Health Information
- Organization Personnel - Leadership and Staff
- Compliance Committee Members - Board of Directors - Executive Staff
- Senior Management
- Compliance and Risk Management Officials
- Attorneys for HIPAA Regulated Entities - In-house and Outside Counsel
- Attorneys for Non-HIPAA Regulated Entities
- HIPAA Compliance Officials - Privacy and Security Officers
- Information Technology Managers
- Practice and Office Managers
- Patient Engagement Specialists
- Sales and Marketing Managers
- Risk Managers
- Health Care Providers practicing as individuals or in small groups
- Group Health Plan Administrators
Speaker Profile
Paul R. Hales, J.D. is widely recognized for his expert knowledge and ability to explain the HIPAA Rules clearly in plain language. Paul is an attorney licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and a graduate of Columbia University Law School with an international practice in HIPAA privacy and security. He is the author of all content in The HIPAA E-Tool®, an Internet-based, complete HIPAA compliance solution with separate editions for Covered Entities, Business Associates, Health Plans and Third Party Administrators.