Overview:

This 90-minute webinar will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA HITECH is now fully enforced with bipartisan support and the government is not using kid gloves any more.

It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule, year four of the Biden administration, new congressional mandates, and any other applicable updates for 2025 and beyond along with changes relating to Right of Access, SAMHSA Part 2, Care Coordination, Information Sharing, and updates that need to occur with your Notice of Privacy Practices.

We will also be discussing telemedicine, texting, emailing, the 21st Century Cures Act (Information Blocking), increased risk for Russian hacking, OCR audit process, and changes relating to the Dobbs vs Jackson ruling.

There's an enormous number of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days - we will speak to the most common violations and fines - and how to best avoid fines and headaches.

I will speak on specific experiences from over 23 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.

Why should you Attend: Join me in this 90-minute webinar to explore what's new with HIPAA both from a regulation standpoint (new requirements) and an enforcement standpoint

This once rarely enforced law has changed and you need to know what's going on! Protect your practice or business!

What changes (if any) can we expect under the new Trump administration and other congressional mandates?

What changes have occurred relating to telemedicine, the Cures Act (Information Blocking), Right of Access, Care Coordination, Information Sharing, Notice of Privacy Practices, and business associates? How does the Dobbs vs Jackson supreme court rule affect HIPAA? What about the major increase in cyber attacks and OCR's audit program?

State laws are now in place increasing liability for patient remedies!

What factors might spurn a lawsuit or a HIPAA audit? are you doing these things?

We will be discussing 2025 changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services regarding the bipartisan backed enforcement of the HIPAA laws already on the books (as well as some detailed discussions on the audit process) and some current events regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from live audits)

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Updates for 2025 and beyond
• Rights of Access
• Care Coordination
• Information Sharing
• Notice of Privacy Practices
• 21st Century Cures Act
• Telemedicine (Do's and Don'ts)
• Fines
• Portable devices
• Texting and Emailing - new guidelines
• New Definition of protected health information
• Real life audits and litigated cases
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification
• Risk factors

• 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