This 90-minute webinar will address 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 new congressional mandates and the major changes and updates for 2025 and beyond – both for the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule.

We will also be discussing current breaches, most common breaches, telemedicine, texting, emailing, the 21st Century Cures Act (Information Blocking), and the OCR audit process.. 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 working as an outsourced compliance auditor, and 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.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Updates for 2025 and Beyond
• Rights of AccessCare 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

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.