HIPAA and Business Associates - New Rules, New Obligations, New Agreements 2013

Key Topics

• The role of business associates and how they are treated under HIPAA
• Definition of a HIPAA Business Associate including what is and is not a Business Associate and what other kinds of relationships can exist besides a HIPAA Business Associate relationship
• What a Business Associate needs to do differently under the new regulations
• New regulations and their effects on usual practices for Business Associates and their relationships with covered entities and subcontractors
• The importance of Business Associate Agreements including the costs of breaches by Business Associates
• Policy framework for information security, what policies need to be changed and how, and the required and recommended elements of a Business Associate Agreement
• The new four-tier violation schedule, with increased fines, and mandatory fines for willful neglect of compliance that start at $10,000
• The new enforcement penalty structure and the latest plans for audits by HHS OCR and a plan for being prepared for audits

Who should Attend

• Practice groups
• Medical offices
• Academic medical centers
• Hospitals
• Business associates (data storage, shredding, billing services, systems vendors, etc)
• Insurers