HIPAA and Business Associates - New Rules, New Obligations, New Agreements 2013 is a webinar that covers topics such as:
- 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
HIPAA and Business Associates - New Rules, New Obligations, New Agreements 2013 is intended for:
- Practice groups
- Medical offices
- Academic medical centers
- Hospitals
- Business associates (data storage, shredding, billing services, systems vendors, etc)
- Insurers
