New HIPAA Changes and Updates for 2018

         This HIPAA 2018 updates session will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA has become fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves anymore. It will even handle key updates under the Omnibus Principle, Trump administration, and every other appropriate new HIPAA changes for 2018 and beyond. You will find an enormous level of dilemmas and risks for covered entities and business affiliates these days.

         Brian will talk about unique activities from over 17 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, specialist witness on multiple HIPAA instances, and thoroughly describe how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information. More importantly, Brian will tell you how to limit those risks simply taking proactive steps and using most useful practices.

         Omnibus has transformed the HIPAA landscape for good! This after a seldom-enforced law has transformed and you have to know what's going on! Protect your practice or business! These days trial attorneys present an increased chance than the Federal government!

What changes beneath the Trump administration can we expect?

State regulations are actually in position raising responsibility for patient treatments!

What factors may spurn a lawsuit or a HIPAA audit?...have you been performing these exact things?

Why would be the Feds enforcing following each one of these years?

        We will be discussing HIPAA 2018 changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services when it comes to the enforcement of the HIPAA regulations already on the books as well as some step-by-step discussions on the audit method and some current functions regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from live audits).

• Updates for 2018
• Changes under Trump
• Most common breaches
• Real life audits and litigated cases
• Factors that can lead to litigation
• Ransomware and the dangers of cyber attacks
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification
• Paperwork that needs to be updated

This webcast will be of a valuable assistance to the below audience.

• Practice Managers
• MD's and other Medical Professionals
• 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)

• Private practice
• Hospitals
• Billing companies
• Transcriptions companies
• Home health groups
• Health insurance
• Ambulatory
• IT companies
• Attorneys