Description:

This 90-minute webinar is specifically geared towards those who are responsible for HIPAA HITECH Compliance within an organization (covered entities and business associates). HIPAA Security Officials and IT Managers would benefit greatly.

We will also be discussing current breaches, most common breaches, telemedicine, texting, emailing, the 21^st 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 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.

Areas Covered:-

• Updates for 2026 and beyond (HIPAA HITECH NPRMs)
• Risk Factors
• New Definition of protected health information
• Real life audits and litigated cases
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification

Why Should You Attend:-

Join me in this 90-minute webinar to explore the most common risks to electronic protected health information and best practices to prevent a catastrophic breach.

More breaches of protected have occurred since 2022 (to current date) than the entire history of this regulation combined times 10 – the government is taking major actions to strengthen this regulation. Are you prepared for the major changes with the new Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM’s) for the HIPAA Security Rule for 2026?

There are a lot of changes right around the corner with the Federal HIPAA HITECH Security Rule (regulations relating to the security of electronic protected health information). These changes are due to the unprecedented level of breach occurring within the healthcare sector.

We will be discussing 2026 changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services regarding the bipartisan backed enforcement and updates of the HIPAA Security Rule laws.

Who Should Attend:-

• 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.