HIPAA Security 2013 - How to Properly Handle HIPAA Security Incidents and Actual Breaches - Webinar By MentorHealth

Overview: The word "breach" in the health care industry, and for those business associates of covered entities, certainly causes alarm when not only have you had your patient's privacy violated, but also now you have to prepare for the financial cost to remedy the breach and think about the possible criminal and civil penalties that you or your organization may have to face.
In addition, because the HITECH Act for the first time now authorizes a federal lawsuit for a HIPAA violation, an aggrieved individual may ask the attorney general of the state in which the violation occurred to sue on his behalf in federal court and recover damages, attorney's fees, and costs. As of the end of August 2011, the Connecticut Attorney General ("AG") had filed two such lawsuits and the Indiana AG had filed one.
In the first one filed, the Connecticut AG obtained a $250,000 settlement from the hospital defendant. Thus, a covered entity now faces the possibility of HIPAA lawsuits in both state and federal courts. Further, with the HITECH Act's expansion of HIPAA civil and criminal liability to business associates, the latter may also be sued in federal court. The Minnesota Attorney General has filed such a lawsuit against a business associate. Isn't it better to know the proper way to handle a breach according to the law?
Learn the difference between security incident reports and reportable breaches and how to handle each properly during this 90-minute seminar. Find out what resources are available to you to help avoid breaches of confidentiality and how your organization can be better prepared for HIPAA compliance regulations
Areas Covered in the Session:
What is a security incident?
What is a breach?
What immediate action should be taken when a breach is suspected?
How to report a breach
How to investigate a breach
How to mitigate the harm of a breach
What breaches must be reported to DHHS and/or to the individuals who are the subject of the breach?
How to report breaches to DHHS and/or to the individuals who are the subject of the breach
How to determine whether disciplinary action is appropriate
How to document security incidents and breaches in a security incident report
Do you need insurance to cover HIPAA breaches?
Who Will Benefit:
HIPAA Compliance Officers
HIPAA Security Officers
HIPAA Privacy Officers, CFOs
CIOs
Medical Records Personnel
Health Information Management Professionals
Health Care Attorneys
Billing Services
Richard D. Dvorak J.D., is a health care attorney and partner in the law firm of TOMES & DVORAK, CHARTERED, a Kansas City area law firm. The firm has Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating, AV (“A” is for preeminent in the field of practice and “V” is for highest ethics). After serving eight years in the United States Marine Corps, Richard obtained his law degree from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 1992. He is licensed to practice law in Illinois, Missouri, and Kansas, including various U.S. federal courts. Mr. Dvorak’s extensive litigation experience includes medical malpractice, physician licensure, mental health disability cases, military cases, and criminal cases, among others.
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