HIPAA Privacy Rule Compliance-Understanding New Rules and Responsibilities of Privacy Officer (Boston, United States – September 27-28, 2018) – ResearchAndMarkets.com

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The "HIPAA Privacy Rule Compliance-Understanding New Rules and Responsibilities of Privacy Officer" conference has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

While the HIPAA rules have been in place for years now, the focus of their application has recently changed as technologies and practices have changed, and changes to the rules are also on the horizon. In addition, there are changes in other regulations that interact with HIPAA requirements, and that require consideration in your planning.

This session will focus on understanding what are the challenges that a HIPAA Privacy Officer faces today, and what are the areas of HIPAA that are changing. The session will discuss the latest topics of interest in detail and describe how they relate to the regulations and their enforcement today.

This session is designed to provide an intensive, one and a half-day training in HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance designed for both the seasoned HIPAA professional as well as the individual newly appointed to the position of HIPAA Privacy Officer, covering:

• The foundations of HIPAA and how they relate to the issues of today
• Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification under HIPAA
• Changes in Rules, Technologies, and Practices that Impact HIPAA Compliance
• Patient Rights and Controls on Uses and Disclosures
• New Guidance, and Other Regulations Related to Personal Information
• Challenges with issues today that didn't even exist a few years ago, such as insecure communications, Ransomware, and the E.U.'s GDPR
• Interactions with the SAMHSA 42 CFR Part 2 regulations on information relating to substance use disorders

This seminar will also explain audits and enforcement, and how privacy regulations relate to security and breach regulations, as well as responding to privacy and security breaches and ways to prevent them. Numerous references and sample documents will be provided.

Learning Objectives:

• Understanding the variety of forms entities can take under HIPAA and how they relate to one another
• Learning about patient rights, such as access and amendment of information, and how such rights are protected and enforced under HIPAA
• How uses and disclosures may take place in a wide variety of circumstances, including such hot topics as sharing information with the family and friends of a patient
• Current enforcement and audit activity
• Changes to Substance Use Disorder records confidentiality under 42 CFR Part 2
• The European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• Ensuring individuals have adequate access of their information under the rules
• The place of Information Security and incident management under the HIPAA Security and Breach Notification Rules
• Processes to be used in managing security, mitigating risks, and handling incidents
• Proper methods of documentation and training to ensure compliance and help avoid penalties, including the use of internal audits and drills to improve compliance continuously and be prepared for incidents and enforcement investigations

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