HIPAA's Breach Notification Rules and Enforcement - Data Breaches Could Be Financial Disaster

This HIPAA compliance training will focus on the Breach Notification Rules including the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). Learn how to ensure compliance with data breach reporting requirements to avoid penalties.

Why Should You Attend:

New privacy and security regulations under HIPAA, reflecting the HITECH Act and GINA, are now effective and require all covered entities and business associates to have up-to-date policies and procedures, privacy notices, business associate agreements and conduct training.

The regulations have resulted in increased penalties for data breaches that could be a financial disaster for some organizations. Covered entities not only have to be in compliance themselves, they also need to make sure that their business associates are in compliance. Business associates and their subcontractors are now subject to rules that previously only applied to covered entities.

This webinar will explain HIPAA’s Breach Notification Rules including the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA).

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Review of the Basics of HIPAA
  • Privacy
  • Security
• HITECH Act
  • Law
  • Regulations
    • Business Associate Responsibilities
    • Notice of Privacy Practices
    • Penalties
    • Unencrypted emails
    • Definition of “Unsecured”
    • Definition of “Breach”
    • Business Associate Agreement Provisions
• GINA
• Guidance regarding mobile devices

Who Will Benefit:

• Vice President of Human Resources
• Director of Compensation and Benefits
• Benefit Manager
• Benefit Specialist
• Insurance Agent
• Insurance Broker
• Employee Benefits Consultant
• Group Insurance Representative
• Compliance Director

Instructor Profile:

John Garner, is the founding Principal of Garner Consulting, an employee benefit consulting firm in Pasadena. Under Garner’s leadership, this nationally recognized consultancy has built a broad base of services including benefits consulting, claim audits and compliance for insurance companies, employers, health care organizations and providers, and managed care companies. Garner Consulting recently merged its insurance brokerage division with two other brokerage firms to create Valence Benefits, where Garner also serves as a Principal.

Mr. Garner has expertise in the area of cost containment and is an acknowledged expert in the field of compliance-particularly the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).