HIPAA - How Business Associates Can Comply Calmly, Confidently and Completely 2017

Topics

• How the HIPAA Rules affect and specifically apply to Business Associates
  • Specific HIPAA Compliance Requirements for Business Associates
• The HIPAA Privacy, Security, Breach Notification Rules
  • Origin of the HIPAA Rules - How they are changing - What to expect next
  • What they are - How they work together to affect Business Associates and Covered Entities (Health Care Providers, Health Plans and Health Care Clearinghouses)
• Federal HIPAA Enforcement - Investigations - Audits
• How to do a HIPAA Risk Analysis - Risk Management that is mandatory for Business Associates
  • Take Home - A Practical Guided Exercise done on your computer
• Breach Notification Rule Compliance for Business Associates
  • Breach Notification discovery and reporting by Business Associates and Subcontractor Business Associates
  • Take Home - A Practical Guided Exercise done on your computer
  • Potential Breach Investigation - Breach Exceptions
  • What is - and what is not a Reportable Breach of Unsecured PHI
  • Breach Risk Assessment
  • Ransomware
• Subcontractor Business Associate HIPAA Compliance
  • Subcontractor Due Diligence
  • Business Associate responsibilities for Subcontractor Business Associates
  • The chain of responsibility from Covered Entity to Business Associate to Subcontractor Business Associate, etc
  • Subcontractor Business Associate Agreements
• Social Media, Email and Text Message HIPAA Compliance for Business Associates
• Cyber Security and Ransomware
  • The HIPAA Rules - A Blueprint to Prevent - Prepare - Respond - Recover