Understand potential penalties for different HIPAA violations and how to prevent criminal liability.
As amended by the HiTRUST Act, HIPAA now imposes criminal sanctions on any individual, regardless of whether or not employed by a health care provider, health plan, or health care clearinghouse (or any of their business associates). Not only does the federal Department of Justice have authority to pursue criminal prosecutions under HIPAA, but each and every state attorney general may pursue civil remedies. By understanding the risks that lead to criminal prosecutions, healthcare organizations can take preventive and detective steps to minimize these risks and better protect their business reputations. Historic enforcement actions offer key insights into the regulatory mindset, and the remediation contained in them can be used as a roadmap for testing the effectiveness of your own safeguards, controls, and early warning systems.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to identify the criminal penalties under HIPAA.
- You will be able to recognize who the enforcers are of HIPAA’s criminal and civil penalties.
- You will be able to review preventative compliances issues.
- You will be able to discuss the takeaways to get started on a tune up of your HIPPA compliance program.
Agenda
- Who May Be Subject to Criminal Prosecution for Knowing Violations of HIPAA’s Privacy Rule or Security Rule?
- What Are the Criminal Penalties Under HIPAA, Including Fines and Imprisonment?
- Who Are the Enforcers of HIPAA’s Criminal (and Civil) Penalties - State Attorneys General and the Department of Justice
- What Preventive Compliance Lessons Can We Learn From the Past Twelve Months of HIPAA Enforcement?
- Practice Pointers - Five Key Takeaways to Get Started on a Quick Review and Tune up of Your HIPAA Compliance Program
Speakers
Leslie Bender, CIPP/US, CCCO, CCCA, IFCCE,
BCA Financial Services- Chief strategy officer and general counsel for BCA Financial Services, Inc., a Miami, Florida headquartered revenue cycle management company
- An articulate corporate executive with more than 30 years of experience handling compliance, regulatory, transactional and legal matters for hospitals and financial services companies
- Recognized as a national expert on HIPAA and other information privacy and security laws, she was one of the first privacy officers internationally accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Professional
- In addition to being an attorney and government/regulatory relations specialist, she is an experienced mediator
- Frequent motivational speaker and compliance educator and has been honored for her contributions to the consumer financial and health care industries by several credit, collections, health care and banking associations as well as the U.S. Small Business Administration
- J.D. degree, University of Notre Dame; undergraduate degree, Northwestern University
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for health information managers, business and office managers, privacy officers, medical records directors, IT professionals, hospital and clinic administrators, physicians and nurses, compliance officers, human resource professionals, and attorneys.
