Road to HIPAA Compliance: Trends in Enforcement Activity

by KirkpatrickPrice / December 19, 2022

A Conversation about Trends in HIPAA Enforcement Activity In this webinar, Joseph Kirkpatrick and Mark Hinely discuss historic and 2016 trends in OCR enforcement activity. 2016 was a record year for enforcement and these trends are the most direct way that the OCR can tell us what or where they’re looking.    Mark Hinely has chosen four cases to discuss that represent 2016 enforcement activity trends: UMass Health, St.…

Road to HIPAA Compliance: Using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to Protect PHI

by KirkpatrickPrice / December 19, 2022

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework: A Common Language for Cybersecurity Issues The cybersecurity realm is overwhelming – the issues, the regulations, the changes, the threats, the persistence. We’re living in a world where we hear about new breaches every day. None of us can possibly know everything about all cybersecurity issues, and that’s okay. We’re all vulnerable and overwhelmed, but that’s no excuse not to prepare and continually develop your organization’s…

Road to HIPAA Compliance: Training the Workforce

by KirkpatrickPrice / December 19, 2022

4 Key Elements of HIPAA Compliance Training This webinar discusses training your workforce for HIPAA compliance. You may feel some push-back or a lack of enthusiasm from your workforce about HIPAA training, but it may be helpful to remind them that training is not only required, but it’s the key to HIPAA compliance. An effective workforce training program makes an effective HIPAA compliance program. Although it’s a challenge, it is…

Road to HIPAA Compliance: Managing Business Associate Compliance

by KirkpatrickPrice / December 19, 2022

Why Does Business Associate Compliance Matter? The goal for this session is to identify the importance of the relations between covered entities and business associates, and to identify the issues that business associates and covered entities must navigate. This webinar is not designed just to benefit the covered entities. If you are a business associate, it will be beneficial to learn the issues that covered entities are dealing with and…

Road to HIPAA Compliance: Understanding the Security Rule

by KirkpatrickPrice / December 19, 2022

3 Things to Know About Protecting ePHI This session gives an overview of the Security Rule, which is one of the most familiar aspects of HIPAA Compliance. The goal of the Security Rule is to create security for electronic Protected Health Information (ePHI) by ensuring the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of ePHI, protecting against threats, protecting against unpermitted disclosures, and ensuring workforce compliance. When learning the basics of this regulation,…