HIPAA Business Associates: How the regulations are changing, and what you need to do right now
About This Event
In this webinar, we will discuss how responsibilities have changed and how the changes affect both Business Associates and Covered Entities. We will discuss what goes into a compliant HIPAA Business Associate agreement, including what's required and what's advisable to protect parties in the event of breaches. The new regulatory language for HIPAA business associates (as proposed) will be explained and discussed.
The speaker will cover what goes into a compliance plan, how to develop it and prepare for a HIPAA audit. The new HIPAA penalty structure will be discussed, including new criminal penalties for individuals involved with wrongful disclosures, new mandatory penalties for willful neglect of compliance (starting at $10,000 and going up), and the new, four-tier penalty structure and definitions.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn about the new requirements for HIPAA Business Associates.
- Find out what is changing in the regulations for Business Associates.
- Learn how the definition of BA has been significantly expanded.
- Learn what goes into a proper Business Associate Agreement.
- Find out about the new, higher enforcement penalties.
- Learn about the new violation categories.
- Learn about being prepared for a HIPAA Compliance Audit.