Business Associate Action Plan: Comply with HITECH by February Deadline
Product Description:
AUDIO CONFERENCE ON CD OR AUDIO ON-DEMAND
Sponsored by HIPAA/HITECH Toolkit and HIPAA e-learning
presented on January 14, 2010
New HIPAA and HITECH requirements demand changes to your business associate (BA) contracts, breach notification, and other policies. During this two-hour audio conference, our expert speakers explain the changes and give covered entities (CEs) and BAs the guidance they need to consider all relationships, update contracts, and comply with the new law.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Identify which organizations and individuals are BAs
- Explain the new HITECH privacy and security requirements
- List practical steps to rework BA and third party vendor contracts
- Identify additional changes necessary to comply with upcoming deadlines
AGENDA
- New contract requirements
- Changes under HITECH for BAs and CEs
- Who are the new BAs
- HHS deadlines
- Updates to contract guidance
- Recommended contract language
- Security breaches
- Other new privacy and security requirements
- Red Flags Rule
- Civil and criminal penalty risk
- Office for Civil Rights (OCR) enforcement
- OCR current audit program requirements and potential changes
- Breach notification
- Interim final rule
- Contract update examples
- Other privacy and security requirements
- Red Flags Rule
- Incorporating identify theft protections into BA and third party vendor (non-BAs) contracts
- Implementation requirements
- Practical steps to prepare for the February 2010 deadline
- Q&A
MEET THE SPEAKERS
Chris Apgar, CISSP, is president of Apgar & Associates, LLC in Portland, OR, an independent consulting firm specializing in security, privacy, and regulatory compliance. He is a nationally recognized information security, privacy, HIPAA and electronic health information exchange expert, a member of the Workgroup for Electronic Interchange (WEDI) Board of Directors, assists locally and nationally to assist with standardized HIT adoption, and and is endorsed by the Oregon Medical Association (member audits and virtual compliance officer services).
John R. Christiansen, JD, practices health information technology law in Seattle at Christiansen IT Law, and focuses on IT contracting, implementation, management, and compliance. He is the Chair of the American Bar Association's HITECH Business Associates Task Force and past Chair of its Committees on Healthcare Privacy, Security and Information Technology and Healthcare Informatics (2000 - 04). He is also an Adjunct Professor in the University of Washington Information School and former Technical Advisory Panel member for the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration.
CONTINUING EDUCATION
AAPC
This program has prior approval of the American Academy of Professional Coders for 2.0 Continuing Education Units. Granting of this approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the Academy of the program, content or the program sponsor. Credit expires 12/31/2010.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Privacy, security, and compliance officers; HIM directors; business associates such as attorneys, consultants, trading partners, collection agencies, third party administrators, insurance brokers, billing agencies, HIT software, personal health record, and other vendors.
PROGRAM MATERIALS
Program materials are provided with PDF links. The following will also be included in your materials packet:
- Gap analysis tool/checklist
- Sample BA contract and contract addendum templates
- Privacy and security incident response policy template
- Breach notification policy template
- Red Flag Rule umbrella policy template
- Three HITECH white papers from HCPro
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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