Description: This presentation will discuss the current landscape of state and federal privacy laws affecting health care organizations, including HIPAA, 42 CFR Part 2, and state consumer protection laws, and look toward recent and future developments that are part of the ever-changing privacy law landscape. The presentation will use current hot issues in health care privacy law to illustrate this changing landscape, including OCR enforcement, notable data breaches, website tracking technologies, and artificial intelligence.

Attendees of this presentation will:

• Understand the current landscape of health care privacy laws
• Learn about recent trends and future changes in the health care privacy landscape
• Gain awareness of how changes in health care privacy laws could impact their organizations
• Be prepared to make necessary adjustments in their organizational policies and procedures to proactively address health care privacy challenges.

Webinar Date: This was presented as part of IHIMA’s 2024 Annual Meeting & Exhibit – April 2024

Duration: 1 hour

Speaker: Mark Swearingen, JD, Shareholder at Hall Render, has practiced in the area of health information privacy and security for over 25 years, with particular focus on HIPAA compliance, data breach response, and government investigations. Since the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule was issued in 2009, Mark has handled a substantial number of health care data breaches, including cases involving ransomware, email phishing, lost/stolen devices, insider threats, medical devices, and online tracking technologies. He regularly guides clients through government investigations of privacy and security incidents and has successfully negotiated resolutions and settlements with both federal and state agencies. Mark also advises clients on issues relating to emerging technologies, such as telemedicine, medical apps, and artificial intelligence. Mark understands the complexities of health care privacy and security as well as the various challenges that health care organizations face with these issues. He has worked with a broad spectrum of organizations, including health systems, hospitals, physician practices, health plans, governments, technology companies and business associates and uses his experience to help clients develop and implement a privacy and security program that is specifically tailored to the particular structure, operation and mission of the client. Mark speaks and writes frequently, both regionally and nationally, on health care privacy and security matters. Since 2006, he has been a Board member of the Indiana Security and Privacy Network (InSPN), a volunteer, non-profit organization that provides a forum for health care organizations to collaborate on security and privacy best practices. He is also a member of the Indiana Governor's Executive Council on Cybersecurity.

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Cost: $25 Members/ $35 Non-Members

1 AHIMA CEU*

Domain V. Health Law and Compliance

*AHIMA CEUs are also accepted by the AAPC. Check eligibility on the AAPC website.