The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, which was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, significantly modified and strengthened many aspects of the HIPAA Security Rule (and Privacy Rule), including the penalties that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) could impose for violations of the HIPAA rules.
Primarily due to decentralized oversight and enforcement, the original version of the HIPAA Security Rule was essentially ignored since its inception. However, all of that has changed as a result of the updates included in ARRA and more specifically HITECH. Oversight has been consolidated under HHS and the Office of Civil Rights, and penalties are now collected and utilized by a single agency HHS.
One huge change driven by The HITECH Act is that Business Associates are now statutorily obligated to comply with all relevant sections of the law.
If you are a Business Associate or Covered Entity its time to get serious, the deadline for full compliance with these new rules was February 17, 2010.
In this live session, attendees will:
•Learn How The HITECH Act raises the ante for HIPAA Security
•Review The HIPAA Security Final Rule
•Cover the significant changes driven by The HITECH Act
•Review the Contingency Plan Standard in detail
•Understand the Specific Data Backup and Data Recovery requirements
•Learn How Online Data Backup Solutions May Help
This presentation will help you implement solutions for Contingency Planning that often serve as a last line of defense for many organizations in demonstrating that they are not guilty of willful neglect when it comes to safeguarding electronic protected health information.
