Events
Fifth Annual Health Care Compliance and Enforcement Roundtable
HIPAA Enforcement Initiatives and Actions
Featuring Representatives from the Office for Civil Rights
and the Connecticut Attorney General's Privacy Task Force
Registration: 4:00 pm
Program: 4:30 pm
Reception: 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Roundtable panelists:
- Linda Sanches, Senior Advisor, Health Information Privacy, Office for Civil Rights
- Matthew Fitzsimmons, Assistant Attorney General and Chair of Attorney General's Privacy Task Force
- Thomas Ryan, Assistant Attorney General and member of Attorney General's Privacy Task Force focused on HIPAA matters
Program moderator:
- Michelle DeBarge, Health Care Partner and Chair of the HIPAA Practice Group, Wiggin and Dana LLP
Topics to be discussed:
- The Connecticut Attorney General's (AG's) and Office for Civil Rights' (OCR's) enforcement efforts and how federal and state authorities coordinate their respective enforcement activities
- OCR's pilot audit project and planned future audit initiatives
- Status of enforcement concerning business associates
- OCR's and AG's complaint and investigation process, including complaint intake, investigation, and resolution, and a discussion of the types of complaints and findings likely to yield sanctions
- Examples of do's and don'ts and tips for responding to governmental investigations and/or OCR audits
- The interplay between federal and state privacy requirements in addressing complaints or compliance concerns
- HIPAA and state law breach notification requirements
- OCR's and AG's expectations regarding how covered entities and business associates handle and investigate breaches, including breach notification
- Special compliance concerns in connection with electronic medical records and health information exchanges
