Overview
President Trump will appoint a Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services and Director of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) with missions to make significant modifications to the HIPAA Rules.
Roger Severino, OCR Director in the first Trump administration, described proposed HIPAA modifications in the 2025 Presidential Transition Project. A particular focus will be the 2024 HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy.
The new HIPAA Privacy landscape will confuse and worry Health Care Providers, Business Associates and patients.
You must know what to expect and thoughtfully plan how you will respond to protect your organization, staff and the people you serve.
Why you should Attend
Attend this webinar to begin planning how you will respond to the Trump administration's attempt to make significant modifications to the HIPAA Rules.
Areas Covered in the Session
- Expected HIPAA Modifications
- OCR strategies to make modifications effective quickly
- Constraints to quick HIPAA modifications
- Compliance options for HIPAA-regulated entities
- Strategies to delay or defeat HIPAA modifications
Who Will Benefit
Health Care Covered Entities
- Health Care Providers
- Health Care Providers of all types and sizes
- Hospitals
- Health Care Practices of all types and sizes
- Urgent Care Clinics
- Behavioral Therapists
- Health Plans
- Group Health Plan Administrators
- Third Party Group Health Plan Administrators
- Health Plan Administrators
- Personnel
- Executive Management - all Covered Entities
- Compliance Committee - Covered Entity Board of Trustees
- Practice Managers - Covered Entities
- Chief Compliance Officer - all Covered Entities
- HIPAA Compliance Officials - Privacy and Security
- Covered Entity Owners and Senior Management
- Attorneys for Covered Entities - In-house and Outside Counsel
- Vendors and Business Associates
- Practice Management Companies
- Medical Record storage and retrieval vendors
- Coding, billing and payment vendors
- Health Care Compliance Consultants
- Information Technology vendors
- Law Firms
Speaker Profile
Paul R. Hales, J.D. is widely recognized for his expert knowledge and ability to explain the HIPAA Rules clearly in plain language. Paul is an attorney licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States and a graduate of Columbia University Law School with an international practice in HIPAA privacy and security. He is the author of all content in The HIPAA E-Tool®, an Internet-based, complete HIPAA compliance solution with separate editions for Covered Entities, Business Associates, Health Plans, and Third Party Administrators.
Instructor
Paul R. Hales