NACUA Virtual Seminar on HIPAA and the HITECH Act: New Compliance Obligations for Colleges and Universities

[Valerie Vogel <vvogel () EDUCAUSE EDU>]

Please note the following online seminar, HIPAA and the HITECH Act: New
Compliance Obligations for Colleges and Universities, scheduled for this
Thursday, July 23, 12-2 pm ET. You may want to check with your campus
legal counsel to see if they are already registered to attend and ask if
you can join them.

Please excuse the cross-posts.

Thank you,
Valerie
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Valerie M. Vogel, Program Associate, EDUCAUSE
Phone: 310-396-7033
E-mail: vvogel () educause edu
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NACUA Virtual Seminar  |  Presented in conjunction with EDUCAUSE

HIPAA and the HITECH Act: New Compliance Obligations for Colleges and
Universities 
http://www.nacua.org/meetings/VirtualSeminars/july2009/home.html

Thursday, July 23, 2009
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET/ 9:00 am - 11:00 am PT 

The recent Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical
Health Act (HITECH Act), part of the federal stimulus bill, contained
sweeping changes to HIPAA's security and privacy requirements. These
changes include: 

*       Increased criminal and civil penalties for noncompliance and new
enforcement authority for state attorneys general
*       Extension of HIPAA's privacy and security requirements as well
as penalties for violation of these requirements directly to business
associates
*       New restrictions on uses and disclosures of protected health
information and increased individual rights
*       Rigorous new standards for security breach notification for
HIPAA-covered entities and their business associates

These changes directly impact colleges and universities that sponsor
employer health plans that are self-insured; have medical clinics,
counseling centers, other facilities, physicians, and other providers
that are covered entities under HIPAA; or are business associates of
covered entities, such as medical schools that provide certain services
to hospitals.

This program will provide an overview of the changes to HIPAA as well as
provide practical guidance for complying with these new obligations. The
panel features HIPAA experts, Nina Lavoie of the University of Maine
System, Barbara Bennett, partner with Hogan and Hartson, and Pietrina
Scaraglino of New York University.

How to Register:
http://www.nacua.org/meetings/VirtualSeminars/july2009/register.html

Note: This program assumes participants are familiar with HIPAA,
including understanding the basic concepts and current HIPAA obligations
of colleges and universities.