HIPAA Security Rule - Major Changes for 2025 + Upcoming New 2025 HIPAA Changes and Beyond

Course Description

Title 1 - HIPAA Security Rule - Major Changes for 2025

This webinar on the 2025 HIPAA security rule major changes will address how practice/business managers (or compliance officers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA HITECH is now fully enforced with bipartisan support, and the government is not using kid gloves anymore. It will also address new congressional mandates and the 2025 HIPAA Security Rule, Major Changes and updates for 2025 and beyond, both for the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule.

In the 2025 HIPAA Security Rule Major Changes Webinar, we will also be discussing current breaches, most common breaches, telemedicine, texting, emailing, the 21st Century Cures Act (Information Blocking), and the OCR audit process.. There are many issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days – we will speak to the most common violations and fines, and how to best avoid fines and headaches. I will speak on specific experiences from over 23 years of experience working as an outsourced compliance auditor and expert witness on multiple HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients can now get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information. More importantly, I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilising best practices.

Areas Covered

• 2025 HIPAA Updates and Beyond
• Rights of Access Care Coordination
• Information Sharing
• Notice of Privacy Practices
• 21st Century Cures Act
• Telemedicine (Do’s and Don’ts)
• Portable Devices
• Texting and Emailing – New Guidelines
• New Definition of Protected Health Information
• Real-Life Audits and Litigated Cases
• Business Associates and the Increased Burden
• Breach Notification
• Risk Factors.

Who Should Attend

• Practice Managers
• Any Business Associates Who Work With Medical Practices Or Hospitals (i.e., Billing Companies, Transcription Companies, IT Companies, Answering Services, Home Health, Coders, Attorneys, etc)
• MDS and other Medical Professionals.

Title 2 - Upcoming New 2025 HIPAA Changes and Beyond

Description

This 90-minute webinar on "Upcoming New 2025 HIPAA Changes and Beyond!" will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance officers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA HITECH is now fully enforced with bipartisan support and the government is not using kid gloves anymore.

It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule, the Biden administration, new congressional mandates, and any other applicable updates for 2025 and beyond, along with changes relating to COVID-19.

There are an enormous number of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days – we will speak to the most common violations and fines, and how to best avoid fines and headaches.

In this HIPAA Changes 2025 webinar, Mr. Brian will speak on specific experiences from over 20 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, expert witness on multiple HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information. More importantly, he will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilising best practices.

Areas Covered

• Updates for 2025 and beyond
• COVID-19 and HIPAA Changes 2025
• Fines
• Portable devices
• Texting and Emailing – new guidelines
• Politics and HIPAA
• Changes under the OCR Director and Congress
• New Definition of Protected Health Information
• Real-life audits and litigated cases
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification
• Paperwork that needs to be updated
• Risk factors

Why Should You Attend

Join Mr. Brian Tuttle in this 90-minute webinar on "Upcoming New 2025 HIPAA Changes and Beyond!" to explore what’s new with HIPAA, both from a regulation standpoint (new requirements) and an enforcement standpoint. This once rarely enforced law has most certainly seen some recent changes, and you need to know what’s going on!

Protect your practice or business for 2025 updates!

Today, trial attorneys pose a higher risk than the Federal government due to the individual remedy! State laws are now in place, increasing liability for patient remedies!

What changes have occurred relating to COVID-19 and HIPAA, and will they be permanent?

• What factors might spur a lawsuit or a HIPAA audit? ... Are you doing these things?
• Why are so many groups being fined exorbitant amounts?
• Why are the Feds enforcing after all these years?

We will be discussing 2025 changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services regarding the bipartisan-backed enforcement of the HIPAA laws already on the books (as well as some detailed discussions on the audit process) and some current events regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from live audits).

Who Should Attend

This webcast will be of valuable assistance to the following audience.

• Practice Managers
• MDs and other Medical Professionals
• Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e., billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc).