HIPAA Privacy and Security: Recent Trends in Regulation, Enforcement, and Risk Management
1.0 CPE credit in the field of Business Law
1.0 CLE credit in Health Law (PA and reciprocal jurisdictions)
The healthcare, life sciences, and medical device industries are experiencing a shift in compliance requirements and need to align their privacy and security functions to drive operational efficiency. HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates are required to perform a HIPAA Risk Analysis and are now encouraged to perform this analysis annually in order to benefit from the protections outlined in the 2021 HIPAA Safe Harbor Law.
Successful organizations are leveraging privacy drivers to help security teams perform their required HIPAA Risk Analysis. Additionally, while privacy compliance has historically been supported by policies and procedures, it is now looking toward more technical and code-oriented solutions.