This 60-minute webinar 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 major changes and updates for 2026 and beyond – both for the HIPAA Privacy Rule and the HIPAA Security Rule.

We will also be discussing current breaches, the most common breaches, telemedicine, texting, emailing, the 21st Century Cures Act (Information Blocking), and the OCR audit process. 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. I will speak on specific experiences from over 23 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, I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Why should you attend:

Are you prepared for the major changes with the HIPAA Security Rule for 2026? More breaches of protected data have occurred from 2022-2025 than in the entire history of this regulation combined – the government is taking major actions to strengthen this regulation. What changes can we expect under the Trump administration and other congressional mandates? Join me in this 90-minute webinar to explore what’s new with HIPAA, both from a regulation standpoint (new requirements), enforcement standpoint, and the highest risks for breach. This once rarely enforced law has changed, and you need to know what’s going on! Protect your practice or business! What changes have occurred relating to telemedicine, the Cures Act (Information Blocking), Right of Access, Care Coordination, Information Sharing, Notice of Privacy Practices, and business associates? What about the major increase in cyber attacks and OCR’s audit program? State laws are now in place, increasing liability for patient remedies! What factors might spurn a lawsuit or a HIPAA audit? …are you doing these things? We will be discussing 2026 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)

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Updates for 2026 and beyond
• Rights of Access
• Care Coordination
• Information Sharing
• Notice of Privacy Practices
• 21st Century Cures Act
• Telemedicine (Do’s and Don’ts)
• Fines
• 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 will benefit:

• 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)
• MD’s and other medical professionals

Target Companies:

• Private practice
• Hospitals
• Billing companies
• Transcriptions companies
• Home health groups
• Health insurance
• Ambulatory
• IT companies
• Attorneys

Target Association/Societies

• Practice Managers Associations

Target Audience to market

• Healthcare and any entities doing business with healthcare as a “business associate.”