Navigating HIPAA: Guide to the Privacy Rule

Overview

Panelists discuss the current state of security for the healthcare industry and the threats it faces, then introduce HIPAA and the entities it covers. They explain the information HIPAA protects and excludes, outline the Privacy Rule's permitted uses and disclosures, and review proposed privacy rule changes and their expected impact on healthcare cybersecurity.

What you’ll learn

• ✓Assess the state of cybersecurity in healthcare
• ✓Identify HIPAA covered entities and protected information
• ✓Apply the Privacy Rule's permitted uses and disclosures
• ✓Anticipate proposed HIPAA Privacy Rule changes

Curriculum

1. 1. The Current State of Cybersecurity Law and Healthcare

   Threats facing healthcare entities in the digital age.

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2. 2. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)

   Introduction to HIPAA and the entities it covers.

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3. 3. Understanding the HIPAA Privacy Rule

   Protected information, permitted uses, and disclosures.

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4. 4. Proposed Privacy Rules Changes

   Anticipated changes and their impact on healthcare cybersecurity.

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Your instructors

Daniel B. Garrie

Founder, Law & Forensics; Neutral at JAMS; Faculty at Harvard

Law & Forensics LLC · JAMS · Harvard · Rutgers Law School · Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare

Daniel B. Garrie is the founder and executive managing partner of Law & Forensics LLC, a boutique cybersecurity and forensic engineering firm he co-founded in 2008. He serves as a neutral, arbitrator, and forensic special master at JAMS, focusing on cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and complex technology disputes, and holds faculty appointments at Harvard and Rutgers Law School. A patented software inventor and prolific author, he is editor-in-chief of the Journal of Law & Cyber Warfare and a widely cited authority on computer forensics, eDiscovery, and cyber litigation.

Dave Summitt

ICIT Fellow; Healthcare Security Advisor; former CISO/VP Cyber Security

Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) · Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute

Dave Summitt is an ICIT Fellow and healthcare security advisor who previously served as Vice President of Cyber Security for Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute. He teaches on cybersecurity threats and regulation in healthcare.

Afzal Khan

Global CISO, OPKO Health, Inc.

OPKO Health, Inc.

Afzal Khan is Global Chief Information Security Officer at OPKO Health, Inc., contributing a healthcare security perspective on HIPAA and the Privacy Rule.