HIPAA Security Rule Updates | More Fun Than a Data Breach

Program Description:

The federal government published new proposed HIPAA Security rules on January 6, 2025, that will impose much stricter security requirements if finalized. This program describes the proposed new requirements and offer suggestions for compliance. Also covered are other developments relating to HIPAA, including the status of reproductive healthcare privacy rights and how you must update your Notice of Privacy Practices.

HCSSA Topic(s) Addressed:

• §558.259[c][2]information on the state and federal laws applicable to an agency
• §558.259[d][4] agency responsibilities
• §558.260[a][3] basic principles of management in a licensed health-related setting

Education-Training Credits:

• TX HCSSA Administrator/Alternate Continuing Education
  • 1.5 Clock Hr(s)

About the Presenter(s): Heidi Kocher

Ms. Kocher is a partner with Liles Parker and has over 20 years of experience in health care legal and compliance-related issues, representing all kinds of health care providers of all size. Her experience includes serving as a chief privacy officer and interim chief compliance officer at a medical device manufacturer. She also served as an outside compliance expert to a hospital and a clinical laboratory that were under Corporate Integrity Agreements. She has significant reimbursement experience, responding to and defending audits, addressing coverage policy issues, challenging denials, recoupments, and loss of billing privileges, obtaining HCPCS codes, and other reimbursement related issues. Her experience also includes implementing Corporate Integrity Agreements, guiding clients through voluntary self-disclosures and seeking advisory opinions from the OIG. In acknowledgement of her expertise, Ms. Kocher has served as a lecturer in the Biomedical Engineering department at the University of Texas at Dallas. Ms. Kocher is licensed in Texas and Maryland and Certified in Healthcare Compliance.