What You Need to Know and Do Today to Avoid Compliance Problems
Recent years have seen the proliferation of new laws imposing data security obligations on health care organizations, such as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA") and state security breach notification laws. Reece Hirsch, a partner with Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP in San Francisco, will provide an overview of the security laws and regulations applicable to health care organizations, including:
- New security obligations for business associates under the HITECH Act
- State security breach notification laws
- Tips for developing an effective data security compliance program that complies with HIPAA
About the Speaker
Reece Hirsch, Partner
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Reece Hirsch's Health Care Privacy Law Blog will offer a lively commentary on a wide range of privacy and security issues that are relevant to healthcare organizations, from healthcare-specific issues (such as HIPAA, electronic health records and regional health information organizations) to general privacy issues that healthcare organizations need to be aware of (such as security breach notification laws, Internet privacy and the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard). Privacy and security law is evolving at a rapid pace, and this blog will provide a concise and entertaining guide to the latest laws and regulations, practices and trends. Hirsch is a partner in the San Francisco office of Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP who specializes in privacy and security law matters.
