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- Members: $15

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There are 46 working days remaining to be in compliance with the “HIPAA Privacy Rule to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy.”  Are you ready?

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Speak er:  Wes Morris

Date: 2024/10/19

Time: 9:45 ~ 12:00 (PT)

Event Information:

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The Privacy Rule to support reproductive health care privacy is a significant change in the landscape of HIPAA Privacy requirements. The Privacy Rule has always been focused on establishing reasonable guardrails with permit, but do not require health care providers to make certain classes of disclosures. For the first time, a rule change is prohibiting disclosures to certain entities when it involves reproductive health care. 

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• What are the requirements?

• What changes to practices must be in-place by December 22, 2024?

• What changes to practices can occur after the compliance date?

• How Reproductive Health Care is defined and the data covered entities must be considering when it is not explicitly defined in the rule.

• Using the Value Set Authority Center as a starting point for defining the organizaiton’s data related to reproductive health care.

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In light of this new requirement, we will also examine the historical permitted disclosures allowed by the Privacy Rule, and address the distinction between when we may disclose and  when we must disclose PHI to external parties or agencies.

 

About your presenter:

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Wes Morris is the Senior Director of Consulting Services for Clearwater - a Privacy and Security Consultancy.  Wes started his first role as a hospital privacy officer in 2003, following a career in clinical care and social services in the US Air Force.  He has served in numerous roles as Privacy Officer, Security Officer, subject matter expert to records system developers for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and leader of teams overseeing the U.S. Air Force Privacy and Security compliance programs worldwide. 

 

For the past 11 years, he has provided consultation to organizations - large and small - across the healthcare ecosystem for privacy and security related matters relating to HIPAA and many other regulatory frameworks. 

 

Wes has served numerous tours on the AHIMA Privacy and Security Practice Council, including 3 years as the council co-chair; 8 years as an exam developers for the Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security (CHPS) Exam, and 2 years as Director of Legal and Legislative Affairs for the Idaho HIMA Board of Directors. 

 

Formerly residing on Camano Island and in Redmond Washington, Wes now lives in Mountain Home Idaho, where he continues to support healthcare organizations across the nation and abroad.

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