The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule has new standards for determining what qualifies as a reportable breach. 

1. Understand How to Avoid Penalties in HIPAA Breach Notification and What
to do in Such Cases
HIPAA Breach Notification
How to Know What to Do and Avoid Penalties
Presenter - Jim Sheldon-Dean
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2. Agenda
• State and Federal Breach Notification Laws
• HIPAA Breach Notification Requirements
• Preventing and Preparing for Breaches Using an
Information Security Management Process
• The Most Common Types of Breaches
• Health Information Breach Notification Policies
• The Importance of Documentation
• New HIPAA Violation Categories and Penalties
• Preparing for HIPAA Audits
• Q&A session
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jim@lewiscreeksystems.com www.lewiscreeksystems.com 802-425-3839
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3. My Background
• Disclaimer: I am an engineer and not a lawyer. This is not legal
advice – I am only providing information and resources
• BSCE (Civil Engineering) from UVM, MST (Transportation) from MIT
• 32 years in consulting, information systems, software development,
and security
• Process, problem-solving oriented
• 8 years as Vermont EMT, crew chief
• 14 years specializing in HIPAA and health information privacy and
security regulatory compliance
• See www.lewiscreeksystems.com for more details, resources,
information security compliance news, etc.
© Copyright 2014 Lewis Creek Systems, LLC All Rights Reserved
jim@lewiscreeksystems.com www.lewiscreeksystems.com 802-425-3839
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4. To see the complete presentation check the
below link:
http://www.audioeducator.com/hipaa/hipaa-breach-notifications-
11152014.html