Upcoming Webinar on HITECH Breach Rules

As discussed in prior posts, healthcare organizations will be required to comply with new, strict breach notification provisions laid out in the HITECH Act which was passed as part of the Stimulus Bill earlier this year by Congress. Because not only HIPAA covered entities will be affected by this, but also their business associates as well as other organizations that maintain health records such as Google Health, both the Department of Health and Human Services, as well as the Federal Trade Commission, have recently issued rules that describe in detail how organizations must comply with the law.

Tanya L. Forsheit, a prominent privacy and security attorney with InfoSecCompliance LLC, is presenting a webinar on September 9th to help organizations learn what the FTC and HHS rules mean for them, how to identify compliance strategies and avoid costly fines and discuss best practices for avoiding data security breaches. A brief bio on Ms. Forsheit follows.

Ms. Forsheit is a certified as an information privacy professional by the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) and works with clients to address legal requirements and best practices for protection of customer and employee information. Ms. Forsheit’s law practice is based in Los Angeles, California. Prior to joining InfoSecCompliance, she was the Co-Chair of Proskauer Rose LLP’s Privacy and Data Security practice group, where she launched that firm’s Privacy Law Blog in 2007. In 2009, she was named one of the Los Angeles Daily Journal’s Top 100 women litigators in California