COURSE DESCRIPTION: The economic stimulus bill that President Obama signed in February, 2009, included significant changes to the HIPAA privacy and security provisions. The changes are generally effective February 17, 2010, although changes to the enforcement provisions are effective for violations occurring after February 17, 2009. HR Professionals need to be aware of these provisions to ensure that their companies are protected.
Join us for this 60 minute webinar, where our speaker will explain and discuss the following:
- A description of each of the new rules affecting employers, with particular emphasis on:
- the new business associate responsibilities
- notification of privacy or security breach provisions, and
- expanded remedies and penalties,
- Tasks that employers need to complete to comply with the new requirements
- Compliance due dates
- Best practice compliance tips.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Susan Relland is an expert on employee benefits with a focus on health and welfare plan advisory and policy services. She assists employers and health plans with the tax, legal and planning issues related to implementing and administering domestic and international benefit plans. She has experience with all types of benefit programs and has particular expertise in designing consumer-driven health plans, such as Health Reimbursement Arrangement and Health Savings Account (HSA) programs.
A primary aspect of her work is advising clients regarding changes in employee benefits law. She helps clients comply with federal laws, such as Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) portability, nondiscrimination, and privacy, Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA), Mental Health Parity Act, and other provisions of the Internal Revenue Code and Employee Retirement Security Act (ERISA) affecting employer-sponsored benefit plans. She also helps employers reduce health plan costs by assisting in the design and implementation of strategies that advance the company’s business objectives.
 HRCI CERTIFICATION: This program has been approved for 1.0 recertification credit hours toward PHR and SPHR recertification through the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). For more information about certification or recertification, please visit the HRCI homepage.
 MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE: We're so confident you'll get what you want out of this conference that we'll refund your full fee if you’re not satisfied. It's risk-free.
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