1. HIPAA Presented by: Riley Schiefelbein

2. HIPAA Defined Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) Title 1 – Group health plans Title 2 – Standards for securing information

3. HIPAA and I.T. Significance of I.T. in health care Automation makes life easier Who gets to see what? What are the implications?

4. Failure to Comply Monetary penalties vary –“General failure to comply” $100/offense ($25,000 annual max) –“Wrongful disclosure” $50,000 - $250,000 and/or imprisonment

5. Actual Violations Doctor Zhou (California) Nurse Smith (Arkansas)

6. Other Costs Reputation New hiring costs Civil suit

7. Compliance Checklist Assign a security analyst to ensure procedural correctness Identify possible threat vectors Implement credential access controls

8. Compliance Checklist Cont… Provide employee training on HIPAA standards Create incident response protocol Update hardware and software Implement audit control

9. Impact of HIPAA Increased responsibility Increased awareness Severe consequences

10. Questions ?

11. HIPAA Presented by: Riley Schiefelbein