Audio CD and written materials of AIS's audioconference on May 16, 2006

Identity Theft and Health Care: 5 Immediate Steps to Take in the Event of a Security Breach

Health care organizations, with their vast warehouses of confidential patient information and personal identifiers, are on the front lines of the escalating war against identity theft. Hospitals, health systems and health plans are among the U.S. organizations most at risk for damaging data security breaches, which are now being reported in health care at an alarming pace. The repercussions can be tremendously damaging — to the reputation of the organization victimized, to the managers who failed to follow proper procedures and to corporate executives who now face new liabilities. Learn five immediate steps you should take to minimize the risks if a data security breach strikes your facility, as well as strategies that can help you avoid damaging security breach incidents.

Sponsored by Atlantic Information Services, Inc., publisher of Report on Patient Privacy, Report on Medicare Compliance and HIPAA Patient Privacy Compliance Guide

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Many health care compliance and privacy officers now view identity theft as the most damaging new compliance risk their organizations face. Perpetrators are becoming increasingly creative and aggressive in their pursuit of Social Security numbers and other patient information. But all it takes is the theft of a single laptop to throw an entire health system or health plan, and the community in which it operates, into disarray for years:

• The worst type of publicity engulfs a victimized facility for a prolonged period of time, as data breach incidents are reported, investigated, negotiated, and in some cases litigated.
• Sanctions — including job termination — are being applied to managers who failed to follow stated policies and procedures, many of which were installed during the recent implementation of HIPAA privacy and security measures.
• Top executives and board members are increasingly at risk for highly public incidents of this nature, where thousands of customers can be harmed as a result of sloppy data management procedures and top-down remedies are demanded.

• What five steps should your organization immediately take upon the discovery of a data breach, to limit your liability?
• What are the key components of an Incident Response Plan?
• Of the 101 different HIPAA requirements your organization implemented in the run-up to 2003's and 2004's privacy and security deadlines, which are the four key requirements to focus on to limit your chances winding up in the middle of a damaging identity theft ordeal?

Compliance officers, privacy officers, data security and IT managers, internal auditors and legal counsel with:

• Hospitals and health systems
• Health plans and insurance companies
• Health care clearinghouses
• Billing companies
• Large medical group practices
• Ancillary provider groups
• Pharmaceutical companies
• E-health companies

  ...and other health care organizations that maintain large quantities of confidential patient information and therefore face identity theft risks.

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