HIPAA Refresher Workshop

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. RWJ Hamilton Fitness and Wellness Center

Registration starts at 8;30

HIPAA Refresher Workshop:

This Workshop will include an in-depth refresher on HIPAA requirements and recent guidance on key points in creating a culture of compliance in your organization. Discussion topics will include takeaways from recent enforcement; risk analysis; breach analysis and notification issues; notice of privacy practices; business associate issues; mobile device and remote access; encryption; contingency and disaster planning; current trends in cybersecurity incidents and analysis of other standards required by the HIPAA Security Rule. Discussion will also include New Jersey requirements, where applicable.

Workshop presented by:

Deborah A. Cmielewski, Esq. is a partner with the law firm of Schenck, Price, Smith & King, LLP in Florham Park, New Jersey. She has more than 20 years’ experience as a practicing attorney, holding key positions in law firms, government and industry. She represents a wide variety of health care providers and vendors in corporate and transactional work, HIPAA and compliance counseling and training, fraud and abuse, managed care, regulatory and administrative matters and employment issues. Ms. Cmielewski’s experience includes working as the General Counsel and Compliance Officer of a group purchasing organization where she was a member of the senior executive team and also maintained responsibility for the human resources function. She is the former Chief of Regulatory Affairs for the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and has numerous years of litigation experience.

Please note that this workshop is sponsored 100% by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services (DMHAS) and is FREE to its contracted/funded agencies. There is a nominal fee for agencies that are not contracted/funded agencies. Licensed but not contracted agencies are not considered free attendees.

No Show Policy:

As with any event, there is a cost to providing FREE workshops to the community. DMHAS and the IT Project work with presenters to offer training that addresses current, relevant topics and depend on those who sign up to actually attend. Therefore, a $100 fee will be charged to those who do not cancel or give 24 hour notice that they will not be able to attend the event for which they have registered. SUBSTITUTIONS ARE PERMISSIBLE and preferred to cancellations. We prefer not to have to charge for no-shows so we hope you will attend the event offered.