Description:-
This 90-minute live webinar is designed to help healthcare practices, organizations, and compliance professionals bring their HIPAA programs up to date as HIPAA HITECH enforcement is now fully active and strongly supported at the federal level. The session will examine new federal directives, along with the significant HIPAA updates scheduled for 2026 and beyond, impacting both the Privacy Rule and Security Rule. Attendees will also gain awareness of proposed regulatory changes that may soon become enforceable requirements. Discussion topics will include recent and high-profile breaches, the most frequent causes of noncompliance, telehealth-related risks, secure communication practices (texting and email), and how the OCR audit process is being applied today. With enforcement accelerating, covered entities and business associates face increasing exposure. This webinar will review the most common violations, enforcement penalties, and audit findings, while outlining practical strategies to reduce compliance failures and avoid costly consequences. Drawing on more than 23 years of real-world experience as an outsourced HIPAA compliance auditor and expert witness, Brian L. Tuttle will also explain how patients are now able to pursue financial remedies for improper disclosures of protected health information—and how organizations can significantly lower that risk through proactive compliance and best practices.
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Why Should You Attend?
Are you ready for the major changes to HIPAA Security and Privacy enforcement taking effect in 2026?
The Office for Civil Rights is actively implementing long-awaited updates to HIPAA enforcement—particularly within the Security and Privacy Rules. From 2022 through 2024, reported breaches of protected health information exceeded those from all previous years combined, prompting regulators to take decisive action—especially around electronic PHI safeguards.
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Who Will Benefit?
Brian L Tuttle is a Certified Professional in Health IT (CPHIT), Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP), Certified HIPAA Administrator (CHA), Certified Business Resilience Auditor (CBRA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with over 17 years of experience in Health IT and Compliance Consulting.
With vast experience in health IT systems (i.e. practice management, EHR systems, imaging, transcription, medical messaging, etc.) as well as over 22 years of experience in standard Health IT with multiple certifications and hands-on knowledge, Brian serves as a compliance consultant and has conducted onsite and remote risk assessments for over 1000 medical practices, hospitals, health departments, insurance plans, and business associates throughout the United States.
In addition, Mr Tuttle has served in multiple litigated court cases serving as an expert witness offering input related to best practices and requirements for securing and providing patient access to protected health information. Mr. Tuttle has also worked directly with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) both in defending covered entities and business associates as well as being asked by the Federal government to audit covered entities and business associates on behalf of the OCR.
Almost all of Brian’s clients are earned by referral with little or no advertising.
Brian is well known and highly regarded in medical circles throughout the United States for his quality work and down-home southern charm Mr Tuttle has a Master’s Degree in The Study of Law from the University of Georgia and operates nationally out of Swainsboro, GA.
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