Education

Lock Your Backdoor: Best Practices to Safeguard Your PHI in the Hands of Business Associates »

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 – 10:00 AM – 10:45 AM

This session identifies common risks related to business associates with access to protected health information (PHI); the latest OCR and ONC legislation regarding security risk assessments for business associates; and vendor risk management best practices to identify, assess, manage and continuously monitor third-party security risks. Recommendations for stronger BA agreements are shared along with must-have contract terms to mitigate breach risk. Finally, attendees discuss real-world examples of third-party vendor and BA breaches including fines, outcomes and what could have been done to prevent the event.