WEEKLY UPDATE: 10/01/26
HIPAA Privacy, Security & Breach Rules: Keeping Current to Remain Compliant
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, 9:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Connecticut Hospital Association, 110 Barnes Road, Wallingford, CT
This on-site program will provide a comprehensive review of the HIPAA Privacy Rule and HIPAA Breach Rule requirements for healthcare providers. The session will focus on key trends in regulatory enforcement of protected health data and what is on the immediate horizon. There will also be an overview of the proposed HIPAA Security Rule overhaul with a comparison to current cybersecurity obligations, including a discussion of the impact and challenges created by Health and Human Services (HHS) delaying in the implementation of the new Security Rule until 2027 or later.
The program will also address the importance of prioritizing HIPAA security planning in the face of increasing cyberthreats disproportionately affecting healthcare.
Topics of special interest that will be reviewed:
- Patient, provider, and government access rights
- Emerging state law data protections
- Data tracking and implications of “big data” and artificial intelligence
- Sensitive data challenges
Target Audience: The program is designed for compliance professionals, privacy and security officers, risk managers, in-house counsel, health information/data management and health informatics professionals, and others with responsibilities for HIPAA compliance. The session will provide a working knowledge of HIPAA requirements to those new to this area, as well as drilling down into focused compliance challenges for those currently involved.
Speaker: The program presenter is Jennifer Cox, JD, a frequent and popular presenter at CHA, and a founding member of Cox & Osowiecki, LLC, a law firm representing all levels of healthcare institutions and providers in regulatory matters, privacy and security issues, and business advice.
This program is pending approval of continuing education credit. See details in event brochure.
