Reproductive Health Privacy Safeguards Upended – What Should You Do?
Event Date:
July 2, 2025
Event Time:
10:00 AM PDT
Event Description
Learn how a recent court order affects compliance requirements regarding Reproductive Health Privacy nationwide, & what you should be doing.
Course Overview:
On June 18, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ordered a nationwide ban on the HIPAA Privacy Rule Amendments to Support Reproductive Health Care Privacy that have been mandatory for HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates since December 23, 2024.
The court’s order applies to all HIPAA-regulated entities (Health Care Providers, Plans, Clearinghouses, and Business Associates).
This webinar explains the court order, its application to all HIPAA-regulated entities, the Privacy Rule Reproductive Health Amendments (including how we arrived at this point), the actions required of HIPAA-regulated entities, and potential next steps.
Areas Covered:
#1. The HIPAA Reproductive Health Privacy Rule Upended
- How did we get here?
- Reproductive Health Care Privacy Amendments – 2024
- Lawsuits Challenging HIPAA Reproductive Health Privacy
#2. The Nationwide Order invalidating the HIPAA Reproductive Health Privacy Amendments
#3. Current Reproductive Health Compliance Requirements of HIPAA Regulated Entities
#4. What Happens Next?
#5. Q&A
Why should you attend?
Attend this webinar to learn urgent information about a Federal Court Order that removes compliance requirements regarding Reproductive Health Privacy for all Covered Entities and Business Associates.
You’ll now have to update your HIPAA policies, procedures, and training, become aware of future developments to look for, and plan accordingly.
Who will benefit:
- Executive Management – all Covered Entities
- Compliance Committee – Covered Entity Board of Trustees
- Practice Managers – Covered Entities
- Chief Compliance Officer – all Covered Entities
- HIPAA Compliance Officials – Privacy and Security
- Covered Entity Owners and Senior Management
- Attorneys for Covered Entities – In-house and Outside Counsel
- Medical Record storage and retrieval vendors
- Coding, billing, and payment vendors
- Health Care Compliance Consultants
- Health Plan Providers
- Information Technology vendors
- Law firms
About the Instructor:
Paul R. Hales, J.D., explains health information privacy and security law clearly in plain language. He is an attorney licensed to practice before the Supreme Court of the United States, a graduate of Columbia University Law School, and a Senior Counselor of the Missouri Bar. Paul manages an international HIPAA privacy and security practice based in St. Louis. He wrote all content in The HIPAA E-Tool®, an Internet-based, complete HIPAA compliance solution with separate editions for Covered Entities, Business Associates, Health Plans, and Third Party Administrators.
Refund Policy:
Attendees may cancel up to two working days before the course start date and the refund will be processed within two working days.
We will process/provide a refund if the webinar is canceled. Refunds will not be given to participants who do not attend the webinar. On-demand recordings can be requested in exchange. Webinar may be canceled due to lack of enrolment or unavoidable factors. Attendees will be notified 24 hours in advance if a cancellation occurs. Substitutions can happen anytime.
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