Thompson's HR Compliance Expert | Employer’s Guide to HIPAA Privacy Requirements

Thompson's HR Compliance Expert | Employer’s Guide to HIPAA Privacy Requirements walks you through the breach response and other strict new requirements of the HITECH Act, focusing on the special problems they present for employers and other sponsors of group health plans. Plus, it brings you tips and techniques for revisiting your compliance with HIPAA's existing rules, so you're ready for this new era of tighter enforcement.

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Kathryn Bakich, Esq., is a senior vice president and the national director of health compliance for The Segal Company in Washington, D.C. She specializes in research and analysis of federal laws and regulations affecting health coverage, such as HIPAA, COBRA, the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, the Mental Health Parity Act and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act. Previously, she was an attorney in private practice representing multi-employer health plans and was an appellate administrative law judge. She is a 1985 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Law. Ms. Bakich is co-author of Thompson's Employer's Guide to HIPAA Privacy Requirements.

Joanne Hustead, Esq. is vice president of health compliance with Segal. She specializes in research and analysis of federal laws and regulations affecting group health plans. Previously, she was an assistant research professor at Georgetown University's Institute for Health Care Research and Policy (now the Health Policy Institute), where she focused on medical privacy laws. She was the primary author of Genetics and Privacy, published in the American Journal of Law & Medicine (Vol. 28) 285-307 (2002) and Genetics and Privacy: A Patchwork of Protections, published by the California HealthCare Foundation (2002). She is a 1982 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. Ms. Hustead is a contributing editor of Thompson's Employer's Guide to HIPAA Privacy Requirements.

Editorial Advisory Board for the Employer's Guide to HIPAA Privacy Requirements

Kathryn Bakich, Esq.
The Segal Company
Washington, D.C.

Rich Glass, J.D.
Infinisource, Inc.
Dallas

Paul M. Hamburger, Esq.
Proskauer Rose LLP
Washington, D.C.

Jack B. Helitzer, Esq.
Fairfax, Va.

Terry Humo, Esq.
Missoula, Mont.

Joanne Hustead, Esq.
The Segal Company
Washington, D.C.

Mark E. Lutes, Esq.
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Washington, D.C.

Joseph A. Murphy, Jr., Esq.
Washington, D.C.

Jon A. Neiditz, Esq.
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP
Atlanta

George Pantos, Esq.
WellNet Healthcare
Bethesda, Md.

Adam Russo, Esq.
Russo & Minchoff LLP
Boston

Mark L. Stember, Esq.
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Washington, D.C.

Roberta Casper Watson, Esq.
Trenam, Kemker, Scharf, Barkin, Frye, O'Neill & Mullis PA
Tampa, Fla.