Privacy, Cybersecurity, and the Health Care Industry: Threats, Risks
and Mitigation
Join us for the 2019 Health Law Symposium on Friday, March 22, at the newly
renovated MBA, 20 West St., Boston.
Symposium Agenda
8-8:45 a.m.: Registration and Networking
8:45-9 a.m.: Welcoming Remarks
9-9:30 a.m.: Lessons Learned: A Discussion of Recent Breach Settlements
from the Perspective of OCR, OAG, and Hospital Counsel
Joshua Abrams, Esq.,
senior attorney, Office of the General Counsel, Partners HealthCare System,
Inc.
Erin Feeney Walker, Esq., attorney/investigator, DHHS Office of
Civil Rights
Michael W. Wong, Esq., assistant
attorney general, Health Care Division, Office of the Massachusetts Attorney
General
9:30-10:30
a.m.: How Safe is Your Organization from Hackers? Recent Risks and Tips from
an Insider
Kathryn Rattigan, Esq., Robinson & Cole
Tom Doyle, FBI Cyber Task Force
10:30-10:45 a.m.: Networking Break
10:45-11:30
a.m.: General Data Protection Regulation 101: What You Need to Know
Ben
Jensen, Esq., Robinson & Cole
Kathleen Porter, Esq., Robinson & Cole
11:30 a.m.-Noon: A Review of MassHealth's Privacy
Obligations: Examining HIPAA, FIPA, Medicaid Confidentiality, and Other Legal Requirements
Robert Ciccia, Esq., Assistant General Counsel, EOHHS
Privacy Office
Margaret Schmid, Assistant General Counsel, EOHHS Privacy
Office
Noon-1 p.m.: Lunch and Networking
1-1:30 p.m.: 42 CFR Part 2
Shannon Choy-Seymour, Esq., Boston
Medical Center HealthNet Plan/Well Sense Health Plan
Connie Peters, VP
for Addiction Services, Association for Behavioral Healthcare
1:30-2:15 p.m.: Cyber
Insurance
Judith M. Feinberg Albright, Esq., Rath, Young &
Pignatelli
Shawn McLaughlin,
National Healthcare Practice Leader, HUB International Limited
2:15-3:15 p.m.: Ethics Lawyers' Duty for Technological
Competence
Heidi Alexander, Esq., deputy
director, LOMAP
Heather LaVigne, Esq., assistant bar
counsel, Board of Bar Overseers
3:15-3:30 p.m.: Closing Remarks and Adjournment
Space is limited. We strongly recommend attendees register in
advance.
The Massachusetts Bar Association would like to thank this year's symposium
sponsors:
Faculty:
James T. Downes, Esq., Program Chair
Law Office of James Downes, Boston
Kathryn M. Rattigan, Esq., Panelist
Robinson & Cole LLP, Providence
Michael J. Barrows, Esq., Panelist
Devine Barrows LLP, Wellesley Hills
Joshua Abrams, Esq., Panelist
Partners HealthCare System Inc., Somerville
Heidi Alexander, Esq., Panelist
Supreme Judicial Court, Boston
Shannon Choy-Seymour, Esq., Panelist
Boston Medical Center HealthNet Plan / Well Sense Health Plan, Charlestown
Robert Ciccia, Esq., Panelist
EOHHS Privacy Office, Boston
Tom Doyle, Panelist
FBI Cyber Task Force, Boston
Judith M. Feinberg Albright, Esq., Panelist
Rath, Young & Pignatelli, Concord
Benjamin C. Jensen, Esq., Panelist
Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford
Heather LaVigne, Esq., Panelist
Board of Bar Overseers, Boston
Shawn McLaughlin, National Healthcare Practice Leader, Panelist
Hub International Limited, Cambridge
Connie Peters, VP for Addiction Services, Panelist
Association for Behavioral Healthcare, Natick
Kathleen Porter, Esq., Panelist
Robinson & Cole LLP, Hartford
Margaret Schmid, Esq., Panelist
Assistant General Counsel, EOHHS Privacy Office
Erin Feeney Walker, Esq., Panelist
DHHS Office of Civil Rights, Boston
Michael W. Wong, Esq., Panelist
Office of the MA Attorney General, Health Care Division, Boston