Jay Hodes is a leading expert in HIPAA compliance and President of Colington Consulting. His company provides HIPAA consulting services for healthcare providers and business associates. Mr. Hodes has over 30 years of combined experience in risk assessments, site security evaluation, regulatory compliance, policy and procedures assessments, and Federal law enforcement management. He is the former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Hodes has been the keynote speaker and provided presentations regarding HIPAA compliance and patient privacy in many professional healthcare organizations. He has published over 50 educational articles regarding HIPAA compliance, been featured in Part B News articles, the Report on Patient Privacy, provided a guest post in the Electronic Health Reporter, interviewed and provided comments to Hospital Access Management regarding HIPAA privacy issues resulting from the Orlando mass shooting incident, and interviewed three times by Renal & Urology News and the Virtru.com blog regarding HIPAA requirements and safeguards, and interviewed by PracticeSuite EMR as part of their Expert Interview Series. Mr. Hodes is a member of the Health Care Compliance Association, American Institute of Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, American Society for Industrial Security, the Practice Management Association of Northern Virginia, and the Health Technology Forum: DC, Health and Medical Technology Innovation Roundtable at George Mason University. In his free time, Mr. Hodes is a volunteer for Lab Rescue of the Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac and the non-profit organization, Outer Banks (NC) Sporting Events.