Overview:
The session begins with overview of the HIPAA regulations and then continues with presentation of the specifics of the Privacy Rule
The session begins with overview of the HIPAA regulations and then
continues with presentation of the specifics of the Privacy Rule, such
as Individual Rights and Uses & Disclosures, and recent and expected
changes to HIPAA and other rules such as 42 CFR Part 2 regarding
Substance Use Disorder information, including the impacts of required
changes in your practices to meet the rules. The discussion will include
special considerations for circumstances such as the COVID-19 pandemic
and sharing of information for public health purposes.
The session
continues with a detailed examination of HIPAA Security Rule and Breach
Notification requirements, including what you need to do to protect
information and what you have to do if you don’t. The discussion
includes consideration of telemedicine, video tools, and Business
Associate relationships, and the relaxation of enforcement relating to
the adoption of video technologies during the emergency.
The
session concludes with a discussion of the essential activities of
performing risk analysis, mitigating risk issues, documenting policies,
procedures, and activities, training staff and managers in the issues
and policies they need to know about, and examining compliance readiness
through drills and self-audits, all as part of a 10-step plan for
reviewing and maintaining HIPAA compliance.
Why you should Attend:
The HIPAA Officer in any HIPAA covered entity has a great deal of
responsibility, and the right answers to compliance questions are not
always obvious. The HIPAA Regulations carry significant obligations to
protect the privacy and security of Protected Health Information, and
significant penalties in the millions of dollars can result from
non-compliance.
Even if you have worked on your HIPAA compliance
in the past, you could be out of compliance today because of the
changes to the rules, new guidance, changes in how you do business and
manage PHI, changes to the threats to privacy and security, and even
changes in other laws and policies not directly related to HIPAA. New
technologies present new compliance challenges, and the COVID-19
pandemic has brought focus to HIPAA limitations on communications that
have been clarified or relaxed for the emergency.
All of these
changes have an impact on your HIPAA compliance, and if you don’t keep
up, you are leaving yourself open to complaints and enforcement
investigations. The HIPAA Officer needs to be up-to-date on the latest
issues and be ready to review all the aspects of HIPAA compliance now,
to be sure you are working in the right direction and are addressing the
issues of greatest importance.
Areas of the rules that have shown
compliance problems in the past are now targeted with guidance and
audits to improve and verify compliance. There is new guidance on
dealing with issues of opioid incidents. And new threats from insiders
and Ransomware could expose or destroy your private information and harm
your patients. There is plenty that can go wrong with HIPAA compliance,
but with the right training and resources you have a chance to make
your patients happy and stay out of trouble.
Who Will Benefit:
- CEO
- HIPAA Privacy Officers
- HIPAA Security Officers
- Information Security Officers
- Risk Managers
- Compliance Officers
- Privacy Officers
- Health Information Managers
- Information Technology Managers
- Information Systems Managers
- Medical Office Managers
- Chief Financial Officers
- Systems Managers
- Chief Information Officer
- Healthcare Counsel/lawyer
- Operations Directors