This 3-hour webinar will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more. 

It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule, Trump administration, new congressional mandates and any other applicable updates for 2020 and beyond. 

I will speak on specific experiences from over 20 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, expert witness on multiple HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information.

More importantly, I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

This course will also cover the proper methodologies for conducting a HIPAA Risk Assessment based on the formula used by Federal auditors and via the guidelines of the NIST (National Institute of Standard for Technologies). The course will also cover the most important aspects to be aware of in terms of the Federal auditing process as well as the new risks regarding patients suing for wrongful disclosures.

Areas Covered in the Session:-

• Updates for 2020 and beyond
• How to Conduct a NIST based HIPAA Security Risk Assessment 
• Fines
• Portable devices
• Texting and Emailing - new guidelines 
• Changes under current OCR Director and congress
• New Definition of protected health information 
• Real-life audits and litigated cases
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification
• Risk factors

Why should you attend?

Join me in this 3-hour webinar to explore what's new with HIPAA both from a regulation standpoint (new requirements) and an enforcement standpoint.

We will be discussing 2020 changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services regarding the enforcement of the HIPAA laws already on the books as well as some detailed discussions on the audit process and some current events regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from live audits)

• Have you done a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment? What about the full scope of the HIPAA Security Risk Assessment?
• Do you know the HIPAA Security Risk Assessment is typically the first thing OCR will ask for in an audit and may also be required should litigation be brought against the organization? 
• Is your risk assessment adequate?
• Do you have written policies in place for every single one of the implementation specifications of the HIPAA Security Rule (even ones that don't apply) - do you know this is required!!

I will show how to conduct a PROPER risk assessment point by point and how to also avoid scams in the market. We will also be discussing the absolute importance of doing a risk assessment and that this is the first thing the OCR will ask for. I will instruct the listeners on how to write proper policies and procedures which are to be based upon the findings of the risk assessment and how to word the policies to satisfy the Fed. We will also discuss the importance of having policies that are consistent with your procedures and also discuss the negative ramification of cookie-cutter templates in the eyes of the Federal government. 

Who can Benefit:-

• Practice managers
• Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc)
• MD's and other medical professionals