This session is designed to provide intensive training in HIPAA Privacy Rule compliance designed for both the seasoned HIPAA professional as well as the individual newly appointed to the position of HIPAA Privacy Officer.

While the HIPAA rules have been in place for years now, we will be addressing how practice/business managers or compliance officers need to get their HIPAA house in order, as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more. In addition, there are changes in other regulations that interact with HIPAA requirements, and that requires consideration in your planning. It will also address major 2019 changes taking place with the Health and Human Services regarding the enforcement of the HIPAA law as well as detailed discussions on the Phase 2 audit process and current events regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from real-life Audits).

The speaker will thoroughly explain HOW and in WHAT scenarios patients can claim for cash remedies. He will show you how to limit the risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Agenda:-

• HIPAA Introduction
• HIPAA - History
• HIPAA Changes in Enforcement
• HIPAA Violation
• HIPAA Breach Reporting
• HIPAA Requirement
• Omnibus Rule
• Recent Emerging Threats
• BYOD
• Business Associates 
• Information Technology Disaster Recovery Concerns (Electronic)
• Texting and Emailing
• How to Write Policies and Procedures?
• How to Write a Compliant Policy?
• How to Handle Complaints and Investigations to Omit or Minimize Liability?
• How to Determine Whether a Breach is Reportable?
• How to Perform a HIPAA Security Risk Assessment?
• What the Feds are Looking For (low hanging fruit)?
• What are Factors That Can Get Your Practice Audited?
• Choosing a HIPAA Consultant
• Choosing an IT Group
• Current Court Cases (precedence)
• Practical Exercise to Determine Whether the Test is Met
• Conclusion and Question and Answer Session

Why should you attend?

This webinar will go over steps to take "To avoid an audit" or "To survive an audit". The instructor will thoroughly explain how patients can now get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information (which leads to more audits).

• Are you on the hot seat for a HIPAA audit? How do you know?
• Are you prepared to protect your practice or business?
• What factors might spurn a HIPAA audit? Are you doing these things?

It will also address major changes under the Enforcement Rule and any other applicable updates for 2020 and beyond.

• Changes in Enforcement
  • Criminal Enforcement
  • Civil Enforcement
  • Federal Trade Commission Enforcement
  • State Enforcement
  • State Agency Enforcement
• Other Costs of HIPAA Violations
• Recent Emerging Threats and How to Guard Against Them
  • Ransomware
  • Business Associate Breaches
  • Privacy Rule Violations
• How do You Handle a Security Incident?
• How to Determine Whether a Breach is Reportable?
• How to Perform Risk Analysis?
• Policies and Procedures - the Key to Compliance
• What Policies do You Need?
• How to Write a Compliant Policy?
• What is involved in a Federal audit and how is it conducted
• New rules which grant states the ability to sue to cite HIPAA on behalf of a patient
• New funding measures.... much, much more

Who can Benefit:-

• Practice Managers
• Compliance Officers
• HIPAA Officers
• IT Managers
• Any business associates privy to private health information and under the auspices of this law.
• 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)
• MDs and other medical professionals.