Jim Sheldon-Dean 2012 - Changes to Medical Records: How to manage changes and meet regulatory requirements

Description of the topic:

? This teleconference will enable health information professionals to know how to respond to requests to revise medical records, to know what is required for individual rights under HIPAA, and to know what belongs in any organization’s procedures for revising medical records.

? Attendees will also learn about issues pertaining to electronic records and revisions, including the relationship between medical records and claims, the HIPAA Security Rule and recent amendments to HIPAA, regional health information organizations, and other health information communication and storage portals.

? We'll talk about the reasons for making changes, including the receipt of new information, changes in interpretations, or patient requests. And when revising records, it's important to know the limits. We will discuss who may make revisions and reasonable time frames for doing so, as well as limitations imposed by HIPAA.

? We'll go through the process required by HIPAA for allowing individuals to request the amendment of their medical records, including the official definition of amending, the required steps to go through under HIPAA, and how to handle disputed facts ? all areas that need to be defined in your policies so that you can show your compliance in the event of a complaint or audit.

? The procedures you need to put in place for revising records will need clear definition, including how to identify any revisions made, who to notify following revisions, especially those who may have relied upon the older information to make health care decisions, and when not to allow revisions. We will discuss the impacts of electronic exchange of information on the revision process and the steps that must be considered when changing information that is shared.

? With the proposed changes to HIPAA, many policies and procedures now in place will need to be changed, including significant changes to how individuals access their own information, what they can ask you to report about their information, what privacy restrictions they can request, and how you can use their information in several areas. These changes and their impacts on the revision of medical records will be described.

? If you are asked by the US Department of Health and Human Services to show that you are in compliance with the HIPAA rules, you will need to show that you have the proper policies and procedures in place, and that you have been using them. This teleconference will lay out a structure for the set of records revision policies you need to show your compliance in the event of an audit.

Who will benefit:

? Compliance director

? CEO

? CFO

? Privacy Officer

? Security Officer

? Information Systems Manager

? HIPAA Officer

? Chief Information Officer

? Health Information Manager

? Healthcare Counsel/lawyer

? Office Manager

? Contracts Manager

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