HIPAA Policies and Procedures 2017 - How to Develop HIPAA Policies and Procedures

Training Options Duration: 60 Minutes
Monday, April 10, 2017 | 10:00 AM PST | 01:00 PM EST
Overview: Being in compliance with HIPAA involves not only ensuring you provide the appropriate patient rights and controls on your uses and disclosures of protected health information, but you also have the proper policies and procedures in place. A HIPAA Risk Management plan is your overall policies and procedures manual. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary policy and procedure documentation in place to address all the required safeguards. If audited by HHS, being able to demonstrate HIPAA compliance will involve providing many of these policies and procedures. Having a fundamental understanding of a HIPAA compliance helps to know what is required to implement those policies and procedures.
If your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand how develop, maintain and modify HIPAA policies and procedures, please join us for this informative and interactive course.
Why should you Attend: For anyone tasked with managing a HIPAA compliance program, it is critical to have the comprehensive policies and procedures in place. Find out how to create policies and procedures or see if your current ones address all the required topics.
Attendees will leave the course clearly understanding of all the requirements for developing, maintaining and modifying HIPAA policies and procedures. After completing this course, those assigned this task will have a clear understanding for what needs to be place when it comes HIPAA policies and procedures.
Areas Covered in the Session:
Why was HIPAA created?
Who Must Comply with HIPAA Requirements?
What are the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules?
What is a HIPAA Compliance Program?
What is a HIPAA Risk Management Plan?
What is meant by "Required" and "Addressable" Implementation Specifications?
What are Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards Requirements?
What HIPAA Policy and Procedures need to be in Place?
How to Implement HIPAA Policies and Procedures
What are the penalties and fines for non-compliance and how to avoid them?
Creating a Culture of Compliance
Questions
Who Will Benefit:
Compliance Officer
HIPAA Privacy Officer
HIPAA Security Officer
Medical/Dental Office Managers
Practice Managers
Information Systems Manager
Chief Information Officer
General Counsel/lawyer
Practice Management Consultants
Any Business Associates that accesses protected health information
IT Companies that support Medical/Dental practices or other healthcare organizations
Speaker Profile
Jay Hodes president of Colington Security Consulting, LLC, which 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 to a number of professional healthcare organizations. He has published over 30 educational articles regarding HIPAA compliance, been featured in Part B news articles and provided a guest post for the Electronic Health Reporter.
Price: $139.00
Contact Info:
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Phone No: 1-800-385-1607
Fax: 302-288-6884
Email: support-AT-mentorhealth.com