HIPAA 2018 - Staying Competitive and Complying with HIPAA

Topics

• HIPAA Risk Analysis - Risk Management for Your Organization
  • A Practical Guided Exercise done in class on your computer to take home
• Thorough Understanding of HIPAA Rules
  • How they work together
  • What they are
  • How they are changing and what to expect next
  • Why and How they were made
• The inter-connected, inter-dependent relationship of Covered Entities and Business Associates
  • The importance of Due Diligence and how to do it
  • Business Associate HIPAA compliance responsibilities
  • The chain of responsibility from Covered Entity to Business Associate to Subcontractor Business Associate, etc
  • How to avoid making a Business Associate your Agent by mistake
  • Breach Notification discovery and reporting by Business Associates and Subcontractor Business Associates
  • Business Associate responsibilities for Subcontractor Business Associates
• Privacy and Security Rules - Permitted and Required Uses and Disclosures
  • Administrative, Technical and Physical Safeguards
  • What information must be protected
  • Social Media, Texting and Emailing Patients
• What is - and what is not a Reportable Breach of Unsecured PHI
  • Ransomware
  • Potential Breach Investigation - Breach Exceptions
  • Breach Prevention
  • Breach Risk Assessment

Who should Attend

Attendees with job titles such as:

• Health Care Provider Practice Manager
• Health Care Provider - Business Associate
• Information Systems Manager
• Risk Manager - Compliance Manager
• Practice Manager
• Compliance Director
• Security Officer
• Privacy Officer
• CFO
• CEO
• Chief Information Officer
• COO
• Healthcare Legal Counsel
• Health Information Manager
• Contracts Manager
• Office Manager
• Chief Clinical Officer