Webinar on Understand the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules

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. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary documentation in place for safeguarding patient Protected Health Information and indicate how you addressed all required security safeguards. This starts with the understanding the fundamentals of the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules.

If your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand what is required to protect health records or make sure your current safeguards are adequate and can withstand government scrutiny, please join us for this informative and interactive course. 

Why should you Attend: With a substantial increase HIPAA data breaches and increased government enforcement, organizations must understand the HIPAA Security & Privacy Rules Attendees will leave the course clearly understanding of all the requirements that must be in place for meeting these rules for the protection of personal health information their organizations maintain, create, transmit, or store. After completing this course, a Covered Entity or Business Associate will have a clear understanding for what needs to be place when it comes to meeting these HIPAA rules. 

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 Risk Management Plan?

What is meant by "Required" and "Addressable" Implementation Specifications?

What are Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards Requirements?

What is a HIPAA Risk Assessment?

What are HIPAA training requirements?

What is a HIPAA data breach and what happens if it occurs?

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.