This webinar will discuss HIPAA audit and enforcement regulations and processes for 2015 and how they apply to covered entities and business associates. Attendees will learn how to prepare for HIPAA audit to avoid fines and penalties for HIPAA violations.
Why Should You Attend:
This webinar on new HIPAA guidance for 2015 will:- Discuss the HIPAA audit program and how it works.
- Cover the areas that caused the most issues in the 2012 audits.
- Explore what kind of issues and what kind of entities had the most problems and show where entities need to improve their compliance the most.
- Explore the typical risk issues that lead to breaches of health information and see how those issues may be a target for auditors in 2015.
- Review the contents of the HIPAA Audit Protocol used in 2012 to show what documentation needs to be on hand should your organization be selected for an audit in 2015.
- Present methods for using the contents of the HIPAA Audit Protocol to build your own compliance plan by relating your compliance activities directly to the questions that might be asked.
- Discuss the HIPAA audit and enforcement regulations and processes, and how they apply to HIPAA covered entities and business associates.
- Explain recent changes that increased fines and created new penalty levels, including new penalties for willful neglect of compliance that begin at $10,000.
- Discuss results of prior HHS audits and their penalties including recent actions involving multi-million dollar fines and settlements.
- Detail new trends in information security risks so you can start planning for the work you'll need to do to stay in compliance and keep patient information private and secure.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
- The HIPAA random audit program is being refocused and redefined to make it more relevant to finding and correcting some of the most prevalent security and privacy compliance issues, based on the experience gained in the 2012 audits and in HIPAA breaches.
- HIPAA audits have been few and far between in the past, but that's changing now - the HHS is now auditing HIPAA covered entities and business associates even if there have been no complaints or problems reported.
- Fines and penalties for violations of the HIPAA regulations have been significantly increased and now include mandatory fines for willful neglect of the rules that begin at $10,000 minimum and can reach $50,000 per day.
- The HIPAA Audit Protocol of 2012 will be examined along with the sets of questions asked at other HIPAA audits previously.
- Find out what HHS OCR is likely to ask you if you are selected for an audit, and what you'll need to have prepared when they do.
- Find out the rules that you need to comply with and what policies you can adopt that can help ensure compliance.
- Learn how having a good compliance process can help.
- Find out what you'll need to have documented to survive an audit and avoid fines.
Who Will Benefit:
This webinar will provide valuable assistance to all personnel in medical offices, practice groups, hospitals, academic medical centers, insurers, business associates (shredding, data storage, systems vendors, billing services, etc.). The titles are:- 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
Course Content
- The HIPAA Random Audit program is being refocused and redefined to make it more relevant to finding and correcting some of the most prevalent security and privacy compliance issues, based on the experience gained in the 2012 and 2016 audits and in the HIPAA Breach Notification process
- HIPAA Audits have been few and far between in the past, but that's now changing - the HHS is now auditing HIPAA covered entities and business associates even if there have been no complaints or problems reported
- Fines and penalties for violations of the HIPAA regulations have been significantly increased and now include mandatory fines for willful neglect of the rules that begin at $10,000 minimum and can reach $50,000 per day
- The HIPAA Audit Protocol will be examined along with the sets of questions asked at other HIPAA audits previously
- Find out what HHS OCR is likely to ask you if you are selected for an audit, and what you'll have to have prepared already when they do
- Find out what the rules are that you need to comply with and what policies you can adopt that can help you come into compliance
- Learn how the HIPAA rules have changed and how you may need to change how you work to keep up with them
- Learn how having a good compliance process can help you stay compliant more easily
- Find out what you'll need to have documented to survive an audit and avoid fines
- Learn how to export the contents of the HIPAA Audit Protocol and use them as the foundation of your compliance activities and documentation
Speaker
Jim Sheldon-DeanCourse Provider
Jim Sheldon-Dean,
