Almost 120,000,000 individuals were affected by HIPAA data breaches in 2015. This is a significant reason why Congress has inquired about the recent and very sizeable increases in cyber-attacks that inflect the risk of medical identity theft. This training program will explore how, with the Phase 2 audit program underway, selected covered entities will soon receive written notifications they are going to be audited.
This informative and interactive session will equip you if your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand how to be prepared for a HIPAA audit and to make sure your current safeguards are adequate and can withstand government scrutiny.
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?
Why Should You Attend:
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 a HIPAA compliance.This informative and interactive session will equip you if your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand how to be prepared for a HIPAA audit and to make sure your current safeguards are adequate and can withstand government scrutiny.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
Why was HIPAA created?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?
- Preparing for a HIPAA audit
- Creating a culture of compliance
- Questions
Who Will Benefit:
- Compliance Officer
- HIPAA Privacy Officer
- HIPAA Security Officer
- Medical/Dental Office Managers
- Practice Manager
- 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
Course Provider
Jay Hodes,
