Learn HIPAA’s impact on HR, compliance challenges, and best practices for data privacy.
Learn how HIPAA’s privacy and information security standards apply to your employees’ health information, a wellness program that may delight your workforce, your employer-sponsored health plan, and how some recent updates to HIPAA regulations may affect your HR practices. Gain practical tips and strategies to help you benchmark your organization’s approach to HIPAA compliance.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to explain HIPAA and its relevance to HR.
- You will be able to identify best practices for handling employee health information if you have an employer-sponsored health plan.
- You will be able to recognize how to manage your employees’ health information in situations involving workers compensation, FMLA or the ADA.
- You will be able to review strategies for maintaining compliance in a digital age.
Agenda
Welcome and Introduction
- Brief Introduction of the Host and Speaker
- Overview of the Webinar Agenda
- Importance of HIPAA Compliance in HR
Understanding HIPAA
- Overview of HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)
- Key Provisions of HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security Relevant to HR Professionals
- Definitions of Key Terms (e.g., PHI, Covered Entities, Business Associates)
HIPAA and HR: The Intersection and Challenges of Maintaining Compliance in a Digital Age
- How HIPAA Impacts HR Functions
- Some Do’s and Don’ts Related to the Collection and Use of On-The-Job Employee Health Information (Including Neural Information) to Inform Employment Decisions
- The Care and Feeding of Employer-Sponsored Wellness Programs
- Situations in Which Employee Health Information Is Needed
- Common HR Scenarios Involving HIPAA Compliance
Best Practices for HIPAA Compliance in HR
- Implementing Privacy and Security Measures
- Training and Educating HR Staff
- Developing and Enforcing HIPAA Policies and Procedures
- Secure Electronic Communication and Storage
- Using Technology to Enhance Compliance
Case Studies and Real-World Examples
- Analysis of Real-World HIPAA Compliance Cases in HR
- Lessons Learned and Best Practices From These Cases
Speakers
Leslie Bender, CIPP/US, CCCO, CCCA, IFCCE,
BCA Financial Services- Chief strategy officer and general counsel for BCA Financial Services, Inc., a Miami, Florida headquartered revenue cycle management company
- An articulate corporate executive with more than 30 years of experience handling compliance, regulatory, transactional and legal matters for hospitals and financial services companies
- Recognized as a national expert on HIPAA and other information privacy and security laws, she was one of the first privacy officers internationally accredited as a Certified Information Privacy Professional
- In addition to being an attorney and government/regulatory relations specialist, she is an experienced mediator
- Frequent motivational speaker and compliance educator and has been honored for her contributions to the consumer financial and health care industries by several credit, collections, health care and banking associations as well as the U.S. Small Business Administration
- J.D. degree, University of Notre Dame; undergraduate degree, Northwestern University
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for human resource managers, benefits professionals, attorneys, presidents, vice presidents, business owners and managers, controllers, and CFOs.
