Developing HIPAA Policies and Procedures

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. A HIPAA risk management plan is your overall policies and procedures manual. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary policy and procedure documentation in place to address all the required safeguards. If audited by HHS, being able to demonstrate HIPAA compliance will involve providing many of these policies and procedures.

If your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand how develop, maintain and modify HIPAA policies and procedures, this informative and interactive session will offer you a clear understanding of HIPAA compliance and help understand what is required to implement those policies and procedures.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Why was HIPAA created?
• Who must comply with HIPAA requirements?
• What are the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules?
• What is a HIPAA compliance program?
• 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 HIPAA policy and procedures need to be in place?
• How to implement HIPAA policies and procedures
• What are the penalties and fines for non-compliance and how to avoid them?
• Creating a culture of compliance

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

Instructor Profile:

Jay Hodes is 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 35 educational articles regarding HIPAA compliance, been featured in Part B news articles, the Report on Patient Privacy, provided a guest post in the Electronic Health Reporter, and was interviewed by Renal & Urology News and the Virtru.com blog regarding HIPAA requirements and safeguards.

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