Healthcare Audit and Data Security Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

This webinar will explain how to design and administer HIPAA monitoring and auditing programs to meet HIPAA requirements. This session will cover some of the most common exceptions under the Privacy Rule and include practical tips for demonstrating good faith compliance efforts. In addition, there will be discussion of next-generation technologies that can help covered entities and business associates detect and report inappropriate accesses and disclosures of electronic protected health information.

The objective of any report is to provide important information to management in the area reviewed. It represents the end result of weeks of reviews, analyses, interviews and discussions. The quality of that report will have an impact on how well the report is understood and accepted. This training program will review the audit standards related to audit report quality and encourage attendees to participate in various quality report exercises.

This training program will analyze how proactive monitoring of workforce access to e-PHI can reduce false positives and support the HIPAA Security Rule administrative safeguards. It will also discuss how software platforms can help covered entities increase confidence in adherence to minimally necessary standard.

This 90-minute webinar training will look at how to properly conduct a risk analysis. Attendees will learn what safeguards need to be in place, what documentation is required, and what follow-through needs to be done. The course will examine the pros and cons of various available free tools, and in-house versus outsourced reviews.

This training program will provide a general Stark Law overview and examine critical components of Stark and Anti-Kickback compliant recruitment arrangements such as income and cost allocations, reasonable practice restrictions, repayment requirements, etc. The program will also discuss best practices for drafting physician employment agreements, related compensation plans and facilitating effective onboarding.

In this session, the training instructor will provide a general Stark Law overview. He will also discuss best practices for auditing existing recruitment arrangements and for implementing new NPP support arrangements under the new 2016 Stark rules.

This training program will discuss HIPAA Omnibus updates for 2016 and highlight court cases that have changed the landscape of HIPAA. It will further detail the increased burden on business associates as well.

This webinar will discuss the 4 parts of HIPAA compliance and how it can be accomplished comprehensively. You will learn why just performing a Security Risk Analysis (SRA) using the government’s CRM tool is insufficient for compliance and can land you in jail.

This HIPAA training program will focus on the risks and issues of the use of portable devices for patient communications and accessing PHI. Areas covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to IT.

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 training program will examine the practice or office manager’s role and strengths in any healthcare office. Besides being responsible for many of the daily operations within an office, the practice manager is often tasked with managing the HIPAA compliance program - knowing what is required is critically important.

This clinical documentation webinar will discuss how to appropriately document in the history, physical exams, and assessment and plan section of the EMR. It will also provide practical tips on designing templates, as well as avoiding common audit pitfalls.

This training program will help health information professionals understand what they have to do, and when, and what to keep in mind as they move forward, in order to be in compliance with the new HHS guidance. It will provide a comprehensive look at the guidance and the changes in the HIPAA rules on access and prepare attendees for the process of incorporating the guidance and the changes in how they do business in their facilities.

If you are experiencing claims problems, reduced revenue, increased requests for medical records, or receiving payer push back about you’re coding and billing quality, this training program is for you. All these areas will be discussed in the webinar.

This webinar training will discuss changes with the Health and Human Services in regards to the enforcement of the HIPAA laws already on the books and new risks specific to business associates. It will also discuss factors that might cause an unwanted visit or letter from the Office of Civil Rights and how to prepare for the audit and deal with federal and state laws.

Given the substantial awards and settlements in recent enforcement actions, Stark Law compliance has become more than just a compliance issue: it is an enterprise risk management issue. As medical groups, hospitals, and health systems transition to more innovative compensation structures, this training program will focus on managing compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring their medical director and administrative arrangements are defensible under the Stark Law.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules and regulations clearly state that an impermissible use or disclosure is presumed to be a breach. Therefore, any such incident triggers the required notifications. However, if an organization performs a risk assessment and shows why the incident is not a breach, the required notifications would no longer apply. This training program will illustrate how learning to perform an effective risk assessment can not only reduce the administrative burden of dealing with presumed breaches, but also help an organization meet other criteria such as those that exist in the Office for Civil Rights HIPAA audit protocol.

This training program will break down the legal and contractual requirements for medical records retention. It will identify what information is mandated to be in a specific health care practitioner’s medical record and discuss facility rules as applied to the individual health care practitioner. The program will also discuss electronic records confidentiality, retention, and disposition.

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) rules and regulations clearly state that an impermissible use or disclosure is presumed to be a breach. Therefore, any such incident triggers the required notifications. However, if an organization performs a risk assessment and shows why the incident is not a breach, the required notifications would no longer apply. This training program will focus on how to perform an effective risk assessment that can not only reduce the administrative burden of dealing with presumed breaches, but also help an organization meet other criteria such as those that exist in the Office for Civil Rights HIPAA audit protocol.

This training program will engage attendees in understanding why it is critical for anyone tasked with managing a HIPAA compliance program to have comprehensive policies and procedures in place. Find out how to create policies and procedures or see if your current ones address all the required topics.