HIPAA/HITECH Regulatory Compliance Training - Live Webinars, Recordings & CDs

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.

This training program will expound on how treating your Medicare patients with durable medical equipment (DME) can be great for patient clinical outcomes, a great revenue stream, and can be legally compliant. It will also lower healthcare costs. However, one must know how to get the proper licensure and know the federal and state guidelines.

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.

This training program will discuss the attributes of a successful system implementation and detail how to convert the successful implementation expectations into measurable metrics. The program will also detail establishing project plans and help identify the resources needed for the project and scheduling tasks.

This training program will review why all HIPAA-covered providers need to review their HIPAA compliance, policies, and procedures to see if they are prepared to be in full compliance and meet the requirements of the changes in the rules. Compliance is required and violations for willful neglect of the rules begin at $10,000.

Harassment and bullying have become common place in America’s workplaces and particularly in healthcare. As an employer/manager you have the responsibility to both prevent and intervene any abusive conduct and as health professionals to provide quality patient care. This webinar will discuss the two forms of misconduct, what to do when subjected to the harassment or a witness of abusive conduct and how to formulate and implement harassment policy to prevent misconduct.

This training program will discuss the HIPAA audit program and how it works, and discuss the areas that caused the most issues in the 2012 audits. It will explore issues and entities that presented the most challenges, and highlight where entities need to improve their compliance the most, and also explore the typical risk issues that lead to breaches of health information and see how those issues may be a target for auditors in 2016.

This HIPAA requirements and compliance training program will discuss the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules and detail the entire HIPAA compliance process. The course will also discuss the role of a business associate and the penalties and fines for non-compliance and best practices to avoid them.

This HIPAA training will outline the new rules and significantly higher fines, including mandatory minimum fines of $10,000, for willful neglect of compliance. HIPAA enforcement has taken on a new importance at HHS; officials have publicly stated that enforcement is now a priority, and that means being ready for an audit or compliance review is more important than ever.

This training program will highlight the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules and analyze the consequences of being a business associate. It will also examine what a HIPAA compliance program and a HIPAA risk management plan entail.

This webinar 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 HIPAA regulations. It will provide a comprehensive look at the changes in the rules on access and prepare attendees for the process of incorporating the changes into how they do business in their facilities.

Staying HIPAA compliant entails ensuring you have the right policies, procedures, and documentation, and have performed the appropriate risk analysis of confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the electronic protected health information (PHI). This course will discuss how to create the right breach notification policy for your organization and how to follow through when an incident occurs. In addition, a policy framework to help establish good security practices will be presented.

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.

This 90 minute virtual webinar will prepare professionals engaged in health care marketing in physician offices, hospitals and medical device companies leverage social media to support patient care. Personnel responsible for compliance programming and implementation will also benefit from this course.

The new omnibus update to the HIPAA regulations now in effect contains numerous changes based, for the most part, on The HITECH Act passed in 2009. Some of the most significant changes for medical offices have to do with changes to individual rights under HIPAA that require changes in policies and procedures and must be properly noted in your forms and notices. All HIPAA privacy policies and notices of privacy practices (NPP) must be updated to meet the new rules. This course will describe the schedule of implementation and scope of the changes.