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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 fundamentals of a HIPAA compliance program.

If your small healthcare practice to understand how to put HIPAA compliance program in place or make sure the current program is adequate and can withstand government scrutiny, please join us for this informative and interactive 2 day training course.

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Why you should attend:

This seminar is specially designed for small healthcare providers that struggle with meeting HIPAA compliance requirements. Regardless of size of a practice or the number of patients, the focus of this seminar is on making sure organizations are meeting all the HIPAA, HITECH, and Omnibus Rules. Organizations need to fully understand the requirements of a compliance program and how to implement one.

Attendees will leave the course clearly understanding of all the requirements for a comprehensive HIPAA compliance program and what steps need to be taken to mitigate risk. The seminar will include practical exercise to assist in knowing how to develop, review, and amend HIPAA policy and procedure. After completing this course, a Healthcare Covered Entity will have a clear roadmap for what needs to be place when it comes to all of the HIPAA regulations.

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Areas Covered in the Session:

• Why was HIPAA created?
• What are HITECH and the Omnibus Rule?
• 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?
• Understanding the Business Associate Relationship
• HIPAA policy and procedure practical exercise
• What is a HIPAA Risk Assessment?
• Risk Assessment practical exercise
• 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?
• HIPAA & Social Media
• Creating a Culture of Compliance
• Q&A

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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

Day 1 Schedule

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Lecture 1:

What is HIPAA, HITECH & the Omnibus Rule
HIPAA Requirements for Small Practices

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Lecture 2:

Privacy Rule Requirements
Authorized and Permitted Disclosures
Marketing in a HIPAA compliant world

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Lecture 3:

Security Rule Requirements
Administrative, Technical, and Physical Safeguards
Implementation Specifications 
Business Associate Agreements
Managing Business Associates 
How to Conduct a HIPAA Risk Assessment

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Lecture 4: Risk Assessment Practical Exercise

Day 2 Schedule

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Lecture 1:

Review of Risk Assessment Practical Exercise
Remediation and Required Follow Up

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Lecture 2:

What Policies and Procedures Must be Covered
HIPAA Risk Management Plans
Developing, Reviewing and Amending Policy and Procedure

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Lecture 3:

Policy and Procedure - Practical Exercise

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Lecture 4:

Review Policy and Procedure Practical Exercise 
HIPAA Enforcement Trends - Concerns for Small Providers
HIPAA and Social Media
Creating a Culture of Compliance
Summary & Closing Remarks
Q&A

 

Jay Hodes

President and Founder, Colington Security Consulting, LLC 
 

Jay Hodes is a leading expert in HIPAA compliance and President of Colington Consulting. His company 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 many professional healthcare organizations. He has published over 45 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 provided advice on HIPAA compliance to Renal & Urology News and the Virtru.com blog.

Mr. Hodes is a member of the Health Care Compliance Association, American Institute of Healthcare Compliance, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, American Society for Industrial Security, the Practice Management Association of Northern Virginia, the Health Technology Forum: DC, and the Health and Medical Technology Innovation Roundtable at George Mason University.

Mr. Hodes is certified by the New Jersey Board of Dentistry and the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners to provide continuing education classes in HIPAA compliance.

In his free time, Mr. Hodes is a volunteer for Lab Rescue of the Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac and the non-profit organization, Outer Banks (NC) Sporting Events.

Please contact Marilyn Turner: Phone: +1 929 900 1853  Email: marilyn.turner [a] nyeventslist.com for registrations