2-day In-person Seminar on “Mastering the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules: Coping with Rule Changes, Managing Incidents, Preparing for Audits, and Avoiding Penalties”

Overview:

This session is designed to provide intensive, two-day training in HIPAA compliance, including what's new in the regulations, what's changed recently, and what needs to be addressed for compliance by covered entities and business associates. 

The session provides the background and details for any manager of healthcare information privacy and security to know what are the most important privacy and security issues, what needs to be done for HIPAA compliance, and what can happen when compliance is not adequate. 

Audits and enforcement will be explained, as well as privacy and security breaches and how to prevent them. Numerous references and sample documents will be provided. 

Course Outline:

Day 1 – Agenda

Lecture 1: Overview of HIPAA Regulations

Lecture 2: HIPAA Privacy Rule Principles, Policies and Procedures

Lecture 3: Recent and Proposed Changes to the HIPAA Rules

Lecture 4: HIPAA Security Rule Principles

Day 2 – Agenda

Lecture 5: HIPAA Security Policies and Procedures and Audits

Lecture 6: Risk Analysis for Security and Meaningful Use

Lecture 7: Risk Mitigation and Compliance Remediation

Lecture 8: Documentation, Training, Drills and Self-Audits

Who Will Benefit:

1. Information Security Officers
2. Risk Managers
3. Compliance Officers
4. Privacy Officers
5. Health Information Managers
6. Information Technology Managers
7. Medical Office Managers
8. Chief Financial Officers
9. Systems Managers
10. Legal Counsel
11. Operations Directors

About Speaker: 

Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm. His firm has been providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to healthcare firms and businesses throughout the Northeast and nationally since its establishment in 1982.

Lewis Creek provides a variety of advisory, training, assessment, policy development, project management and mitigation services. Its impressive clientele is drawn from among a number of health care providers, businesses, universities, small and large hospitals, urban and rural mental health and social service agencies, health insurance plans and health care business associates.

Mr. Sheldon-Dean serves on a number of prestigious workgroups such as the HIMSS Information Systems Security Workgroup and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Privacy and Security Workgroup. He co-chairs the WEDI HIPAA Updates sub-workgroup. He is a frequent speaker regarding HIPAA and information privacy and security compliance issues at seminars and conferences. Some of his speaking engagements include those at AHIMA national conventions and WEDI national conferences.

Mr. Sheldon-Dean has nearly 30 years of experience in policy analysis and implementation, business process analysis, information systems and software development