BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:NingEventWidget-v1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2140535:Event:72614 DTSTAMP:20260521T070451Z SUMMARY:Webinar on HIPAA Enforcement Activity DESCRIPTION:Training Options Duration: 90 Minutes  Thursday, May 11, 2017   |   10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT Overview: Now that the HIP AA rules have been in place for more than a dozen years, the days of a dvice and counseling have been replaced by a hard-nosed enforcement at titude, where HHS OCR is ready to make health care organizations that violate the rules feel some pain for their actions.If your organizatio n is not ready, the HIPAA rules have new, significantly higher fines, including mandatory minimum fines of $10,000 for willful neglect of co mpliance. In addition, HIPAA enforcement has taken on a new importance at HHS; officials have publicly stated that enforcement is now a prio rity, and that means being ready for an audit or compliance review is more important than ever.If you don't take the proper steps to ensure your patients' rights and health information are being protected accor ding to the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules, yo u can be hit with significant fines and penalties. With the increased HIPAA fines beginning at $10,000 in cases of willful neglect, followin g the privacy requirements, providing good information security, and b eing in compliance are more important than ever.Why Should you attend: HIPAA enforcement is now a significant reality, and settlements for v iolations are being announced more and more frequently. Now, with the increases in breach reporting and the new random audit program, enforc ement of HIPAA is something that every HIPAA entity and business assoc iate needs to be aware of and prepared for, by examining why prior enf orcement occurred and what could be done to prevent such problems.Area s Covered in the Session:    The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breac h Notification regulations (and the recent changes to them) and how th eir compliance will be evaluated in enforcement circumstances.    R ecent changes to the HIPAA enforcement regulations that increase fines and create new penalty levels, including new penalties for willful ne glect of compliance that begin at $10,000    The information and do cumentation that needs to be prepared in advance so that you can be re ady for an enforcement review or an audit without notice.    The re sults of prior HHS enforcement actions and audits (and their penalties ), including recent actions involving multi-million dollar fines and s ettlements.    Questions asked in prior audits and enforcement revi ews.    Identification of weaknesses in organizational compliance.  Â Â  Future threats to the security of patient information.    The importance of a good compliance process to help you stay compliant mo re easily.Who Will Benefit:    Compliance Director    CEO    CFO    Privacy Officer    Security Officer    HIPAA Officer     Chief Information Officer    Health Information Manager    Healthcare Counsel/lawyer    Office ManagerSpeaker ProfileJim Sheld on-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Cr eek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982, pro viding information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a wide variety of health care entities. Price: $139.00Contact Info :Netzealous -MentorHealthPhone No: 1-800-385-1607Fax: 302-288-6884 Ema il: support@mentorhealth.comWebsite:http://www.mentorhealth.com/\n\nFo r more information visit https://medtechiq.ning.com/events/webinar-on- hipaa-enforcement-activity DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170511T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170511T113000 CATEGORIES:webinar LOCATION:Online Event WEBSITE:http://www.mentorhealth.com/control/w_product/~product_id=8010 12LIVE?channel=mailer&camp=webinar&AdGroup=medtechiq_MAY_2017_SEO URL:http://www.mentorhealth.com/control/w_product/~product_id=801012LI VE?channel=mailer&camp=webinar&AdGroup=medtechiq_MAY_2017_SEO CONTACT:1-800-385-1607 ORGANIZER;CN="Roger Steven":https://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/RogerSt even ATTACH;FMTTYPE="image/jpeg":http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/ file/get/2562015215?profile=original ATTENDEE;ROLE=REQ-PARTICIPANT;PARTSTAT=ACCEPTED;RSVP=TRUE;CN="Roger St even":https://medtechiq.ning.com/profile/RogerSteven END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR