Webinar on The Top 10 HIPAA Compliance Issues: Tackling the most likely Issues to Land you in Hot Water

Overview: For many years, HIPAA enforcement was not taken seriously, and enforcement actions used to consist of little more than a slap on the wrist and some advice on what to do better the next time. But all that has changed, and now the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights has begun vigorous enforcement of the HIPAA regulations, and is not hesitant about applying multi-million dollar fines.

Now that the rules have been in place for more than ten years, the days of advice and counseling have been replaced by a hard-nosed enforcement attitude, where HHS OCR is ready to make health care organizations that violate the rules feel some pain for their actions.

If your organization is not ready, the HIPAA rules have new, significantly higher fines, including mandatory minimum fines of $10,000 for willful neglect of compliance. In addition, 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. 

Why should you attend: HIPAA enforcement and audits are now a significant reality, and settlements for violations are being announced more and more frequently. Now, with the increases in breach reporting and the new random audit program under way, enforcement of HIPAA is something that every HIPAA entity and business associate needs to be aware of and prepared for, by examining the issues that have occurred and what could be done to prevent such problems.

HIPAA Compliance requires that you be prepared to handle Protected Health Information properly and follow the requirements in the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification Rules. If there is a problem that comes to the surface, through a complaint, breach, or audit, an enforcement action can result. Enforcement actions include financial settlements that can reach into the millions of dollars, as well as Corrective Action Plans that can take years to complete and can cost many times the expense of the monetary settlements. 

Violations originated from such simple things as returning copiers to the leasing company without removing the PHI on the hard drive, moving offices without accounting for hard drives stored in a closet, and improperly disposing of printed materials, that all could have been prevented with the implementation of policies and procedures and training on them. Several settlements for violations involve improper consideration of the requirements in the Security Rule, which calls for extensive policies and procedures based on an accurate and thorough entity-wide risk analysis.

Speaker :

Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC, a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982, providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a wide variety of health care entities. 

Price : $139.00

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