HIPAA compliance is changing; ensure you are up-to-date with all of the recent changes.
HIPAA compliance has recently seen big changes in how the rules are enforced for individual access requests. Long-overdue changes may be coming to regulations on the accounting of disclosures of protected health information (PHI). We can expect new rules regarding the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices and calling patients’ cell phones, and proposed changes to the Privacy Rule will impact the coordination of care. There have also been calls for HIPAA expansions to cover new technologies and new uses of PHI. There is no shortage of critical topics for medical offices to respond to in order to meet requirements and avoid penalties.
This topic will review the scope of what must be done to stay in compliance with HIPAA regulations as individual access comes into focus both as a right that is vigorously enforced and as an area that is expected to see rules to codify what has been guidance. Keeping up with these complex changes is essential to compliance with HIPAA access requirements. The information will prepare practices for the impacts of likely rule changes in areas such as individual access, care coordination, accounting of disclosures, the Notice of Privacy Practices, cell phone communications, and new technologies. This material will help practices prepare for the various changes and avoid significant penalties (up to $1.7 million and beyond) for noncompliance.
Learning Objectives
- You will be able to discuss HIPAA regulatory expectations.
- You will be able to explain issues in individual access of records under HIPAA.
- You will be able to describe what must be done to stay in compliance with HIPAA regulations.
- You will be able to review potential rule changes, their impact, and how to avoid penalties for noncompliance.
Agenda
Overview of HIPAA Regulatory Expectations
- New Regulatory Directions
- Overdue Regulatory Action
- Court Ruling Limiting Regulations
Issues in Individual Access of Records Under HIPAA
- New Emphasis on Enforcement of Individual Access Rules
- New Court Ruling Limiting Third-Party Access Requests
- New Limitation of Business Associate Liability for Compliance
HIPAA Accounting of Disclosures Changes
- Current Accounting of Disclosures Requirements
- Required Changes and Difficulties Implementing Them
- Likely Regulation to Be Proposed
- Potential Rules Changes
- Acknowledgement of Receipt of Notice of Privacy Practices
- TCPA and Cell Phone Communications
- Impact of Potential Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule
HIPAA Controls and New Technologies
- Difficulty in Managing Privacy
- Calls for HIPAA Expansions
Speakers
Jim Sheldon-Dean,
Founder and director ,
Lewis Creek Systems, LLC- Founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC
- Provides a complete suite of services related to information privacy and security regulatory compliance, including compliance reviews, information flow and risk analyses, technical security reviews, training and policy development services
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on health care information privacy and security, information management and disposal, and information security risk analysis
- Speaker at national conferences for the American Health Information Management Association and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
- Recipient of the 2011 WEDI Award of Merit
- M.S. degree, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. degree, summa cum laude, University of Vermont
- Can be contacted at www.lewiscreeksystems.com
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for health information managers, medical records directors, medical facility administrators, compliance officers, risk officers, privacy officers, health care administrators, and other health care providers.
