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HIPAA Accounting of Disclosures and EHRs: How the Rules are Changing and What Your Systems Need to Provide
Date & Time: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT
Duration: 90 Minutes
Instructor: Jim Sheldon-Dean
Location: Online
Price : $195.00
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Overview: The session will walk the listener down the path from the current HIPAA Accounting of Disclosures rule, through the HITECH Act's required changes, and the into the proposed rule to implement HITECH which goes beyond what was required in the law and establishes a new right to an Access Report of all electonic PHI. First the current rule will be explained and issues pertaining to that will be discussed, followed by an explanation of the changes the HITECH Act calls for. Expected impacts from the law will be discussed, and then the proposed rule will be presented, with an explanation of the impacts from the proposed requirements. l
The session will explain what information is subject to the accounting of disclosures requirement, and how individuals should be able to request and receive such accountings. The kinds of disclosures that are exempt from the accounting will be described, particularly highlighting changes from the current requirements. The necessity for tracking disclosures that must be and must not be accounted for will be explained
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Accounting of Disclosures calls on much of what should be in place to meet HIPAA Security safeguards requirements and to meet Meaningful Use requirements for receiving federal funding for EHR usage. Accounting of Disclosures, HIPAA Security compliance, and Meaningful Use are all linked together to support good security practices. However, many systems that are not formal EHRs are indeed covered by the proposed definiton for providing an accounting and many of these may not have the kinds of electronic tracking systems necessary to produce an accounting. It may be feasible to meet HIPAA Security audit requirements without having to use an electronic audit trail that could be the basis for an access report, so not all electronic systems can readily provide an access report. We'll talk about the impacts and issues involved with the limited audit ability of many systems.
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The features that must be available in new systems and the questions to ask system vendors will be described, and some insights into how you can retrofit existing systems will be discussed.
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The process for responding to requests for accountings of disclosures will be related to the regulations that require it, and the supporting policies necessary will be outlined, including identifying changes that will be necessary in the
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Notice of Privacy Practices. The role of business associates who maintain or support your EHR will be discussed, and the extension of the accounting out to them by way of their use of Designated Record Set data will be explored, including potential necessary changes to business associate agreements. The session will leave you with a list of tasks to help you get started with your organization's compliance even in advance of the final rule on the changes."
Jim Sheldon-Dean Director of Compliance Services, Lewis Creek Systems, LLC 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 health care firms and businesses throughout the Northeast and nationally. Sheldon-Dean’s firm provides a variety of advisory, training, assessment, policy development, project management and mitigation services for 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. He serves on the HIMSS Information Systems Security Workgroup, the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Privacy and Security Workgroup, and 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, including speaking engagements at AHIMA national conventions and WEDI national conferences, and before the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Health Information Management Associations of New York City, New York State, and Vermont, the Connecticut Hospital Association, and the Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania. Sheldon-Dean has nearly 30 years of experience in policy analysis and implementation, business process analysis, information systems and software development. His experience includes leading the development of health care related Web sites; award-winning, best-selling commercial utility software; and mission-critical, fault-tolerant communications satellite control systems. ...more
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How the rules of Accounting of Disclosures used to work What used to be necessary to be able to respond to requests for accountings How electronic health records change the landscape of
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accounting for disclosures What the new electronic systems can keep track of, and what
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