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HIPAA Enforcement - Focus on Breaches and Random Audits Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Duration:
90 Minutes
Time: 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT Location: Online
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Instructor: Jim Sheldon Dean
Overview: In this session we will discuss the HIPAA audit program and how it works, and discuss the areas that caused the most issues in the 2012 audits. We will explore what kind of issues and what kind of entities had the most problems, and show where entities need to improve their compliance the most, and also explore the typical risk issues that lead to breaches of health information and see how those issues may be a target for auditors in 2014.
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The HIPAA Random Audit program is being refocused and redefined to make it more relevant to finding and correcting some of the most prevalent security and privacy compliance issues, based on the experience gained in the 2012 audits and in HIPAA Breaches We will discuss the HIPAA audit and enforcement processes and how they apply to covered entities and business associates. We will explain the enforcement regulations and their recent changes that increase fines and create new penalty levels, including new penalties for willful neglect of compliance that begin at $10,000. We will discuss what information and documentation needs to be prepared in advance so that you
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can be ready for an audit without notice. Sample information request forms and questions asked at prior audits will be presented. The HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification regulations (and the recent changes to them) and how they will be audited will be explained. Documentation requirements for compliance will be explained. The results of prior HHS audits (and their penalties) will be discussed, including recent actions involving multi-million dollar fines and settlements. A plan for attaining compliance will be presented. The steps to follow to prepare for an audit and respond to an audit request will be outlined. In addition, upcoming trends in information security risks will be discussed. Find out what you'll need to think about to deal with future threats to the security of patient information. Learn what HHS OCR is likely to ask you if you are selected for an audit, and what you'll have to have prepared already when they do. Learn how having a good compliance process can help you stay compliant more easily. Find out what you'll need to have documented to survive an audit and avoid fines.
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CFO Privacy Officer Security Officer Information Systems Manager HIPAA Officer Chief Information Officer Health Information Manager Healthcare Counsel/lawyer Office Manager
About Speaker 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 a variety 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. SheldonDean serves on the HIMSS Information Systems Security Workgroup, has co-chaired the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Privacy and Security Workgroup...more
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