This training is the essential guide to HIPAA for medical practice professionals and healthcare teams. It provides a thorough review of the federal privacy and security requirements, provides guidance on implementing policies and procedures, and addresses key enforcement efforts related to HIPAA compliance and the protection of PHI / ePHI.
Highlights
- Overview of administrative and staff policies and responsibilities
- Proper documentation and record keeping of patient health information
- Patient consent and tips for releasing PHI / ePHI
- Electronic Health Information - security, encryption, password management
- OCR investigations and enforcement following patient complaints
- Distinguish between Federal and State governance
- Prepare for new changes proposed by OCR
NOTE - this course covers the nationally required elements for HIPAA privacy and security training. Some states have implemented more stringent requirements that preempt HIPAA. Participants in CA, CO, CT, DE, IA, IN, MT, OR, TN, TX, UT, VA should create an addendum to this training to satisfy their state specific provisions.
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Audrey Coaxum
CHC, CPC, CEMC, CMC, CMIS, CMOM, CMCO
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Audrey E. Coaxum is an influential leader with more than twenty-five years of relevant experience involving many facets of healthcare operations. She is recognized for having an exceptional ability to analyze systems and processes, create best practices, develop policy and procedures, as well as, diverse methods that are compliant, proactive and geared towards eliminating waste and revenue losses, while enhancing operational efficiencies and achieving strategic goals. Audrey has a sterling reputation across the healthcare community as a customer-service oriented strategic problem solver and trusted advisor. She has extensive knowledge and experience in leadership development, medical billing and coding, reimbursement and comprehensive clinical and business operations.
Audrey has served as a C-suite executive for many organizations where her skills as a progressive analyst afforded her the opportunity to champion initiatives involving the implementation of Value-Based Payment Models and the benchmarking of Key Performance Indicators in productivity, patient volume, budget performance and clinical quality outcomes. Motivated by her desire for change and to overcome concerns, she has overseen a range of activities directed towards the evolution and refinement of quality improvement, risk management and practice administration needed to diminish the day to day challenges facing today's medical practices.
Audrey's professional interests focus on various aspects of compliance that streamline operations and enhance profitability without compromising quality of care. As a strong advocate of hands-on, inquiry based learning, she currently spearheads activities related to compliance education and training. She conducts audits and reviews to identify trends, issues and potential areas of risk to assist her in developing technology-infused training programs geared towards educating clinicians, administrators and support staff.
This session meets HIPAA's established federal minimum standards for training on health information privacy and security. Privacy training is an administrative requirement of HIPAA's Privacy Rule and is mandatory for members of the workforce of covered entities. Both covered entities and their business associates must comply with the Security training standard - an administrative safeguard of the Security Rule which applies to all employees whether or not they have access to PHI.
No prerequisites required.
Improve your understanding of HIPAA policies, notices of privacy practice, restrictions of the use of PHI, and required employee training on current requirements. Grasp breach notification requirements and ensure policies and procedures are in place to address the response to potential breaches of unsecured PHI. Know when a breach must be reported to HHS and respond with confidence if a breach of unsecured health information occurs.
The frequency of HIPAA and HITECH compliance enforcement is increasing. Penalties, which are based on the level of negligence, can exceed $2 million per violation. Receive an explanation of current enforcement actions and potential criminal and civil penalties. Gain familiarity with disclosure obligations and patients' rights to access their medical or billing information.
HIPAA requires sanctions against workforce members who violate HIPAA or privacy policies. Be certain that covered entities and business associates complete regular training. Understand and comply with privacy and security requirements to reduce risks associated with providing telehealth services. Prepare to protect against cyber-attacks, ransomware, and other vulnerabilities to ensure CIA of ePHI.
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