HIPAA Enforcement - Focus on Breaches and Random Audits 2014

Key Topics

• The HIPAA audit and enforcement processes and how they apply to covered entities and business associates
• 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
• What information and documentation needs to be prepared in advance so that you can be ready for an audit without notice
• 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
• 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
• Sample information request forms and questions asked at prior audits will be presented
• What you`ll need to think about to deal with future threats to the security of patient information
• 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
• How having a good compliance process can help you compliant more easily
• 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
• What you`ll need to have documented to survive an audit and avoid fines

Who should Attend

• Privacy Officers
• CFOs
• Information Systems Managers
• Security Officers
• Chief Information Officers
• HIPAA Officers
• Healthcare Counsel/lawyers
• Health Information Managers
• Office Managers