New Finalized Amendments to HIPAA - Many Changes to the Rules, Many Changes Needed for Compliance 2012

Key Topics

• What policies and evidence you need to produce if you are audited by the HHS Office of Civil Rights. Now that there is a legislative mandate to audit compliance, and a random audit plan under way, you need to be prepared to respond to audit requests
• The new regulations will be reviewed and their effects on usual practices will be discussed, as well as what policies need to be changed and how
• The role of business associates 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 features that must be available in EHR systems and the questions to ask system vendors will be described. The processes for responding to requests for copies of electronic records and accountings of disclosures will be related to the regulations that require them
• Find out about how Individuals can now request certain restrictions on disclosures that you must honor
• Learn how the new regulations change the way individuals have access to their records, and how much they can find out about who has accessed their records
• Understand the new requirements for Business Associates to comply with HIPAA privacy protections and security safeguards and how BAs are subject to enforcement and penalties directly by HHS
• Learn about the new requirements for disclosers of health information to apply "minimum necessary" standards
• Find out about how new limitations on marketing and fund-raising may change how entities can reach out to individuals
• Learn how Health Information Exchanges, Regional Health Information Exchanges, and e-Prescribing gateways are now considered to be Business Associates
• Learn all about how new audit and penalty requirements increase the need to make sure you are in compliance before HHS OCR knocks on the door

Who should Attend

CEO, Compliance director, Privacy Officer, CFO, Information Systems Manager, Security Officer, Chief Information Officer, HIPAA Officer, Healthcare Counsel/lawyer, Health Information Manager, Contracts Manager and Office Manager.