DUBLIN–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The “HIPAA Audit Lessons 6-Hour Virtual Seminar – Learn Top Priorities to Strengthen Your Compliance” webinar was added to from ResearchAndMarkets.com offer.

Too many healthcare organizations think they have HIPAA compliance under control, but recent HIPAA compliance audits show that non-compliance is widespread across the country. This seminar teaches the main key lessons from these audits and how to implement steps to strengthen your HIPAA compliance and pass an audit.

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR), the HIPAA enforcement arm of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently announced the alarming results of Phase 2 HIPAA compliance audits covered entities. 87% failed the risk analysis audit and 94% failed the risk management audit! Follow-up investigations are ongoing and penalties have yet to be announced. Business associates were also audited and showed similar failure rates.

Enforcement of HIPAA, driven by congressional and public demand, is increasing dramatically. HIPAA Risk Analysis – Risk management is OCR’s highest compliance priority and is required of all Covered Entities and Business Associates. And it should be the foundation of every healthcare organization’s HIPAA compliance program.

But HIPAA rules don’t explain how to perform a risk analysis – risk management and government guidelines are confusing, confusing, and of no practical help. Attend this session to review, step by step, how you can confidently and confidently comply with this fundamental requirement of HIPAA.

The audits also revealed non-compliance with other basic HIPAA requirements regarding the privacy rule regarding the individual’s right of access to medical records, notice of privacy practices, and breach notification. . Common misunderstandings about these requirements and how to comply with each will be explained.

Who should attend:

• Hospital administrators

• C-Suite Frameworks

• HIPAA Compliance Manager

• HIPAA Privacy Officer

• HIPAA Security Officer

• Health Information Technology Supervisor

• practice manager

• Risk Manager

• Dentiste

• Optometrist

• Chiropractor

• physiotherapist

• Podiatrist

Main topics covered:

This session will explain in plain language:

• What are the top priorities for OCR in HIPAA enforcement, learned from Phase 2 audits

• How State Privacy Law Interacts with HIPAA

• Why HIPAA Risk Analysis – Risk management is essential for all covered entities and business associates, regardless of size

• What is HIPAA Risk Analysis – Risk Management; and

• How Administrative Staff Can Perform a Comprehensive HIPAA Risk Analysis – Managing Risk Effectively, Step by Step

• How covered entities and business associates failed audits, and what can be done to avoid failure

• What are the common misunderstandings regarding the individual’s right of access to medical records

  • Comparison between right of access and “authorization”

  • Appropriate fees that may be charged

  • How to Communicate with Patients Electronically and Comply with HIPAA by Following “3-Step Protection”

• Where and how notice of privacy practices should be made available to patients; and

• What are the most common mistakes made with Breach Notification

• There’s a secret to HIPAA compliance. The secret is that HIPAA rules are easy to follow, step by step when you know the steps

For more information on this webinar, visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/fyjkyp