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Violence in Healthcare, from Bullying to an Active Shooter
The healthcare environment creates a major challenge in the prevention and intervention of violence. The rate of injuries and illness from violence in the healthcare industry is more than three times greater than violence in all private industry. This training ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Joe Keenan
HIPAA Rules for Social Media, Web Sites & Patient Reviews
The Internet is jam-packed with unwitting but highly visible HIPAA violations committed by Covered Entities on their social media pages like Facebook, their organization’s web site, patient testimonials they post and their responses to patient reviews – whethe ...
- Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Paul R. Hales
New HIPAA Encryption Rules for Email & Text Message - Mandatory Exception for Patients
Regular (unencrypted) Email and Text Messaging containing Protected Health Information (PHI) are effective engagement and communication tools that patients like and have the right to use. However, unencrypted Emails and Text Messages containing PHI raise signi ...
- Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Paul R. Hales
CPT 101
So much a part of coding from CPT is understanding the parenthetical that the AMA(American Medical Association) has added in the manual as guidelines in choosing the appropriate CPT code for a procedure or service. There are tricks of the trade and coding con ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Lynn Anderanin
HIPAA Business Associates: Obligations for Healthcare Entities and Their Associates
The definition of a HIPAA Business Associate casts a wide net of healthcare business activities, including any business that creates, receives, maintains, or transmits any Protected Health Information on behalf of a HIPAA Covered Entity or Business Associate, ...
- Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Jim Sheldon-Dea
HIPAA in 2021 — Critical Compliance Concerns in the Year Ahead
Over many years, the heads of the US DHHS have indicated that patient access of information is a key priority in order to improve the health of the nation. Patient rights under HIPAA have been expanded to include several rights of access, and detailed guidance ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Jim Sheldon-Dea
HIPAA Enforcement and Auditing in 2020: Latest Examples and New Guidance
While the worldwide pandemic has prompted some relaxation of HIPAA requirements in specific circumstances to ease the provision of medical services while preserving social distancing requirements, enforcement of HIPAA has continued. Recent enforcement actions ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Jim Sheldon-Dea
Medical Staff Fair Hearings From a Hearing Officer's Perspective - Is Your Process Lawsuit-proof
It sometimes becomes necessary for the medical staff to recommend to the governing board that the medical privileges of a practitioner either be removed or denied. Before such adverse action is taken, it is very important that the practitioner is afforded due ...
- Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- William Mack Co
HIPAA Compliance During COVID-19: OCR Guidance and Best Practices
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency, the HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) provided guidance that helps explain privacy rights laws as well as how the HIPAA Privacy Rule allows patient information to be shared in the pandemic ...
- Basic & Intermediate
- 60 Mins
- Jonathan P. Tom
Risks, Liabilities, and Enforcement in HIPAA Business Associate Relationships
In addition to contracted obligations, HIPAA Business Associates are now covered directly under the HIPAA Privacy Rule’s use and disclosure limitations, the Security Rule’s safeguard provisions, and the Breach Notification Rule’s notification requirements. HIP ...
- Intermediate
- 90 Mins
- Jim Sheldon-Dea