Gain an understanding of HIPAA, what it means, who it applies to, and who it doesn't apply to.
Individually identifiable health information is one of the most sensitive types of personal information, and its creation, use, and sharing have been growing substantially over recent years, as have the risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of that information. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) establishes federal protections for health information and defines how such information may be used or disclosed by the entities holding it, and what rights individuals have about their information. Misconceptions abound about HIPAA, its applicability, and its requirements, especially given the expansion of the amount of health information being created and used by an expanding array of entities. Noncompliance with HIPAA can lead to significant penalties, so it is important for entities to understand how they fit into the rules and what the rules require.
This topic will provide information about why we have HIPAA, what it means, who it applies to, and who it doesn't apply to. The privacy, security, and breach notification rules will be explained and the significant issues of compliance with each will be identified. Topics to be discussed include the access and release of information, and the proper use of the HIPAA Notice of Privacy Practices. Information security issues to be discussed include the required HIPAA security risk analysis, as well as specifics about how to deal with email and texting, and requirements for auditing and monitoring systems and their use so that issues can be discovered before damage is done to the privacy or security of information. The basics for compliance will be detailed, including the need to understand your own operations and how you use HIPAA-protected health information, how to address the issues you discover, and what policies and procedures may need implementation. Following through with training and documentation of compliance activities will be shown to provide the information necessary to deal with complaints or compliance reviews.
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Faculty
Jim Sheldon-Dean
Lewis Creek Systems, LLC
- Founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC
- Provides a complete suite of services related to information privacy and security regulatory compliance, including compliance reviews, information flow and risk analyses, technical security reviews, training, and policy development services
- Conducts regular seminars and workshops on healthcare information privacy and security, information management and disposal, and information security risk analysis
- Speaker at national conferences for the American Health Information Management Association and the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange
- Recipient of the 2011 WEDI Award of Merit
- M.S. degree, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S. degree, summa cum laude, University of Vermont
- Can be contacted at www.lewiscreeksystems.com
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