This webinar will discuss how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) can get their HIPAA house in order before an audit.

It will also address changes under the Omnibus Rule, new congressional mandates, and any other applicable updates for 2023 and beyond along with changes relating to Covid and Information Blocking under the Cures Act (do’s and don’ts).

There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days – we will speak to the most common violations and fines – and how to best avoid fines and headaches. The session will include detailed discussions on the audit process and some current events regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from live audits).

The speaker will use specific scenarios from over 20 years of her experience working as an outsourced compliance auditor and an expert witness on multiple HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information.

More importantly, she will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Learning Objectives:-

• What changes under the Biden administration and other congressional mandates can we expect?
• What changes have occurred relating to Covid and HIPAA and will they be permanent?
• What are the changes regarding the Cures Act and Information Blocking? State laws are now in place increasing liability for patient remedies!
• What factors might spurn a lawsuit or a HIPAA audit? …are you doing these things?
• Why are the Feds enforcing after all these years?

We will be discussing 2023 changes taking place in Washington with the Health and Human Services regarding the bipartisan-backed enforcement of the HIPAA laws already on the books (as well as some detailed discussions on the audit process) and some current events regarding HIPAA cases (both in courtrooms and from live audits).

Areas Covered:-

• Updates for 2023 and beyond
• Cures Act - Information Blocking (do's and don'ts)
• Fines
• Portable devices
• Texting and Emailing - new guidelines
• Politics and HIPAA
• Changes under OCR Director and congress
• New Definition of protected health information
• Real-life audits and litigated cases
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification
• Paperwork that needs to be updated
• Risk factors

Who Will Benefit:-

• Practice Managers
• Any Business Associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc.)
• MDs and other Medical Professionals