Inside an OCR HIPAA Breach Investigation: What Happens and How to Prepare Now

Description

If your organization is the subject of an OCR breach investigation, you will be required to respond to a data request letter providing details about how the breach was caused, HIPAA training provided to the workforce, documentation for safeguarding Protected Health Information, and indicate how all required security safeguards were addressed. This starts with the understanding the fundamentals of a HIPAA and how you will be required to demonstrate your organization’s compliance program.

This webinar will look at each step in the breach investigation process.  This includes defining what a breach is, the penalty possibilities, and responding to the OCR Data Request Letter. 

If your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand how to be prepared for to deal with a breach and make sure your current safeguards are adequate and can withstand a government investigation, please join us for this informative and interactive course.   

Objectives

• Defining HIPAA, HITECH, and the Omnibus Rule
• What is a HIPAA Data Breach?
• How to Prepare for a Breach Investigation 
• HIPAA Enforcement – Case Examples 
• Understanding HIPAA penalties and settlements
• Understanding the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules
• Understanding what a HIPAA Compliance Program is
• How to Demonstrate Compliance
• What HIPAA Policies and Procedures need to be in place
• Q&A

Highlights

If your organization experiences a HIPAA breach, OCR will be investigating and requesting compliance policies and procedures, risk assessment reports and training records.  Find out how to prepare.  The presenter for this webinar has worked with organizations under investigation by OCR and will provide valuable insight as to the process.

Attendees will leave the webinar clearly understanding of all the requirements that must be in place for HIPAA and how to demonstrate compliance if investigated.

Who Should Attend

• Physician Owners 
• HIPAA Privacy Officer
• HIPAA Security Officer
• Practice Managers
• Information Systems Manager
• Chief Information Officer
• General Counsel/lawyer
• Office Manager
• Medical Billing Companies 
• Any Business Associates that accesses protected health information 
• Practice Management Consultants
• IT Companies that support Medical/Dental practices or other healthcare organizations