Compliance Training (Corporate/Workplace)

Seminar Takeaways: Thorough Understanding of HIPAA Rules What they are How they work together Why and How they were made How they are changing and what to expect next HIPAA Risk Analysis - Risk Management for Your Organization A Practical Guided Exercise done in class on your computer to take home Privacy and Security Rules - Permitted and Required Uses and Disclosures What information must be protected Administrative, Technical and Physical Safeguards Social Media, Texting and Emailing Patients

Overview: Being in compliance with HIPAA involves not only ensuring you provide the appropriate patient rights and controls on your uses and disclosures of protected health information, but you also have the proper policies and procedures in place. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary documentation in place for safeguarding patient Protected Health Information and indicate how you addressed all required security safeguards. This starts with the understanding the fundamentals of a HIPAA compliance program. If your healthcare practice, business, or organization needs to understand the requirements of HIPAA compliance or make sure the current program is adequate and can withstand government scrutiny, please join us for this informative and interactive course.

Training Options Duration: 60 Minutes Tuesday, July 18, 2017 | 10:00 AM PDT | 01:00 PM EDT Overview: The presentation takes the participant through the steps needed to ensure a successful health care computer system implementation. Once presented the participant will see the logic of the tools and processes and be able to apply them to their system implementation. The tools and processes presented in this material have been developed by implementing health care systems for over 40 years and seeing what has worked and WHY it has worked. These tools and processes have been equally and successfully applied to the implementation of large, complex systems and smaller, simpler systems for large, multidepartment organizations and for small health care organizations.

The challenges faced by both hospitals and private groups are real, with different approaches to address each. However, in the midst of the challenges are incredibly opportunities to further link the method by which physicians are compensation more solidly into the mission of the respective organization. This presentation will highlight the key challenges and then provide practice insights into how to adapt both hospital employed and private practice compensation models to the new realities of medicine today.

Compliance issues related to physician compensation have been a key area of discussion in health care for a number of years. However, because of the substantial awards and settlements in recent Stark Law enforcement actions, compensation-focused compliance has become more than just a compliance issue it is an enterprise risk management issue. This webinar will discuss strategies for ensuring physician compensation plans and compensation-focused governance processes support compliance Given the substantial awards and settlements in recent enforcement actions, compensation-focused compliance in provider contracting has become more than just a compliance concern: it is now considered an enterprise risk management issue.

The HIPAA Security Rule requires organizations to evaluate risks and vulnerabilities in their environments and to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect against reasonably anticipated threats or hazards to the security or integrity of e-PHI. This is a key step in preventing breaches from occurring. Another important aspect that will be covered is how to train a workforce and making sure the proper policies and procedures in place. If audited or the subject of a compliance review you will be required to show the government you have all the necessary documentation in place for safeguarding patient Protected Health Information and indicate how you addressed all required security safeguards. This starts with the understanding the fundamentals of a HIPAA compliance.

The webinar topic will be a presentation and analysis of the key advantages and disadvantages of current electronic medical records systems for providers, hospitals, patients, and other stakeholders, the unanticipated problems and issues, a discussion of emerging evidence-based approaches to improving the implementation, effectiveness, and ease of use of EMRs, and a discussion of what the future holds for the further evolution of EMRs. he anticipated benefits of those who designed EMRs included: improved billing and coding accuracy, improved quality of care and outcomes, saved time for busy physicians, decrease costs of care, and active engagement of patients in their care.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law, including its 2016 changes. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting employment agreements on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physicians develop employment arrangements, they must manage their compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring the employment is defensible under the Stark Law. Prior to moving forward with any employment arrangement, the parties should carefully evaluate whether the proposed structure and financial terms support compliance with Stark's technical requirements and key tenets of defensibility so they will be prepared to mount a defense in the event the arrangement is ever challenged.

Overview: Bundled Payments are becoming more and more recognized as the preferred method of value-based reimbursement by CMS and several other commercial payers. In this presentation this type of payment method will be explained in detail and real-life examples will be given of how bundled payments actually work. In addition, providers will learn ways to optimize their performance under a bundled payment paradigm and how to negotiate bundled service agreements to their best advantage. Why should you Attend: It is critical for providers to understand the emerging CMS payment models and how these new reimbursement structures affect their organizations. Providers should attend this session to learn how to optimize their performance under a bundled payment paradigm and how to negotiate bundled service agreements to their best advantage.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law, including its 2016 changes. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting leases on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices. The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physicians develop lease arrangements, they must manage their compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring the their leases are defensible under the Stark Law. Prior to moving forward with any leasing arrangement, the parties should carefully evaluate whether the proposed structure and financial terms support compliance with Stark's technical requirements and key tenets of defensibility so they will be prepared to mount a defense in the event the lease is ever challenged.

MentorHealth webinars are designed to offer professionals in the healthcare industry the knowledge they need in all the areas of the healthcare industry that enables them to excel in their professions. MentorHealth’s trainings bring experts from all the core areas of healthcare and impart learning to help professionals understand and implement all the important issues that matter to their professions. To keep updating your knowledge of regulatory compliance in the healthcare industry, all that is needed is a basic Internet connection. MentorHealth’s experts offer their insightful analysis into the issues that are of consequence to healthcare professionals in their daily work. Their thoughts help you implement the best practices of the industry into your work. They also offer updates on the latest regulatory requirements arising out of a host of the laws and issues related to healthcare, such as among Affordable Care Act, Anti-kickback statute, HIPAA, HITECH, 21 CFR, FMEA

This lesson will be going into great detail regarding you practice or business information technology and how it relates to the HIPAA Security Rule, in particular portable devices. Areas covered will be texting, email, encryption, medical messaging, voice data and risk factors as they relate to personal devices. I will uncover myths versus reality as it relates to this very enigmatic law based on over 1000 risk assessments performed as well as years of experience in dealing directly with the Office of Civil Rights HIPAA auditors. I will speak on specific experiences from over 17 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, 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 I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law, including its 2016 changes. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting administrative arrangements on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physicians develop administrative arrangements, they must manage their compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring any new arrangements are defensible under the Stark Law.Prior to moving forward with any arrangement, the parties should carefully evaluate whether the proposed structure and financial terms support compliance with Stark's technical requirements and key tenets of defensibility so they will be prepared to mount a defense in the event the arrangement is ever challenged.

I will be speaking to real life audits conducted by the Federal government for Phase 2 and beyond (I've been on both sides of these audits) what your highest risks are for being fined (some of the risk factors may surprise you). It seems almost daily I am receiving calls from nervous practice managers and compliance officers all over the USA regarding a HIPAA audit letter or call they have received. This lesson will be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order before the imminent audits occur. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2017. The primary goal is to ensure everyone is well educated on what is myth and what is reality with this law, there is so much misleading information all over regarding the do's and don'ts with HIPAA -I want to add clarity for compliance officers and practice managers.

Now that the HIPAA rules have been in place for more than a dozen years, the days of advice and counseling have been replaced by a hard-nosed enforcement attitude, where HHS OCR is ready to make health care organizations that violate the rules feel some pain for their actions, and employer-based health plans are no exception. In order to determine their HIPAA compliance obligations, employers need to go through an analysis of their health insurance offereings for their employees. Employers need to examine, is the plan insured or self insured, is it one plan or several, do they rely on an insurer for all the functions or do they use a third party administrator, and much more. Much of the determination of how to comply depends on how involved the employer is with the operation of the plan and the kinds of information the employer receives about the health plan.

Overview: In this session Mr. Wolfe will provide an overview of the Stark Law, including its 2016 changes. He will also discuss best practices for negotiating and drafting administrative arrangements on behalf of health systems, hospitals, medical groups and physician practices The webinar will focus on regulatory requirements, key provisions, valuation considerations and potential pitfalls that should be avoided. Why should you Attend: As health care organizations and physician practices pursue acquisition strategies and transition to more innovative post-transaction models, they must manage their compliance and enterprise risk by ensuring any new arrangements are defensible under the Stark Law.

Overview: Practicing medicine is not like other jobs that have a tradition of retirement at age 65. Physician shortages fuel support for physicians seeking to continue their careers indefinitely. Patient safety is paramount, but is it served by applying an age limit to medical staff membership and clinical privileges? If so, what is the magic number? Why should you Attend: Can medical staffs and hospitals place restrictions on physicians based on age? Should hospitals and medical staffs place restrictions on physicians based on age? Can physicians sue, alleging discrimination and civil rights violations?

Overview: This lesson will be addressing how practice managers (or compliance offers) need to understand how to properly utilize the EMR system for HIPAA compliance. I will address specific litigated cases I have worked where the covered entity had to pay out nasty fines to the Federal government and high settlements to patients affected by inappropriate usage of the EMR system - I will also address situations where the covered entity DID NOT receive any fines or judgements (even in the event of a breach or malicious actions) due to the fact they were using the systems in a "compliant manner" . I will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2017 and beyond. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days.

Overview: I will address specific litigated cases I have worked where the covered entity had to pay out nasty fines to the Federal government and high settlements to patients affected by inappropriate usage of the EMR system - I will also address situations where the covered entity DID NOT receive any fines or judgements (even in the event of a breach or malicious actions) due to the fact they were using the systems in a "compliant manner" I will also be addressing how practice managers (or compliance offers) need to understand how to properly utilize the EMR system for HIPAA compliance. I will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2017 and beyond. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days.

Overview: Our focus will be on developing documentation to deploy your organizations, departments vision, mission, messaging; shaping your training, corrective action of staff and individual's food handler's behaviors. Food and Nutrition staff, and individuals, volunteers fill various positions on your organizations food service frontline and are in need of the information to knowingly reduce the risk of foodborne outbreaks.The webinar will also offer effective risk management strategies, deploying actual compliance to appropriate competencies and skills sets (training). Tools to capture, convey appropriate competencies and skills sets (training), as well as serving as the effective means of Appling, correcting poor food handling behaviors, with actual training programs, methods and tools.