Healthcare Laws/Reform

Overview: Healthcare professionals are under more stress than ever evidenced by increases in demand for better services that are more efficient and thorough, higher costs, reduced staffing, and diminishing resources. Many healthcare workers are putting in longer hours and for less pay. From working twenty-four shifts to simply burning the midnight oil catching up on paperwork, the healthcare industry puts a great deal of stress and fatigue on the average worker and their relationships, including family. Healthcare professionals bare witness to human suffering on a routine basis and are constantly reminded that tragedy, pain, and challenge often loom large in the midst of helping patients heal. As a result, compassion fatigue and burnout are major hazards of the profession that are becoming far too common.

In 2013, The US Department of Health and Human Services made major changes to rules implementing The Health Insurance and Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2003 (HITECH). Among the many areas impacted by these rules (billing, marketing, research, IT security, etc.) is fund raising. The amendments significantly modify the methods and practice that hospitals, their institutionally related foundations, and other healthcare charities may or must employ when using ANY patient or client information for fund raising.

Overview: Strong budgeting and forecasting is about getting the fundamentals right. This webinar will teach you which areas to focus the majority of your time and effort in order to achieve the best results. Examples of high-quality detailed volume and physician compensation templates will be shown in order to illustrate the level of detail necessary to create a budget you will not be nervous to show your boss, banks, corporate office, or partners.

Overview: Gain an understanding of the prolonged service codes that take place within health care and appropriately document what is needed. Prolonged service codes exist to allow for additional payment to the provider for time spent above and beyond typical times.

In this 60 minutes webinar you can get everything you need to protect your practice from the most common front-desk HIPAA violations, Rhonda's session will help you ensure your front-desk staff are trained to identify violations before they get you in trouble, and successfully handle even the most challenging patient complaint.

In this webinar the latest guidance from the US Department of Health and Human Services on harmonization of SAMHSA and HIPAA will be explained, We will discuss what qualifies treatment that falls under SAMHSA, HIPAA allows a number of disclosures, for treatment, payment, and healthcare operations purposes, without consent from the individual being treated, also We will examine how to deternmine if the services you provide place you under 42 CFR Part 2.

This webinar discusses the selection and employment contracting process that follows the identification of a suitable opportunity, You should attend this webinar to gain an understanding of what should and what should not be in a physician employment agreement, However, the agreement serves to protect against future disputes.

Overview: The presentation will provide an overview of the Federal Stark and Anti-Kickback laws and corresponding regulations including the history and purpose of these laws.

Overview: The session will provide an overview of the Federal Civil False Claims Act (FCA) and how it works, the prohibitions of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the physician anti-referral law (known as Stark II), and their available safe harbors.

Overview: Disruptive activity by practitioners in the hospital takes many forms. When it happens, it is important that the hospital and/or the medical staff take appropriate steps to see that it does not affect patient care or disrupt operations. Why should you Attend: Hospital executives, medical staff officers, and peer review committee members and support staff should attend to learn how to deal effectively with the disruptive practitioner. You will also learn how to prepare for the day when it becomes necessary to terminate such a practitioner's privileges and medical staff membership.

Overview: Discussions, presentation, and webinars regarding HIPAA regulations are usually addressed from the perspective of what the regulations entail, the necessity of compliance with the regulations, and the consequences of willful neglect or non-compliance. This presentation addresses HIPAA regulations from a different perspective - from a personal perspective - from the perspective of the person in charge of moving an organization or facility toward full compliance with HIPAA. The by-product of this presentation will be both an understanding of, and a detailed job description for, a position mandated in the regulations - the HIPAA Security/Privacy Officer.

Overview: In this practical webinar, you will learn how the Tax Credits and Jobs Act incentivizes paid Family and Medical Leave. We will also discuss the similarities and differences between the FMLA and the new Section 45S. We will provide you with analysis via examples of when leave qualifies for the credit in your 1st and succeeding years of eligibility.

Overview: Join our live webinar to understand how you and your organization can employ cell phones for increased efficiency without leaving your team exposed to legal risk. In this webinar, we will Discuss the OCR increase in HIPAA enforcement Review the ways your staff may be using cell phones that introduces risk to patients and your organization Consider the best option for a phone service provider moving forward Explore ways to train staff members who will be using cell phones at work Decide which uses of cell phones should be permitted by employees of different types of organizations Cover the essentials you need to include in your HIPAA policy concerning smart phone access and usage Plan an efficient ways to implement new training and policy on the use of cell phones and HIPAA throughout your organization

Overview: One errant email or text message can cost you tens of thousands of dollars in HIPAA fines and penalties and it doesn't matter who you're communicating with: patients, staff, providers or with insurance carriers. A violation is a violation. And if you think it couldn't happen to you, think again. Text and email HIPAA violations are not always caused by what you might think. For example, you may think you are safe as long as you don't text patients - you're wrong. Many violations generally occur between providers messaging their staff. You can avoid getting hit with a HIPAA audit and violations with a few simple changes to your current processes. But you have to be able to identify the danger zones.

Overview: HIPAA requires you to have both a Contingency Operations Plan and a Disaster Recovery Plan in place. In case you are wondering, being on a cloud-based EHR is not a Disaster Recovery Plan.

In this webinar speaker will Discuss the regulatory guidance and agency commentary on FMV and CR, and Provide perspectives on common misunderstandings and misconceptions related to FMV and CR, also discuss Emerging best practices for documenting fair market value and Commercial Reasonableness within Fragmented Health Care Organizations.

This webinar offers guidance to build and maintain a systematic, affordable marketing effort to meet the needs of your organization within budgetary restraints, Also attendees will learn how to hire the right vendors, consultants, or develop staff internally for sustainable results.

This presentation addresses HIPAA regulations from a different perspective - from a personal perspective - from the perspective of the person in charge of moving an organization or facility toward full compliance with HIPAA.

Overview: This session will focus on the rights of individuals to communicate in the manner they desire, and how a medical office can decide what is an acceptable process for communications with individuals.

In this webinar you will learn how perspective taking is a fundamental concern when treating Asperger Syndrome/High Functioning Autism, At the completion of this presentation, you will be able to view your clients diagnosed with Asperger syndrome/High Functioning Autism in a different manner, You will be able to develop strategies to help them achieve success, not only in your office, but also in any social setting.