How to Manage OCR, HHS HIPAA and HITECH Audit
Duration : 60 Minutes
Srini Kolathur,
Srini Kolathur, HITPro, CISSP,CISA, CISM, MBA is a result-driven leader. Srini has several years of experience in helping companies effectively meet and exceed regulatory compliance requirements including SoX, PCI, HIPAA, etc. by using best practices. For the last several years, he has been actively involved in Sarbox control Read more
Section 13411 of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, requires Health and Human Services (HHS) to conduct periodic audits of providers and business associates to ensure their compliance with the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rule, and breach notification standards. To implement this mandate, the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has conducted HIPAA/HITECH audit program with KPMG of 115 health care organizations to assess privacy and security compliance. This webinar will focus on the implementation and tracking of HIPAA audit best practices in a healthcare setup in order to prepare for the federal audit using published OCR audit protocols.
Course Objectives:
Every audit begins with interviews, a questionnaire, and a thorough policy and procedures review. Presenter, with his decades of knowledge in the compliance, legal, auditing and security areas, will walk the attendees through the audit process, documentation requirements, and implementation specifications of the HIPAA privacy, security and breach rules. This presentation not only provides opportunity for the participants to prepare for the federal HIPAA audit but also to improve the security posture of their organizations by adopting to changing technology (mobile, social media, Health Information Exchange(HIE), cloud services, etc.) and threat landscape perspective as well. This presentation will uncover reasons why many health information breaches are occurring and help organizations better secure and comply with electronic protected health information by meeting the required and addressable HIPAA/HITECH security rules.
The presenter will also share the best practices used for HIPAA security implementation and continuous risk assessment which is considered as "due diligence" by auditors for the HIPAA security compliance program.
Course Outline:
• Healthcare Technology Adoption/Trends
• Healthcare Regulatory (HIPAA/HITECH) and OCR/HHS Audit Overview
• Differences between HIPAA and HITECH Regulations
• Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability (CIA) &ePHI Data Elements
• HIPAA/HITECH Security, Privacy and Breach Requirements
• OCR Audit Protocol
• Patient Data Privacy, Security and Breach Procedures
• Step-by-step guide preparation techniques
• Sample policies
• Risk Assessment questionnaire for protecting electronic health information
• Checklist
What You Get:
• Training Materials
• Live Q&A Session with our Expert
• Participation Certificate
• Access to Signup Community (Optional)
• Reward Points
Who Will Benefit:
• Compliance Director
• CEO
• CFO
• Privacy Officer
• Security Officer
• Information Systems Manager
• HIPAA Officer
• Chief Information Officer
• Health Information Manager
• Healthcare Counsel/lawyer
• Office Manager
• Contracts Manager
Please reach us at 1-888-844-8963 for any further assistance or if you wish to register
