Webinars > All HEALTH CARE Categories > Compliance Webinars HIPAA & The medical practice: Requirements for Privacy, Security and Breach Notification WebinarIn this webinar Attendees will learn the importance of appointing a practice Privacy Officer, Also learn how to conduct a Risk Assessment as well as how to determine if an incident is unreportable, or a reportable breach, will also be discussed All practices should have one individual who is the designated Privacy Officer. Course Description/AgendaOverview: Any provider that transmits any information in electronic form (doctors, clinics, hospitals, surgical centers, psychologists, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes, assisted living, pharmacies, etc.) is a covered entity under HIPAA and, therefore, must comply with HIPAA laws and regulations. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 was passed by Congress in order to require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop national rules for the protection of electronic healthcare information.
Each of these important requirements will be discussed and the proper process for implementation reviewed. Attendees will learn the importance of appointing a practice Privacy Officer. All practices should have one individual who is the designated Privacy Officer. It is this individual's responsibility to make sure that the practice meets all requirements of HIPAA. The Privacy Officer should:
How to conduct a Risk Assessment as well as how to determine if an incident is unreportable, or a reportable breach, will also be discussed. The federal Office for Civil Rights ("OCR") has the duty and responsibility to investigate complaints or reports of potential HIPAA violations and to continuously monitor entities required to comply with HIPAA ("Covered Entities") for compliance. OCR began a preliminary pilot program for random compliance audits of Covered Entities in 2015. All practices are now on notice that they can be inspected at any time, for any reason.Complaints to OCR are no longer the only method by which a practice's HIPAA compliance can be called into question. Any practice manager, owner, subcontractor or employee should be fully versed in HIPAA!
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Speaker Profile Gina L. Campanella focuses on healthcare regulatory and transactional matters federally and in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. Ms. Campanella has assisted clients with transactional services and regulatory compliance consulting, as well as general counsel services to small practices and large societies and medical groups alike. Clients also seek her expertise when reviewing employment agreements, formation of new practices, separation from and sale of practices, business structuring, and surgical center licensing and registration, including preparation for Department of Health, AAAHC and AAAASF surveys of licensed and Medicare deemed facilities, as well as preparation and implementation of resulting plans of correction.
Ms. Campanella graduated Magna Cum Laude from Seton Hall University with a Masters in Healthcare Administration in 2012 and earned her Juris Doctor from Seton Hall Law in 2005. Ms. Campanella lectures nationally on issues of health care law and compliance for events and organizations such as: the New Jersey Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons, the Atlantic Regional Osteopathic Conference, the New Jersey Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, the New Jersey Podiatric Medical Society, the Health Care Compliance Association, the New Jersey Medical Group Management Association, the New York Medical Group management Association, Columbia University Medical School, the Advanced Emergency & Acute Care Medicine CME Conference, the CentraState Medical Center Practice Managers Group, Bassett Medical Center Medical Staff, the New Jersey State Society of Physician Assistants, Mentor Health and Skillacquire.
Ms. Campanella has been admitted to practice law in the State of New Jersey and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey since 2006, the District of Columbia since 2013, the State of New York since 2013 and the State of Pennsylvania since 2017. Ms. Campanella was recognized by New Jersey Super LawyersTM as a Rising Star in 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018, a "Best of Bergen" attorney by Bergen Magazine in 2017, and is recognized by AVVO as a Clients' Choice Attorney in 2016, 2017 and 2018 with an AVVO rating of "10 out of 10".* Her additional certifications include earning the status of Certified HIPAA Administrator from the HIPAA Academy and she is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives.
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