Organization Name / Organize By
ComplyArena
Organizing/Related Departments
Health Care
Organization Type
Training/Development
WebinarCategory
Non Technical
WebinarLevel
All (State/Province/Region, National & International)
Related Industries
Medical/Healthcare/Hospital
Location
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Course Description:
As long as we ensure reasonable safeguards, HIPAA Privacy Rule and Security Rule allow appropriate electronically communication and handling of health care 'Protected Health Information'. All personal medical information, including name, address, Social Security number, and all medical information about an "individual" come under PHI.
The information that makes a message subject to HIPAA.
- Learn how to ensure your "safe harbor"
- Obtaining consent from patients to send PHI in unencrypted email and unencrypted text messages
- Transferring responsibility for unauthorized access to the PHI in transmission or when received by the patient
- Learn about all the documentation needed to prove and pass compliance
- Learn steps to be taken by Health Care Provider when a patient has not agreed to receive PHI in unencrypted email or unencrypted text message
- Learn the exemptions during which a covered entity can disclose PHI without individual's written authorization
- Learn how to ensure "safe harbor" when you are a business associate
- Learn about your scenarios and requirements to be able to communicate by email or text message with a patient on behalf of a Health Care Provider
- Learn about all the documentation needed to prove and pass compliance
- Learn to protect yourself from liability for violating HIPAA Rules about email and text messages in its Business Associate Agreement
- Learn the steps taken if a patient does not agree to receive PHI in unencrypted emails or text messages
- Learn all about the Policies and Procedures Health Care Providers and Business Associates must have in place to comply with HIPAA Rules concerning communication with patients through email and text message
Areas covered:
To keep abreast on rules between HIPAA and email
- Learn and understand the precautions taken in case of permitted email communications
- Learn and understand the benefits of warning patients about the risks of using email that includes patient health information (PHI)
- Learn and understand patient information that are exposed, what part of information is withheld and how patients can decide the same. Learn the responsibility for safeguarding PHI delivered to the patient
- Learn and understand the steps taken to protect the integrity of information and protect information shared over open networks
- Learn and understand the responsibility for unauthorized access of a patient's PHI during transmission
Who will benefit?
This webcast will be of a valuable assistance to the below audience.
- Health Care Providers
- Dentists
- Optometrists
- Physicians
- Podiatrists
- Chiropractors
- Business Associates
- Billing
- Collection
- Insurance Brokerage
- Patient Engagement and Marketing Companies
- Any business associates who work with medical practices or hospitals (i.e. billing companies, transcription companies, IT companies, answering services, home health, coders, attorneys, etc)
Others Details
Speaker: Brian Tuttle
Registration Fees
Available
Registration Fees Details
Live: $149
Recording: $179
CD/DVD: $349
Registration Ways
Website