One of the major requirements of the health care organization to be HIPAA compliant is to develop and implement a set of HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures. This can be a daunting task for those not knowing where to start and what a set of HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures should look like. For the cost-conscious health care organization, the HIPAA policies and procedures can have multiple uses:  first, they can become a basis for training the health care organization workforce; second, they can be used as a basis for conducting a HIPAA self-assessment; and third, they can be used to demonstrate due diligence should there be a breach or an external HIPAA compliance audit.

In today’s world, it is not necessary that the health care organization spend significant funds to develop a set of HIPAA privacy and security policies and procedures from scratch. The health care organization can likely find templates on the internet that can be used as a starting point to customize HIPAA policies and procedures to be unique for the health care organization.

Course Objectives:

There are three situations where having a set of HIPAA policies and procedures are needed:

• First, the policies and procedures become a good reference to ensure that all areas are addressed for becoming HIPAA compliant
• Second, the HIPAA regulations REQUIRE covered entities and business associates to have a set of policies and procedures directing the workforce to perform their tasks in a controlled environment.  Having a set of policies and procedures is positive evidence of the health care organization exercising due diligence
• Third, if there is a breach, the health care organization needs to demonstrate that it has proactively implemented a comprehensive set of HIPAA policies and procedures to keep any penalties to a minimum

Course Outline:

•  What is a comprehensive set of HIPAA policy and procedures and why you need them
•  What to look for in a set of HIPAA policy and procedures templates on the internet
•  How to customize the set of HIPAA policies and procedures for the health care organization
•  How to train the health care organization workforce in using the HIPAA policies and procedures
•  How to use the HIPAA policies and procedures to perform a HIPAA assessment

What You Get:

• Training Materials
• Live Q&A Session with our Expert
• Participation Certificate
• Access to Signup Community (Optional)
• Reward Points

Who Will Benefit:

•  Chief Executive Officer
•  Practice Manager
•  Long Term Care Facility
•  Health Care Provider 
•  Operating Officer
•  Compliance Officer
•  Information Security Officer
•  Risk Management Director
•  HIPAA Compliance Official
•  HIPAA Privacy Officer
•  HIPAA Security Officer
•  Information Technology Supervisor
•  Administrator
•  Satellite Health Care Facility
•  Healthcare organization ownership
•  Compliance Officer
•  Office Management
•  Work staff
•  Physicians