Privacy Telephone Seminars

HIPAA Security Compliance Challenges after the HITECH Act ...ement process to protect patient information and meet the privacy and security objective required for federal EHR funding qualification. Learn what it takes to get in compliance and stay there, even as your operations and environment change. Find out what administrative, physical and technical safeguards are necessary, and how you decide what's right for HIPAA security compliance for your  more...

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Records: What Can You Release? ...at medical record custodians may be violating a patient's privacy protections without even knowing it in responding to requests for a patient's health information that contain substance abuse and mental health information? Do you know that you may need to withhold mental health and substance abuse records, even in responding to a records subpoena? Learn more about these issues and more by  more...

Smartphone Policies For The Health Care Industry ... of the facilities, and the regulations regarding patient privacy. Failing to have and enforce an appropriate policy can create liability both to employees and patients. This live audio conference will help you develop a plan to (1) identify the legal issues raised by the implementation of an electronic resources policy; (2) draft an enforceable electronic resources policy; and (3) implement an  more...

Determining Meaningful Use for Electronic Health Records BenefitsIn order to receive incentive payments from the federal government, physicians and hospitals must achieve 'meaningful use' of electronic health records through an attestation process. This process is new and complicated. This live audio conference will outline meaningful use guidelines and requirements to receive incentive payments, including timelines, criteria, an outline of the  more...

Legal Implications of Doing Business on the Internet ...false endorsement and right of publicity, and invasion of privacy, can come from every direction. This live audio conference will give you a legal toolbox to manage Internet legal threats currently facing online businesses. We will explain strategies that should be implemented to operate and safeguard a web-based business and protect a business brand online. Specific policies and procedures  more...

Legal Issues Surrounding the Utilization and Maintenance of Computerized Medical Records BenefitsWith the federal government's prioritization of health information technology and evidence that electronic health record systems can reduce medical errors and lead to more efficient delivery of care, many hospitals and providers are beginning to implement EHRs in their facilities and practices. Despite federal regulations that permit certain donations of EHR technology, the implementation  more...

Medical Records: Responding to Subpoenas and Investigations ...hout even realizing it! From HIPAA requirements to state privacy laws, legal issues abound in the medical records arena. If you're not up to date on medical records law, your company could face serious legal and financial liability risks. Attend this audio conference and gain critical information on confidentiality, disclosure, documentation requirements and HIPAA issues you face every day.  more...

Current Issues in Legal Holds: Are You Prepared? BenefitsIf there ever was a honeymoon on preserving discoverable documents and data for litigation ... it's over now. The stakes are higher than ever, and so are courts' expectations for parties and their lawyers. Organizations simply must have in place a compliant legal hold process that effectively preserves discoverable documents and data. This audio conference will help you understand the  more...

Mobile Banking: Banking Without Borders BenefitsLike online banking, mobile banking is poised to revolutionize the industry, but it has stagnated in its infancy. Given the indispensability of cell phones and their broad capabilities, banks and technology providers are rapidly developing solutions that use cell phones to provide unparalleled convenience and value to customers. With the potential to competitively and geographically level  more...

Medical Privacy Rights of Minors ...ncreases dramatically. When the right of an individual to privacy and security with regard to his or her medical information runs into the rights of the individual's parents to control the medical care delivered to their minor child, the caregiver is often caught in the middle. This audio conference will outline the rights of the minor to medical privacy and the ways those rights may be served  more...

Mental Health Record Compliance ...er, you are generally subject to the HIPAA medical record privacy and security requirements. To the extent they deal with substance abuse diagnosis and treatment, you are also subject to additional federal confidentiality restrictions, particularly part 2 of 42 CFR. You also deal with some specific types of records that are subject to specific requirements under state and federal law. And  more...

Business Associate Agreements After the HITECH Act ...important, new and far-reaching provisions concerning the privacy and security of health information that will materially and directly affect more entities, businesses and individuals in more diverse ways than ever before. The HITECH Act now directly obligates business associates to comply with the HIPAA Security Rule's administrative, physical and technical safeguard requirements, including  more...

Medical Records 101: Responding to Requests for Patient Information BenefitsRegister for this teleconference and get an overview of medical management issues faced by health care providers in responding to requests for patient information for litigation purposes. The conference speaker, who has extensive experience in civil litigation, including the representation of large medical institutions, will provide guidance in avoiding mistakes in disseminating patient  more...

Developing a Policy for Employee Use of Mobile Devices ...yers who need to know the limitations of their employees' privacy rights in the workplace and how to avoid liability for monitoring their employees' activities. Finally, this teleconference will address the practical aspects of keeping ahead of the curve regarding managing the use of mobile devices and data preservation in the workplace: what kinds of policies make good sense to have in place  more...

Criminal Liabilities Under HIPAA ...ory breach notification requirements, applying many HIPAA privacy and security requirements to business associates (law firms, consultants, accounting firms, etc.), tightened HIPAA privacy requirements and establishing new civil and criminal HIPAA penalties. Health plans, health care clearinghouses, health care providers and Medicare prescription drug card sponsors may be prosecuted criminally  more...

Screening Applicants Using Social Networking Sites: Legal or Liability? ... employers obtaining information they should not have and privacy issues. Finally, we will examine approaches that employers, recruiters and applicants may consider. FACEBOOK is a registered trademark of Facebook, Inc. and this event is not sponsored by or affiliated with Facebook. MYSPACE is a registered trademark of MySpace, Inc. and this event is not sponsored by or affiliated with  more...

Implications of the Stimulus Package on HIPAA ... to requirements for the protection of health information privacy and security under HIPAA, some of which are already in effect. New requirements for business associates of HIPAA covered entities and requirements to notify individuals in the event of a breach are only two of the many areas affected in the new law, including new requirements for restricting and accounting of disclosures and  more...

Internet and Email: Monitoring Employee Conduct ...privacy issues a hot bed of legal, moral and ethical debate. The development of new technology in recent years has created the ability to access seemingly limitless information resources and has changed irrevocably the way business is conducted. Companies literally have the world at their fingertips. The ever increasing developments in technology will only add to the level of access to  more...

A Privacy Law Primer: What Every Attorney, Compliance and Security Officer Should Know ...Privacy and information security legislation, standards and case law are having an ever-larger impact on your relationships with your customers, clients and employees, as well as on your company's management of personal information. Issue-spotting in this area requires some familiarity with the complex state, federal and international regulatory patchwork and nongovernmental standards that now  more...

Medical Identity Theft: Why You Must Prevent and How to Minimize Its Occurrence ...t a patient to be accessed and misused. This violation of privacy can have devastating impact on the patient, medically and financially; the resulting reputational and financial fallout on the provider and payer organizations can also be massive. Not only is fraud a risk but also, and more critical, is the threat to safe patient outcomes. This teleconference will focus on how to minimize  more...

Employer's HIPAA Privacy and Security Responsibilities ...anding about the recent developments in federal and state privacy and data security laws, particularly the expansion of HIPAA under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 and the recently issued Massachusetts privacy regulations that become effective January 1, 2010. In addition, this teleconference will include a discussion of some preventive strategies and steps companies can take  more...

Valid Consents BenefitsEach day patients and their families are faced with the difficult decision of electing to undergo a medical procedure. Before obtaining an affirmative decision, it is important that the health care practitioner obtain informed consent. This teleconference will educate you on how to determine whether a patient is capable of giving informed consent. This teleconference also explains who may  more...

Medical Professionals and Social Media: Privacy and Security Issues ... you don't know it, don't miss this teleconference on the privacy and security issues that surround the use of social media by medical professionals. As more and more new physicians and other professionals enter the health care workplace, they are bringing with them the tools and technologies that they feel helps them do their job better, including the greater use of cell phones, texting,  more...

Design Codes and Standards for Noise Control ... hearing conditions, annoyance from neighbors, inadequate privacy, noisy mechanical equipment and a plethora of other issues. This teleconference will provide you with information on how to use building design to control sound and noise. The session will discuss the general nature of acoustics problems, the design tools to avoid such problems, and obligatory performance goals and the nature of  more...

Smoking Discrimination in the Workplace: On and Off the Clock ...to refusing to hire smokers and even terminating smokers. Privacy advocates argue an employer's interest in the smoking habits of applicants and employees ends at the employer's property line, and that an employer has no business regulating whether applicants or employees smoke off-duty, away from the employer's premises. They caution that if an employer can regulate an individual's off-duty  more...

Patients' Rights Update ...ated with dignity, respect and compassion to the right to privacy, patients and their representatives are speaking out to protect their interests. In this environment, managing patient expectations and providing quality care to patients remain critical for health care providers. When is a patient competent to refuse treatment? How is competency determined? What documents should a health care  more...

Effective Utilization of Employee Waivers ...claims and tort claims such as defamation and invasion of privacy. Pre-employment waivers put employees on notice of employment screens such as background checks and drug testing. During employment, employee waivers define employee expectations of privacy in the workplace and limit company liability for employee activities. After employment has ended, particularly in the context of group  more...

Preparing for and Properly Reacting To Legal and Illegal Drug and Alcohol Use in the Workplace ...ncluding the Americans With Disabilities Act and employee privacy laws. This teleconference will help you understand what laws may govern or affect workplace decisions relating to drugs and alcohol. You will also learn how to develop appropriate policies that can be tailored to particular workplaces, train managers on their role in the process, and properly document suspected employee drug and  more...

Client Rights Issues: Informed Consent and Confidentiality ...relate to rights regarding providing informed consent and privacy of health information. However, many health care providers do not understand the complex intersections of regulatory and common law requirements for obtaining consent and protecting client privacy. Failure to properly comply with these legal requirements can result in regulatory sanctions as well as liability for health care  more...