HIPAA's Role in Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Planning
Overview:
This lesson will be going into great detail regarding you practice or business disaster recovery/contingency planning specifically as it relates to HIPAA and how to get it in place. It will show you what is required and how to get this done. The lesson will also explain why this is necessary and various methods and strategies to complete.
I will also give some insight on nightmare scenarios where covered entities and business associated did not have a proper plan in place and what those outcomes were from the Health and Human Services sanctions
This lesson will also be addressing how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order before the imminent audits occur.
I address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2016.
There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days. I will speak on specific experiences from over 17 years of experience in working as an outsourced compliance auditor, expert witness on HIPAA cases, and thoroughly explain how patients are now able to get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information. More importantly I will show you how to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.
Why should you Attend:
- Do you have an adequate contingency plan in place as required by HIPAA?
- Did you know you can be fined if you have not met this requirement?
- Is it thorough? Is it up to date?
- How is this done?
- Why is this a strict requirement under HIPAA?
Areas Covered in the Session:
- Contingency planning
- Disaster recovery planning
- Examples
- Templates
- Why this is required
Who Will Benefit:
- Practice Managers
- 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)
- MD's and other medical professionals
Speaker Profile
With vast experience in health IT systems (i.e. practice management, EHR systems, imaging, transcription, medical messaging, etc.) as well as over 18 years experience in standard Health IT with multiple certifications and hands-on knowledge, Brian serves as compliance consultant and has conducted onsite and remote risk assessments for over 1000 medical practices, hospitals, health departments, insurance plans, and business associates throughout the United States.
In addition, Mr Tuttle has served in multiple litigated court cases serving as an expert witness offering input related to best practices and requirements for securing and providing patient access to protected health information. Mr. Tuttle has also worked directly with the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) both in defending covered entities and business associates as well as being asked by the Federal government to audit covered entities and business associates on behalf of the OCR. Almost all of Brian's clients are earned by referral with little or no advertising.
Brian is well known and highly regarded in medical circles throughout the United States for his quality work and down home southern charm Mr Tuttle has a Master's Degree in Health Sciences from Georgia State University and works nationally out of Kennesaw, GA