Health Information Compliance Alert
CONFERENCE CALENDAR CORNER
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May brings more than spring flowers - check out these informative events! May 2 - 5 in Dallas: "2005 Professional Cyber Defense Conference" (DallasCon) www.dallascon.com.
May 4 - 6 in Chicago: "Spring 2005 Consumer Directed Health Care Conference & Expo" (The Emergent Group) www.cdhcc.com.
May 11 (12:45 - 2:00 PM EST): "HIPAA Security Maintenance" (Audio conference; SHARP Workgroup and CMS) Call 877-203-0044 and use ID number 4880444. www.sharpworkgroup.com.
May 12 in Austin, TX: "HIPAA Enforce ment: A Rising Tide of Responsibilities and Risks" (Wiley Rein & Fielding) www.wrf.com/event.cfm.
May 14 - 18 in Salt Lake City, UT: "21st Annual Towards An Electronic Patient Health Record (TEPR) Conference & Exhibition 2005" www.medrecinst.com/conferences/tepr/2005.
May 23 (TBA): "Incorporating Ethics Into Your Compliance Program" (HCCA) www.hcca-info.com.
May 23 - 26 in Baltimore: "14 Annual WEDI National Conference" (Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange) www.wedi.org.
May 25 (12:45 - 2:00 PM EST) "Are We There Yet? Auditing your HIPAA Security Program" (Audio conference; SHARP Workgroup and CMS) Call 877-203-0044 and use ID number 4978453. www.sharpworkgroup.com.
May 25 in Chicago: "Turning Theory Into Practice: The Next Steps for e-HIM" (American Health Information Manage ment Association) www.ahima.org/infocenter/ehim/ehimmeetinghome.cfm.
Health Information Compliance Alert
- SECURITY:
3 PROVEN METHODS TO PUT THE BRAKES ON SECURITY BREACHES
Train staff members to deal with violations before PHI winds up in the wrong hands
A [...] - COMPLIANCE STRATEGIES:
RELY ON YOUR SANCTIONS POLICY TO MITIGATE PHI LEAKS
The sanctions you impose could determine your patients' reactions to inappropriate disclosures
Scenario: A staff member [...] - SANCTIONS TOOL:
PUT YOUR SANCTIONS SAVVY TO THE TEST
Don't wait for a violation to test your ability to effectively use your sanctions policy [...] - CONFERENCE CALENDAR CORNER
May brings more than spring flowers - check out these informative events! May 2 - [...] - PRIVACY:
EXPERT TIPS TO HELP YOU COVER YOUR BILL-COLLECTION BASES
Use our checklist to ensure your collector's compliance
The last thing you need to worry about [...] - ENFORCEMENT:
LAX SECURITY RULE POLICIES COULD COST YOU BIG
Here's the scoop on the new proposed enforcement rule
If you're basing your security rule compliance [...] - Privacy Rule Compliance Update
Now that the security rule has taken effect, are you wondering how privacy rule compliance [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
SIGN UP TO PROTECT PATIENT PRIVACY
Question: We would like patients to write down their date of birth or the last [...] - READER QUESTIONS:
TURN YOUR STORAGE VENDORS INTO BUSINESS ASSOCIATES
Question: We want to house our paper records with an offsite storage vendor. We would [...] - HEALTH INFORMATION NEWS
WARN YOUR BAs TO BEEF UP SECURITY
Your business associates' security measures must be top notch [...]