DESCRIPTION:
If
your organization is like most health and managed care organizations,
there were few existing policies that readily met HIPAA requirements as
spelled out in the regulations.
But,
policies and procedures surrounding patient privacy and confidentiality
and information security are the foundation of your organization's
program of HIPAA implementation and compliance.
April,
2003, is right around the corner. And, your organization's system-wide
policies and procedures dealing with HIPAA are required under the law.
Under
§ 164.530, the regulation's administrative requirements, a
"covered entity must implement policies and procedures with respect to
protected health information that are designed to comply with the
standards, implementation specifications, or other requirements" of the
HIPAA regulations. "The policies and procedures must be reasonably
designed, taking into account the size of and the type of activities
that relate to protected health information undertaken by the covered
entity, to ensure such compliance," the rules state.
To
help you insure that your organization is on track to meet the policy
and procedure requirements by next April, a special audio conference, "Developing Your Organization's HIPAA Policies and Procedures Under the Final HIPAA Rules," has been recorded on CD-ROM.
Even
if you are reasonably confident that your organization's policies and
procedures are now in or will be compliant with the regulation's
requirements, it may make good business sense to listen in to make sure
your P&P's are consistent with HIPAA mandates.
And,
because every organization is unique, there are no "cookie-cutter"
models that you can rely on to help you deal with covered entity
requirements.
SPECIAL AUDIO CONFERENCE:
"Developing Your Organization's HIPAA Policies and Procedures Under the Final HIPAA Rules," sponsored by HIPAA Bulletin for Management
"Developing Your Organization's HIPAA Policies and Procedures Under the Final HIPAA Rules"
makes it easy for you to gather your key executives or management team
for this recorded conference. The presentations will focus on what your
organization should be doing now.
The goal of this special presentation is to provide help in meeting HIPAA policy and procedure requirements.
SPEAKERS:
- Stephen Bernstein, Esq., McDermott, Will & Emery
- Miriam Paramore, president and CEO, Paramore Consulting, Inc.
PROGRAM AGENDA:
Among the topics the speakers will cover during the program are:
- Update on Status of HIPAA and its Implementing Regulations
- Organizing Your HIPAA Policy and Procedure Implementation
- Policies and Procedures Documentation: Why It Matters and How It Can Be Done Cost Effectively
- Educating and Training Your Staff on Your Own Policies and Procedures
- What you need to consider in the development of new privacy policies and procedures that need to be in place by next April
- How each department that deals with PHI must create the procedures on who uses such information
- What changes, if any, you may need to make to your existing policies and procedures to make them HIPAA compliant
Managed
care executives, health insurance plan executives, hospitals and other
health care organizations need to know what is required in developing
or maintaining their policies and procedures to be HIPAA compliant.
WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM THE CD-ROM:
CEOs, COOs, CIOs, privacy officers, vice presidents, HIPAA compliance
officers, operations executives, HIPAA task force members, executive
directors, team leaders, planners, business development, product
managers, sales executives and marketers, knowledge managers and
strategic and implementation consultants, laboratories, pharmaceutical
companies, clearinghouses, physician practice management company
executives, medical device manufacturers, and healthcare technology
companies.
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