3-Hr Virtual Training: What to Expect in a Federal HIPAA Audit and How to Avoid an Audit Altogether

Why Should You Attend:

• Are you on the hot seat for a HIPAA audit? How do you know?
• Are you prepared to protect your practice or business?
• What factors might spurn a HIPAA audit? Are you doing these things?

This webinar will go over steps to take to avoid an audit or survive an audit. The instructor will thoroughly explain how patients can now get cash remedies for wrongful disclosures of private health information (which leads to more audits).

The session will address how practice/business managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order as HIPAA is now fully enforced and the government is not using kid gloves any more. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2016 and beyond.

With the growing number of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates these days, this webinar will help attendees identify ways to limit those risks by simply taking proactive steps and utilizing best practices.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• HIPAA audit process
• Risk factors
• How to avoid an audit
• Things to look out for as a business associate
• Fines
• Myths vs realities
• Portable devices
• Emailing and texting
• Business associates and the increased burden
• Breach notification

Who Will Benefit:

• Practice managers
• MDs and other medical professionals
• 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.)

Instructor Profile:

Brian Tuttle is a Certified Professional in Health IT (CPHIT), Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP), Certified Business Resilience Auditor (CBRA) with over 17 years’ experience in health IT and compliance consulting. Mr. Tuttle has worked all of those 15 years with MAG Mutual Healthcare Solutions and is now senior compliance consultant and IT manager with InGauge Healthcare Solutions (previously MAG Mutual Healthcare Solutions). He is well known and highly regarded in medical circles throughout the United States and has served as expert witness in multiple legal trials relating to HIPAA. Mr. Tuttle has a Master’s Degree in Health Sciences from Georgia State University.

He provides consulting services for: HIPAA Security/Privacy auditing, comprehensive NIST based risk assessments with mitigation, HIPAA awareness training and certification, custom written policies and procedures, public speaking, specialized HIPAA training, subject matter writing, HIPAA consulting and certification for proprietary software companies, and business continuity (disaster recovery) planning and consulting.

With vast experience in health IT systems (i.e. practice management/EMR systems, imaging, transcription, medical messaging, etc.) as well as over 17 years’ experience in standard health IT with multiple certifications and hands-on knowledge, Mr. Tuttle has conducted onsite risk assessments for over 500 medical practices, hospitals, and business associates throughout the United States.

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