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HIPAA privacy rule was enacted more than a decade ago and health organizations, ever since, are putting consistent efforts to ensure that the health information remains private and secure. The HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) regulations are vast and complex at places and healthcare organizations require a thorough understanding and substantial effort to maintain compliance. Consequently, many organizations, especially the smaller hospitals and physician practices, often fail to keep up with the requirements and land into hefty fines for HIPAA violation. In some healthcare organizations, the staff does not understand who exactly is in charge of maintaining the compliance and in others they ignore the gaps in the procedures believing it to be a low-risk area. HIPAA violations can lead to major financial and reputation damage and this calls for identifying and analyzing the  HIPAA compliance  gaps and working towards closing them. HIPAA Gap Ana...

Stanley Nachimson Stanley Nachimson Principal of Nachimson Advisors Years of Experience:  25+ years Areas of Expertise:  Regulatory Interpretation and Implementation, and Health IT Implementation Stanley Nachimson  is principal of Nachimson Advisors, a health IT consulting firm dedicated to finding innovative uses for health information technology and encouraging its adoption. The firm serves a number of clients, including, the Cooperative Exchange, EHNAC, InstaMed, and the Pew Foundation. Stanley is focusing on assisting health care providers, vendors, and plans with regulatory interpretation and implementation, influencing HIT policy, and providing advice on HIT industry status and trends.  Stanley is the author of the authoritative paper on the cost of ICD-10 for physician practices. He served at CMS for over 30 years, with a focus on HIPAA and other HIT regulations during his last 10 years there.

HIPAA violations breaches could cost your organization thousands of dollars, in addition to damaging your reputation and relationship with your patients. Penalties for not complying with HIPAA rules are divided into two categories: Reasonable Cause and Willful Neglect. Fine for a HIPAA breach owing to reasonable cause ranges between $100 and $50,000 per incident and doesn’t include any jail time. However, in case of willful neglect, the fine ranges from$10,000 to $50,000 for each incident and could also lead to criminal charges. Even a small HIPAA violation on the part of a single employee could jeopardize the reputation of the entire organization.  Therefore, it’s important to ensure that your employees know how to comply with the regulations and work in accordance. Here are a few tips that could help you avoid common HIPAA violations. Keep Your Staff Educated And Updated The most important requisite for ensuring that your employees aren’t violating the HIPAA regulation i...

Penaltiesfor HIPAA Violations

OVERVIEW Discussions, presentation, and webinars regarding HIPAAregulations are usually addressed from the perspective of what the regulations entail, the necessity of compliance with the regulations, and the consequences of wilful neglect or non-compliance.   This presentation addresses HIPAA regulations from a different perspective – from a personal perspective – from the perspective of the person in charge of moving an organization or facility toward full compliance with HIPAA.  The by-product of this presentation will be both an understanding of, and a detailed job description for, a position mandated in the regulations – the HIPAA Security/Privacy Officer. HIPAA Regulations WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND The HIPAA regulations are numerous, complicated, often vague, and affect every person working in a healthcare facility.  Compliance with HIPAA will require a unique individual to lead the charge – an individual whose education, background, experience, a...