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OVERVIEW The basic provisions of privacy for protected health informationare well known in HIPAA.   Exceptions abound for various law enforcement purposes as applied to both the federal and state government and its law enforcement activities, including criminal and civil matters.  Erase the uncertainty and doubt that exists when the health care practitioner is confronted with a police demand for information. What can you release?  To whom?  Do you have to notify the patient?  Should you notify the patient?  What must you document as a permitted disclosure when the police call?  Find out in this informative webinar that arms you with a fuller knowledge of the HIPAA privacy exceptions for law enforcement purposes. This webinar answers the advanced questions:  What power does the state have to use a HIPAA exception to confidentiality?  How does one comply with a request?  What records are obtained that apply to a civil or to a crim...

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...

OVERVIEW This HIPAA & Privacy Act Training covers confidentialitybeyond the privacy and other protections required by HIPAA.   An in-depth overview of medical records keeping starts this webinar examining the state law sources and even contractual requirements of medical record keeping. The webinar proceeds to review exceptions to confidentiality that is most frequently encountered by mental health professionals who practice in a high-risk setting where the consequences of a misstep can be very high. For many years now, HIPAA has provided a federal right to privacy for patient medical records, including mental health records.   However, fearing issues not with federal mandates but with state laws, the mental health care practitioner must know and comply with individual state laws and ethics governing the confidentiality of client information in the context of a doctor-patient relationship.  This is apart and beyond the technical components of HIPAA. HIP...

OVERVIEW This HIPAA & Privacy Act Training covers confidentiality beyond the privacy and other protections required by HIPAA.  An in-depth overview of medical records keeping starts this webinar examining the state law sources and even contractual requirements of medical record keeping. The webinar proceeds to review exceptions to confidentiality that is most frequently encountered by mental health professionals who practice in a high-risk setting where the consequences of a misstep can be very high. For many years now, HIPAA has provided a federal right to privacy for patient medical records, including mental health records.   However, fearing issues not with federal mandates but with state laws, the mental health care practitioner must know and comply with individual state laws and ethics governing the confidentiality of client information in the context of a doctor-patient relationship.  This is apart and beyond the technical components of HIPAA. HI...

OVERVIEW The basic provisions of privacy for protected health informationare well known in HIPAA.   Exceptions abound for various law enforcement purposes as applied to both the federal and state government and its law enforcement activities, including criminal and civil matters.  Erase the uncertainty and doubt that exists when the health care practitioner is confronted with a police demand for information. What can you release?  To whom?  Do you have to notify the patient?  Should you notify the patient?  What must you document as a permitted disclosure when the police call?  Find out in this informative webinar that arms you with a fuller knowledge of the HIPAA privacy exceptions for law enforcement purposes. This webinar answers the advanced questions:  What power does the state have to use a HIPAA exception to confidentiality?  How does one comply with a request?  What records are obtained that apply to a civil or to a crimi...