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This e-mail newsletter offers one in-depth tip every two weeks on how to train your health care staff on HIPAA compliance.

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HIPAA Training Advisor

Issue 25, December 27, 2007

• Ensure your HIPAA training reflects real-life scenarios: Policies should address digital images, Internet sites, flash drives, and more

  Ensure your HIPAA training reflects real-life scenarios: Policies should address digital images...

Issue 24, December 13, 2007

• Take extra precautions to protect EHR security and confidentiality

  Take extra precautions to protect EHR security and confidentiality

Issue 23, November 29, 2007

• Make sense of the privacy rights of minors: Murky areas surround disclosures

  Make sense of the privacy rights of minors: Murky areas surround disclosures

Issue 22, November 15, 2007

• Healthcare entities to face random OIG security audits

  Healthcare entities to face random OIG security audits

Issue 21, October 29, 2007

• How to handle an OCR investigation and other patient complaints

  How to handle an OCR investigation and other patient complaints

Issue 20, October 18, 2007

• Respond to a breach: Quick action can mitigate damage

  Respond to a breach: Quick action can mitigate damage

Issue 19, October 4, 2007

• Improve your HIPAA policies and procedures: Make necessary updates to ensure HIPAA compliance

  Improve your HIPAA policies and procedures: Make necessary updates to ensure HIPAA compliance

Issue 18, September 20, 2007

• Revisit your facility’s incident response plan: Minimize costs and ensure compliance

  Revisit your facility’s incident response plan: Minimize costs and ensure compliance

Issue 17, September 6, 2007

• Manage subpoenas with a clear legal record definition

  Manage subpoenas with a clear legal record definition

Issue 16, August 23, 2007

• Domestic abuse complicates PHI disclosure rules

  Domestic abuse complicates PHI disclosure rules

Issue 15, July 26, 2007

• Watch for NPI pitfalls and database flaws

  Watch for NPI pitfalls and database flaws: Information gaps and missing links cause trouble

• Make HIPAA work for you: Take a customer service angle for better PR

  Make HIPAA work for you: Take a customer service angle for better PR

Issue 14, July 12, 2007

• Build HIPAA into your overall compliance program

  Build HIPAA into your overall compliance program

• Build HIPAA into your overall compliance program

  Build HIPAA into your overall compliance program

Issue 13, June 28, 2007

• The OCR on enforcement: Patients' rights get priority

  Patients have consistently complained to the OCR that they're having trouble accessing their...

Issue 12, June 14, 2007

• Clear up the confusion surrounding minors' privacy

  Minors' privacy rights are a confusing aspect of HIPAA because they involve a tangle of state and...

Issue 11, June 1, 2007

• Ensure compliance in the long-term care setting

  All covered entities face the task of HIPAA compliance. However, long-term care (LTC) facilities...

Issue 10, May 17, 2007

• Spice up your HIPAA training sessions

  When Glennda Gore was working to develop an additional training session about HIPAA for her...

Issue 8, April 19, 2007

• Ensure compliance in the long-term care setting

  All covered entities face the task of HIPAA compliance. However, long-term care facilities (LTCs...

• Focus your amendment process on accurate information, patient satisfaction

  Section 164.526(a)(1) of the privacy rule gives patients the right to amend their PHI. But HIPAA...

Issue 7, April 5, 2007

• Define your mailings to ensure compliance

  Sending patients appointment reminders or other common mailings may seem like such a simple task...

Issue 6, March 22, 2007

• Refocus your physician training efforts

  It isn't news that many physicians are busy and uninterested in HIPAA-which can make training them...

Issue 5, March 8, 2007

• Rely on minimum necessary when confronted with acquaintances' PHI

  Although the privacy rule has made employees more cognizant of how to behave professionally in the...

Issue 4, February 22, 2007

• The training game: Find creative ways to increase awareness, understanding

  You can only give the same PowerPoint presentation so many times. With all the training staff...