HIPAA Compliance for Dental Practices

Why Should You Attend:

If your dental needs to understand how to put HIPAA compliance program in place or make sure the current program is adequate and can withstand government scrutiny, please join us for this informative and interactive session.

This webinar will cover the implementation specifications pertaining to administrative, technical and physical safeguards that must be in place under the Security Rule along with overall best security practices for PHI. The HIPAA Privacy Rule as it pertains to patient’s rights, access to medical records, disclosures and best practices to safeguard personal health information will be covered. The webinar will explain how HIPAA breaches occur and look at specific dental practice case examples. Suggestions will be provided on how to create a culture of compliance within your practice.

Areas Covered in the Webinar:

• Understanding what are the HIPAA Security and Privacy Rules
• Understanding the entire HIPAA compliance process; from the start to ongoing requirements
• What is a HIPAA Risk Assessment?
• What are HIPAA training requirements?
• What is a HIPAA data breach, how to avoid one, and what happens if one does occurs
• How to create a Culture of Compliance in your dental practice

Who Will Benefit:

• Dental Office Managers
• Dental Practice Management Consultants
• HIPAA Privacy Officer
• HIPAA Security Officer
• Practice Managers
• Information Systems Manager
• Chief Information Officer
• General Counsel/lawyer
• Office Managers

Jay Hodes
President, Colington Consulting HIPAA Compliance Services

Jay Hodes is a leading expert in HIPAA compliance and President of Colington Consulting. His company provides HIPAA consulting services for healthcare providers and business associates. Mr. Hodes has over 30 years of combined experience in risk assessments, site security evaluation, regulatory compliance, policy and procedures assessments, and Federal law enforcement management. He is the former Assistant Inspector General for Investigations at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Mr. Hodes has been the keynote speaker and provided presentations regarding HIPAA compliance and patient privacy to many professional healthcare organizations. He has published over 40 educational articles regarding HIPAA compliance, been featured in Part B News articles, the Report on Patient Privacy, provided a guest post in the Electronic Health Reporter, interviewed and provided comments to Hospital Access Management regarding HIPAA privacy issues resulting from the Orlando mass shooting incident, and interviewed twice by Renal & Urology News and the Virtru.com blog regarding HIPAA requirements and safeguards, and interviewed by PracticeSuite EMR as part of their Expert Interview Series.

Mr. Hodes is a member of the American Institute of Healthcare Compliance, Health Care Compliance Association, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, American Society for Industrial Security, the Practice Management Association of Northern Virginia, Health Technology Forum- Washington, DC, and the Health and Medical Technology Innovation Roundtable at George Mason University.

Mr. Hodes is certified by the New Jersey Board of Dentistry and the Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners to provide continuing education classes in HIPAA compliance. In his free time, Mr. Hodes is a volunteer for Lab Rescue of the Labrador Retriever Club of the Potomac and the non-profit organization, Outer Banks Sporting Events.

Topic Background:

According to the American Dental Association (ADA), “if a dental practice is a covered entity, the practice will need to take steps to comply, starting with the appointments of a HIPAA Privacy Official and a HIPAA Security Official.” Understanding HIPAA compliance requirements is critical for any dental practice regardless of size. Being in compliance with HIPAA involves not only ensuring you provide the appropriate patient rights and controls on your uses and disclosures of protected health information, but you also have the proper policies and procedures in place.

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