Description
Learn best practices on how to stay HIPAA compliant with your front desk staff.Since the coronavirus pandemic and as states continue to pass laws relating to individuals’ health data, it is critically important for front desk and frontline workers to have a practical, workable understanding of how HIPAA’s Privacy and Data Security standards apply. This webinar will take a rolebased look at some of the key activities performed by front desk healthcare employees and review opportunities for protecting patient privacy in routine and in unusual circumstances. Certified privacy officer Leslie Bender, an experienced HIPAA educator, will highlight HIPAA’s requirements in a practical, accessible way for the unique circumstances frontline health care workers face and the challenges the pandemic has brought to patients’ ‘front desk’ experiences.
Date: 2024-12-20 Start Time: End Time:
Learning Objectives
Assuring Our Working Knowledge of HIPAA Allows Frontline Workers to Navigate Point of Registration Topics Efficiently
• What Are the Patients Communication Preferences About Their Protected Health Information
• Patient Directory or Registry
• Furnishing the Notice of Privacy Practices
• Obtaining Direction From the Patient Regarding Which Friends and Family
• Emergency Circumstances
• Abuse, Neglect, Addiction, Reproductive Health or Other Unique Situations
• The Routine Reasons to Use and Disclose Patient Information
• Documenting Permission to Share• the HIPAA Compliant Authorization
• When May You Share Information About a Patient With the Patients Loved Ones, Co-Workers, or Friends
Evaluating the Significant Situations in Which Third Parties Are Asking for a Patients Protected Health Information
• Who Is a Patients Legal Representative and What Information May the Personal or Legal Representative Receive
• Business Associates Performing Services by and on Behalf of a Covered Entity
• The Minimum Necessary Rule and Operations and Payments Activities
• Behavioral Health Records, Psychotherapy Notes, and Addiction Treatment-Related Information
• Public Health Officials
• Emergency Transport, First Responders or Others Who May Be Exposed to COVID-19 When Transporting a Patient to a Hospitals Emergency Department
• Correctional Institutions
Responding Properly to Patients Requests for Access to All or a Portion of Their Protected Health Information
AHIMA ,Additional credit may be available upon request. Contact Lorman at 866-352-9540 for further information.
Leslie Bender, CIPP/US, CCCO, CCCA, IFCCE-Eversheds Sutherland (US)
