Surviving a Security Audit: Utilizing the OCR Protocols to conduct a Mock Survey - Webinar By MentorHealth

Overview: In this presentation we will discuss the objectives of the HIPAA/HITECH Security Audit, How to accomplish this Audit, How to report within the organization, the fines and penalties that could occur, what steps you can take to document your compliance and the roles and responsibilities within your organization. 

Why should you attend: Organizations must be prepared to meet the HIPAA Requirements. OCR has issued fines and organizations have agreed to comprehensive corrective action plan to correct deficiencies discovered through an audit process. These fines have been in the millions of dollars, organizations have faced damage to their reputations and the organizations have to implement corrective action plans. 

Fortunately OCR has provided the protocol that utilized to evaluate organizations in the past. This Webinar will show you where to find the protocol and more importantly how to use this protocol to assess your own organization for HIPAA compliance. 

HIPAA requires an evaluation of your policies and procedures use the tool they would use to evaluate you. By identifying your Gaps, an organization can create plans based on risks to minimize the impact of an Audit. Prepare today as if you are going to be audited tomorrow. 

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Objectives of the HIPAA Audit
• Steps to Compliance
• Administrative, Technical and Physical Safeguards overview
• HIPAA Evaluation
• Compliance Monitoring (Not a one time event)
• What to learn from previous Reviews
• What documents you may need to produce
• The fines and Penalties that have been assessed to other organizations
• A review of a sample corrective action plan
• Roles and responsibilities within your organization
• The Three words to surviving an audit: Document, Document and Document.

Who Will Benefit:

• Information Security Officers
• Compliance Officers
• Chief Information Officers

William Miaoulis CISA, CISM, is a senior healthcare information system (IS) professional with more than 20 years of healthcare Information Security experience. Bill is the founder and primary consultant for HSP Associates. Prior to starting HSP Associates in January of 2013, Bill was the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) and led the HIPAA security and privacy consulting efforts for Phoenix Health Systems for over 11 years and also was the HIPAA Consulting Manager for SAIC for 18 months. For seven years, Miaoulis was the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center’s Information Security Officer, where he instituted the first security and privacy programs at UAB starting in October 1992. 

Miaoulis contributes to the industry by frequently speaking at conferences on security matters, including recent sessions on Risk Analysis/Risk Management, Creating and Implementing Effective Security Policies, Understanding the HIPAA Security Rule, and Creating Effective Security Incident Response Procedures. Miaoulis has been interviewed and quoted by numerous publications including: SC Magazine, Health Data Management, Briefings on Healthcare Security, Computerworld; and Health Information Compliance Insider. Miaoulis has worked with AHIMA to produce the book “Preparing for a HIPAA Security Compliance Assessment” and also has worked on updating the AHIMA Security Practice Briefs.


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