Looking to increase your knowlege of privacy issues related to HIPAA.
HCAF is offering the 
following webinar addressing these issues.
Privacy Issues in Home Health
April 12, 2012, at 1:00-2:00 pm Eastern Time
Purpose: Update on the status of current regulations and expectations for privacy under HIPAA and HITECH. This session will focus on recent changes and the practical problems created by electronic medical records and communications. Participants will review and discuss current hot spots, regulatory issues and items that are focused on by regulations. Additional topics will include employee training and practical solutions to problems that occur including social media concerns, facebook and portable devices.
Register now to reserve your spot!
https://m360.homecarefla.org/event.aspx?eventID=47655
Speaker:
JO ELLEN WHITNEY is a senior shareholder of the Davis law firm, having obtained her degrees (B.A., magna cum laude, and J.D.) from Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Jo practices primarily in the areas of labor and employment law, healthcare law, privacy, and fair housing.
In the area of labor and employment, Jo assists businesses with policy and contract development, human resources planning, disciplinary and termination issues as well as regulatory compliance and litigation matters.
Jo works extensively in the field of health law, privacy and confidentiality issues. Jo is the author of multiple editions of Iowa Guide to Medical Records and is a regular speaker on issues relating to long-term care, the provision of medical services, medical practitioners and privacy. Jo has worked and medical staffing, credentialing and privileging matters, as well as consent and risk analysis in the health care area.
Jo works with clients regarding fair housing compliance in the construction, rental and sale phases of housing, apartments and condominiums.
CEUs are not offered.
Webinar Registration Rates
HCAF Member Rates $65
HCAF Prospective Member Rates $115
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has just scheduled the dates for two training webinars to help hospices prepare for mandatory Hospice Quality Reporting Program requirements, including data collection during the final quarter of calendar year 2012 (Oct. 1 through Dec. 31, 2012) and data submission in 2013.
The webinars will contain identical content and will be conducted on:
- April 11, 2012 from 1-2:30 pm EST, and
- April 19, 2012 from 3-4:30 pm EST
The webinars will be recorded and will be made available along with associated slides after the trainings.
The webinars will cover the:
- Structural/QAPI measure, and
- NQF #0209 Pain Measure
These measures are required for data collection in 2012, data submission in 2013, and will impact hospice’s annual payment update for FY 2014.
Directions on how to register for the webinar will be posted on the
Hospice Quality Reporting -- Spotlight and Announcements page by the end of March.
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