Cindy Groux, CHBME/Board Member at HBMA and CEO, President and Owner of Health Care Practice Management, will address new CPT codes for 2021 to include prolonged services and clinical staff services, documentation changes to reduce the administrative burden, decreased needs for audits and how to promote coding consistency, and new rules for time billing.
HIPAA in the time of COVID-19: Recent updates and enforcement actions
Rachel V. Rose, JD, MBA, principal with Rachel V. Rose – Attorney at Law, P.L.L.C., Houston, TX presents. Throughout the pandemic, HHS-OCR has announced the use of its enforcement discretion when bringing forth HIPAA-related enforcement actions. This trend appears to be continuing as the vaccine roles out. Additionally, proposed changes to the Privacy Rule were released in December 2020 and OCR continues to enforce violations against providers for not providing a patient with his/her medical records. This presentation provides a timely overview of these items, as well as addressing key terms such “reasonable” and “good faith” in the context of protecting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of protected health information.
Big Data & False Claims Act Risk Due to COVID-19
Stephen Bittinger, partner with K&L Gates in the firm’s Charleston office and a member of the health care/FDA practice group, is presenting with us on the brief history of use of big data in investigating and proving False Claims Act liability. He will offer an explanation of the government agencies and contractors involved in gathering health care data for investigation of fraud and abuse. We will look into the increased risk of fraud investigations due to regulatory changes implemented in response to COVID-19, and give practical ways to use data to reduce risk of investigation and liability.
Securing Your Data Analytics Program
Presented by Feisal Nanji, CEO and Executive Director at Techumen LLC. We are moving to a Data-based quality care where vast amounts of data move at high speeds with little to no governance of the data. This presentation will discuss key controls for data analytics, identify potential threats, and balancing risks versus rewards.
Healthcare’s Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Imperative
Catherine Short converses with Bob Chaput, Founder and Executive Chairman of the Board of Clearwater, a provider of healthcare compliance and cyber risk management software and consulting services, on the topic of “Healthcare’s Enterprise Cyber Risk Management Imperative.” Healthcare organizations continue to see escalating numbers of cyberattacks. It is no longer a matter of if your organization will be targeted, but when. What is at stake? Everything.
What’s Your Nightmare? Cyber-Attacks During the COVID Public Health Emergency
Iliana L. Peters, Shareholder at Polsinelli, presented What’s your nightmare? Cyber-attacks during the COVID public health emergency at the Virtual HIPAA Privacy and Security Summit 2020 on November 12
Q&A: Vendor Management In Healthcare: The High Cost of Failing to Triage Your Vendors
Rebecca L. Rakoski, co-founder and managing partner at XPAN Law Group, presented the webinar Vendor Management In Healthcare: The High Cost of Failing to Triage Your Vendors on November 5. In anticipation of this webinar, Rebecca answered many commonly asked questions on our blog.
Updates on Data Privacy Regulations
Rebecca L. Rakoski is the co-founder and managing partner at XPAN Law Group, a boutique law firm focusing exclusively on all aspects of the law that involve the transfer and sharing of data including, cybersecurity, data privacy, and electronic discovery. She will lead the presentation Updates on Data Privacy Regulations at the upcoming Virtual HIPAA Privacy and Security Summit 2020 on November 12.
Q&A: Why are Security & Governance for Health Data Analytics Vital?
Feisal Nanji, CEO and Executive Director at Techumen LLC, will present a two-part webinar series. Register for the first webinar, Why are Security & Governance for Health Data Analytics Vital?, on October 6 at 1 pm ET and the second webinar, Securing Your Data Analytics Program, on December 15th at 12 pm ET. In anticipation of this webinar, Feisal answered many commonly asked questions on our blog.
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