HIPAA for Medical Office Staff

• What is HIPAA? 
• What is Portability? 
• What is Accountability? 
• HITECH and Omnibus Final Rule 
• Who Must Abide by HIPAA Rules? 
• HIPAA Covered Entity 
• Business Associates 
• Expanded Definition of Business Associate 
• Business Associate Agreement 
• Things to Consider within an Office 
• HIPAA Privacy Rule 
• Permitted Use and Disclosure of PHI 
• Authorized Use and Disclosure of PHI 
• Incidental Use and Disclosure of PHI 
• “Minimum Necessary” Principal 
• Notice of Privacy Practices 
• Individual Access to PHI 
• ONC Cures Act Final Rule (*Includes 2021/2022 Update*) 
• CMS Final Rule (*Includes 2021/2022 Update*) 
• More Individual Rights Under the Privacy Rule 
• Administrative Requirements for Privacy Rule Compliance 
• State Law and the Privacy Rule 
• Personal Representatives and Minors Under the Privacy Rule 
• Privacy Rule and Decedents 
• Privacy Rule and Student Disclosures 
• Additional Privacy Considerations within the Office 
• HIPAA Security Rule 
• What Security Measures Must be Used? 
• Administrative Safeguards 
• Physical Safeguards 
• Technical Safeguards 
• Privacy and Security for Mobile Devices 
• Transaction and Code Set Standards 
• Unique Identifiers Rule 
• HIPAA Breach Notification 
• Breach Notification and Risk Assessment 
• Breach Notification Rule – Exceptions 
• Breach Notification Rule and Unsecured PHI 
• Breach Notification Requirements – Media 
• Breach Notification Requirements – Individual 
• Breach Notification Requirements – Secretary 
• Burden of Proof for Breach Notification 
• Real Life HIPAA Violations and Breaches 
• HIPAA Enforcement Rule 
• Enforcement Rule and Civil Money Penalties 
• Defenses and Waivers for CMP 
• Recent Updates to HIPAA – Opioid Crisis 

• Recent Updates to HIPAA – Cloud Computing 

• What HIPAA legislation is for 
• How to comply with changes to HIPAA implemented by the Omnibus Final Rule 
• Key elements of the Privacy, Security, and Enforcement Rule 
• The Breach Notification process 
• How HIPAA affects your role in a Medical Office setting 

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