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1 What do you need to know?

2 DISCLAIMER Please note that the information provided is to inform our clients and friends of recent HIPAA and HITECH act developments. It is not intended, nor should it be used, as a substitute for specific legal advice

3 HIPAA Regula,ons What do you need to know? Rate your practice s current compliance. Are you HIPAA Compliant right now? Privacy Rule compliance requirements Security Rule compliance requirements Breach notifications requirements Documentation Audits

4 Recent Breaches in the News Recent Breaches and their Costs! Experts: Lack of HIPAA basics cost BCBST $18.5 million Basic compliance 101 policies, training, monitoring, and risk assessments may have saved Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) millions, experts say. Instead, the health insurer agreed to a $1.5 million settlement with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) over potential HIPAA security violations and spent another $17 million in breach response costs. In the fall of 2009, BCBST reported to OCR that 57 unencrypted computer hard drives were stolen from a leased facility in Tennessee. The hard drives contained protected health information (PHI) for more than one million individuals, including member names, Social Security numbers, diagnosis codes, birthdates, and health plan identification numbers.

5 WHY SHOULD I CARE? OCR's investigation of Phoenix Cardiac Surgery PC (2 physician practice) pcsurgery_agreement.pdf failed to implement adequate policies and procedures to appropriately safeguard patient information; failed to document that it trained any employees on its policies and procedures on the Privacy and Security Rules; failed to identify a security official and conduct a risk analysis failed to obtain business associate agreements with Internet- based and calendar services where the provision of the service included storage of and access to its ephi. Corrective Action Plan required Penalty - $100,000 Reputation Impact?

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7 OCR Findings from Does your practice have a Designated HIPAA Privacy Officer? Failure to demonstrate adequate policies and procedures or safeguards to address response and reporting of security incidents Security awareness and training Access controls Information access management Work station security

8 HIPAA Privacy Rule 45 CFR Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and E. Designate a HIPAA Privacy Officer Update your Notice of Privacy Practices privacy/hipaa/understanding/coveredentities/contractprov.html New additional patient rights related to Privacy of their information and their access to it. Conduct Compliance Audits Conduct Annual Training of Staff on Privacy Rule policies and procedures Document all disclosures according to the Privacy Rule.

9 HIPAA Security Rule 45 CFR Part 160 and Part 164, Subparts A and E. Accountability, Penalty, and Persecution for disclosure of/access to ephi Protecting ephi at rest, in transit, and in destruction. Breach Reporting Auditing 3 sets of Safeguards (standards) Administrative Physical Technical

10 BREACH NOTIFICATION RULE HITECH ACT SECTION Definition of a Breach. A breach is, generally, an impermissible use or disclosure under the Privacy Rule that compromises the security or privacy of the protected health information such that the use or disclosure poses a significant risk of financial, reputational, or other harm to the affected individual. Requirements Following a breach of unsecured protected health information covered entities must provide notification of the breach to affected individuals, the Secretary of HHS and, in certain circumstances, to the media. In addition, Business Associates must now notify covered entities of a breach if it occurred due to their actions or processes.

11 BREACH NOTIFICATION RULE Individual Notice - within 60 days of breach First class mail Include description of the breach, description of the data involved, Protective steps for individuals, an action plan to resolve, mitigate and prevent further breaches. For unknown or out of date information on affected individuals. Notification should be done via an announcement on Covered Entities Website or in local media where the affected individual resides. Media Notice - within 60 days of breach For Breaches of more than 500 patients Include description of the breach, description of the data involved, Protective actions for individuals, Action plan to resolve, mitigate and prevent further breaches.

12 BREACH NOTIFICATION RULE Notice to Secretary of Health and Human Services For breaches of less than 500 individuals File a report on HHS website annually For breaches of more than 500 individuals File a report on the HHS website within 60 of the breach. Notification by Business Associates Business Associates required to notify the Covered Entity upon discovery of any breach within 60 days Business associate should provide the covered entity with the identification of each individual affected by the breach as well as any information required to be provided by the covered entity in its notification to affected individuals

13 DocumentaUon HIPAA Privacy Rule Policies and Procedures Accounting of disclosures Notice of Privacy Practices Record of periodic workforce training HIPAA Security Rule Policies and Procedures Documentation of periodic risk assessments Record of Security Audits Record of periodic workforce training

14 AudiUng Need to have written policies and procedures stating how often and what you will be monitoring, reviewing Audit Logs Access Reports Security incident tracking reports. Documentation of user access roles and granting/ revocation of access upon termination or change in user role.

15 HIPAA Audits Protocol audit/protocol.html 78 Privacy Rule Audit protocols 77 Security Rule Audit protocols 10 Breach Notification Rule Audit protocols

16 A Few Last Thoughts Form a TEAM at your practice, Include one member from each area, Providers, Nursing, Billing, front desk Perform a Risk Assessment to identify how ephi is created, used, transmitted, and disposed of. Designated a HIPAA Privacy and Security Officer Create and Maintain Updated policies and procedures Develop and document your practice s Breach Notification procedures Periodically monitor your systems (Audit) Consider encryption if you need to ephi

17 Resources HIPAA Privacy Rule index.html HIPAA Security Rule index.html HIPAA Breach Notification Rule breachnotificationrule/index.html HIPAA Audit Protocols protocol.html HIPAA Consultants (education, training, consulting) HCPRO Blogs - ecfirst - Clearwater Compliance -

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