Ongoing HIPAA Compliance

For clinicians and staff already familiar with the basic requirements of HIPAA, this advanced training focuses on identifying and fixing blind spots, assessing risks associated with new technologies, and compliance areas where many covered entities struggle. Specific attention is given to recent stories of HIPAA enforcement, and the lessons we all can take from those stories.

1.5 hours CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 1.5 hours

CE CREDITS: 1.50 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Advanced

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 2/29/21

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify at least two “blind spots” for HIPAA compliance in their own practices
• Apply at least two lessons from an HHS Audit Report to improve privacy practices
• List at least three key tasks related to the adoption of a new technology in practice
• Describe at least three significant areas of recent HIPAA enforcement

1. Contextualizing
   1. This course is advanced
   2. Reminders
2. Adopting new technologies
   1. Risk analysis
   2. Implementation
3. Identifying blind spots
   1. Hardware
   2. Software
   3. People
   4. Fixing blind spots
4. December 2020 HHS HIPAA Audit Report
   1. Background
   2. Key takeaways
5. Enforcement stories