MHA 690: HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION & CAPSTONEPROFESSOR: JEFFERY TASK

By: Charlotte AustinAugust 30, 2016

Introduction

• Mandatory annual training on confidentiality practices and procedures to prevent HIPPA violation.

• Training material will include• HIPPA Rules& Regulations Handbook • Training Material: Ways to prevent HIPPA Occurrences• Overview of Disciplinary Actions

• Annual HIPPA Training

HIPPA Rules & Regulations

The HIPAA Rules are flexible and scalable to accommodate the enormous range in types and sizes of entities that must comply with them. This

means that there is no single standardized program that could appropriately train employees

of all entities (HHS.gov).  

Learning Outcomes:

The ability to define HIPPA (Privacy Rule)Addresses the use and disclosure of individual health information, by organizations subject to the Privacy Rule, for covered entities to understand and control how patient information is to be disseminated and used.

How to avoid violationsOne can avoid violations by ensuring the confidentiality of patients records and NOT release any information without a signed consent form.

Training Schedule Yearly

To view the entire Rule, and for other additional helpful information about how it applies visit : http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hippa

What is Confidentiality

The principle of medical ethics that a patient reveals to a medical provider that is private and limits how this

information can be used and disclosed to a third party.

Who is Covered by the Privacy RuleHealth Plans

Individual or Group health plans that provide or pay the expense of medical care.

Health Care ProvidersAny health care provider, who electronically transmits health information.

Health Care ClearinghouseEntities that process nonstandard information they receive from another entity into a standard.

What Information is ProtectedProtected Health Information (PHI)

Any individual’s identifiable health information of any form.

• The provision of healthcare• The past, present, or future physical or mental health conditions• The past, present, or future payments for the provision of health care to the individual

Source: http://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/privacysummary.pdf

Facilitated Trainings

• Annual Courses• Online Seminars• Mock Trainings• Introduce, Instruct, Observe and Test Adherence to rules

and regulations• Consequences: Enforcement & Penalties for

Noncompliance

Ways Leadership Can Assist• Allowable time for learning

• Put safeguards in place to protect the employee and organization

• Create competency measures to ensure HIPPA proficiency

References• http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hippa

• Fox News. (2008) Report: Over 120 UCLA Hospital staff saw celebrity health records. Retrieved from http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398787,00.html

• Wolper, L., (2011), Health Care Administration: Managing Organized Delivery Systems (5th ed),Boston: Jones and Bartlett Publishing