Prevent Identity Theft with Red Flags
Develop a Compliant Program for New Federal Mandate
Product Description:
A program for hospital and practice compliance administrators
Audio Conference on CD or Audio On-Demand
Sponsored by Briefings on HIPAA
presented on March 11, 2009
Do you have processes in place to prevent identity theft and secure patient information? On May 1, 2009, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will enforce a Red Flags requirement that lenders (in this case, hospitals and other healthcare organizations which extend credit or otherwise meet FTC criteria) implement a formal written policy that outlines how they intend to detect, mitigate, and prevent identity theft. This measure goes above and beyond HIPAA requirements, and the FTC has a reputation of being an aggressive enforcer of its laws.
May 1 is just around the corner
Discover what your facility needs to achieve compliance in HCPro's 90-minute audio conference Prevent Identity Theft with Red Flags: Develop a Compliant Program for New Federal Mandate. Healthcare privacy and security compliance experts John Parmigiani, MS, BES (John C. Parmigiani & Associates, LLC), and Kate Borten, CISSP, CISM (The Marblehead Group), detail the steps you should take immediately to prevent identity theft in your facility. Nearly every department should be involved, and you must be able to achieve board member buy-in, train registration staff members how to recognize potential red flags, and educate patients of their rights and obligations.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the conclusion of this audio conference, you will be able to:
- Develop an awareness of the vulnerabilities that foster patient identity theft and what to do to prevent and minimize them
- Identify the adverse impacts of noncompliance and/or patient identity theft
- Identify which organizations must comply with the Red Flags rules and what they must do to comply
- Explain why it is important to begin implementing an identity theft prevention program immediately
TAKE A LOOK AT THE AGENDA:
- The FTC Red Flags rules and identity theft/medical identity theft background
- Extent of the problem
- Variety of regulatory requirements for healthcare providers (e.g., Red flags rules, HIPAA, PCI DSS)
- The Red Flags rules
- To whom the Red Flags rules apply; whom the FTC considers to be creditors
- What the Red Flags rules require
- Who will enforce the Red Flags rules
- Steps to set up a compliant program by May 1, 2009
- Who needs to be involved
- How to get board buy-in
- Budget-friendly implementation strategies
- Training staff members and patients
- Technical requirements
- A question and answer session follows the presentation
BONUS TOOLS
In addition to the expertise and advice presented during this audio conference, you'll also receive a slide presentation of the program materials and:
- Best practices for safeguarding patient information
- Requirement guidelines
- URL for the full text of the rule (from Federal Register)
- Checklist/timeline of steps to take to become compliant with the Red Flag rules
- Sample identity theft prevention policy
These materials are provided with PDF links.
MEET THE SPEAKERS
John Parmigiani, MS, BES, president, John C. Parmigiani & Associates, LLC (Ellicott City, MD). Parmigiani's primary focus is on helping healthcare organizations become compliant with healthcare regulations, in particular HIPAA, and move toward e-health. He has more than 35 years experience in information systems management in both the public and private sectors. During his tenure as director of what is now CMS, Parmigiani was instrumental in helping create the Security Rule, and was a member of the federal committee that oversaw the development and implementation of the HIPAA Transactions and Code Sets and the Privacy Rule.
Kate Borten, CISSP, CISM, president, The Marblehead Group (Marblehead, MA). The Marblehead Group provides privacy and security assessments, regulatory compliance audits, and program development guidance to clients across the healthcare industry. Borten provides a unique combination of expertise in information security, privacy, and IT from more than 20 years inside healthcare. She is the former head of the enterprise-wide security program at the Massachusetts General Hospital, and four-year chair of HealthSec, the premier annual conference on information security in healthcare.
WHO SHOULD LISTEN?
Professionals in a hospital, ambulatory surgery center or physician practice, including the following titles and departments:
- Information security/privacy officer
- Compliance officer
- Risk management staff/officer
- Legal counsel
- HIM department manager
- Patient access manager
- Patient accounting and patient financial services
- Information technology
- Senior/mid-level management
- Business office
Health plan professionals are encouraged to listen as well.
AUDIO ON-DEMAND
In addition to the regular purchase options for HCPro audio conferences, we are pleased to offer another option, audio on-demand. Audio on-demand allows you to download the program and play it back at your convenience through your computer or MP3 player. Purchase a CD or audio on-demand of the program and listen when you can. It's also a perfect training tool for new staff or as a refresher for veteran staff.
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