Provided by: Jennifer Kirschenbaum, Esq.
January 3, 2019
In addition to having our HR team finalize benefits, etc. There are some basic compliance items we should be looking at for the New Year, with just a few listed below-
- HIPAA Security Risk Assessment - ensure your practice is properly assessing and addressing HIPAA exposure by engaging in your annual Security Risk Assessment (questionnaire provided by the government) - https://www.healthit.gov/topic/privacy-security-and-hipaa/security-risk-assessment
- NYS Sexual Harassment Policies and Training required for Every single NYS employer - learn more here - https://www.youtube.com/embed/_sKL5bM0M0E?rel=0
- Breach Notification Reporting (HIPAA) - required to disclose impact of 500 patients or less from 2018 within 60 days from 1/1/2019 - https://www.hhs.gov/hipaa/for-professionals/breach-notification/breach-reporting/index.html
- NYS OMIG Compliance Program Annual Certification for providers receiving or ordering more than $500k per annum from straight or Medicaid HMO - https://omig.ny.gov/latest-news/1121-omig-reminder-of-compliance-programs-certification-requirem
In addition to self-disclosure and new training requirements, all of your previously adopted protocols must be followed or replaced by new law and order at the practice. If we have a handbook or one "in progress", let's finish it up and integrate. Looking to swap benefits for employees, lets make sure we do not do so piecemeal and everyone has the same deal.
Looking to use the New Year to finally replace certain patient forms? Such as your patient financial policy? All of our patient intake and HIPAA forms (and Sexual Harassment policies and training) are 10% off for January. Click here to see whether you are looking to replace or update. - https://www.kirschenbaumesq.com/page/practice-compliance
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