Registration is now open for the Spring Conference! We have lots of great speakers lined up again for this one, short topic-focused sessions and an amazing do-dad for each registered attendee upon check in!! Complete details can be found on the Spring Conference Events Page. Hope to see you there!
The 2017 Annual Report is available for your viewing. It can be viewed HERE. Thank you all for another HIPAA-riffic year!!
A Webinar was recorded by Board Members Nancy Davis and Chrisann Lemery titled "Understanding and Implementing New Guidance on Patient Right of Access". It has been posted to the website and the recording can be found on our website Resources Page. Check it out!
The Privacy Networking Group has updated the "Identity Verification Policy". It can be found on our Privacy/Security Document Grid on our Website Resources page. Go to the grid and scroll down to the “Verification of Identity” section. Check it out!
The Privacy Networking Group has updated 2 Policies. Both can be found on our Privacy/Security Document Grid on our Website Resources page Patient Photography, Videotaping, Other Imaging, and Audio Recording Consent Policy. Go to the grid and scroll down to #5 in the “Authorization” section. Use and Disclosure of Protected Health Information for Workers' Compensation Policy. Go to [...]
Registration is now open for the 2018 Mega Healthcare Conference!! Go to the Mega website (megawisconsin.com) for more details!!
HIPAA COW Risk Assessment Template: The HIPAA COW Risk Management Networking Group has been busy at their monthly meetings. They finished incorporating key information from the NIST HIPAA Security Toolkit questions (v2011: http://scap.nist.gov/hipaa/) into the Security Questions worksheet for these subject "categories": Technical Access Control (encryption and integrity), ePHI Disposal, and Group Health Plans. The [...]
The Privacy Networking Group has updated 2 policies: Individual Right to Request Alternative Communications Individual Right to Request Restrictions on How PHI is Used/Disclosed for TPO These can be found on our Privacy/Security Document Grid on our Website Resources page. Go to the grid and scroll down to the "Alternative Communications" and "Restriction Requests" sections. Check them out!
The HIPAA COW Risk Management Networking Group has been busy at their monthly meetings for the past year updating the HIPAA COW Risk Assessment Template. They updated questions and recommended controls to include content from the April 2016 OCR Audit Protocol – Phase 2. The updated document can be found HERE under #3.
The Privacy Networking Group has updated the "Patient/Insured Privacy-Related Complaints Policy". This policy also contains a Complaint Form. It can be found on our Privacy/Security Document Grid on our Website Resources page. Go to the grid and scroll down to the “Complaint” section. Check it out!