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Verisma, long-time supporter and sponsor, is providing 6 recorded webinars to NYHIMA members.
These webinars will be available beginning Friday, November 12th. Access will end on Monday, January 31st, 2022.
The webinars are:
NYHIMA Members pay $59.00
Nonmembers pay $79.00
NYHIMA Student Members register for free!
2020 Year in Review: Shaping the Future of Access and Disclosure of Health Information
Approved for 1 AHIMA CEU Credit for Organizational Management and Leadership
As 2020 comes to an end, what lessons have we learned about managing access and disclosure of health information? How has this time of great disruption changed us as leaders? What health information management strategies should we carry into 2021 and beyond? This special webinar features a remarkable panel of HIM professionals who will reflect on their 2020 experiences and how they are shaping their plans for years to come.
We will undoubtedly be analyzing 2020 on many levels and for years to come. Reflection and analysis are essential for professional and personal growth and improvement. This webinar will help all of us identify and consider the important lessons for effective management of health information in a changed environment. It will help participants identify ways that they have grown and changed as leaders in a highly uncertain environment.
Join us for an inspiring and helpful year-end wrap up and learn from colleagues as they share stories of solid change leadership and problem solving, discuss their unique challenges of 2020, the anticipated access and disclosure challenges for 2021 and key strategies under consideration for the future.
Presenters:
- Stefanie Brumberg, RHIA, Corporate Director, Health Information Management Services, ChristianaCare
- Steve Eddington, MHI, RHIA, Director HIM Operations, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Susan Tabickman, RHIA, HIM Manager of Operations, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
- Lauren Zuckerman, RHIA, Director, Health Information Management, Garnet Health
- Linda Kloss, MA, RHIA, Regulatory Policy Leader Disclosure Management, Verisma
HIPAA Right of Access and Information Blocking
Approved for 1 AHIMA CEU Credit for Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
This webinar is an unprecedented opportunity to learn directly from the Office for Civil Rights and the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, the agencies that oversee and enforce regulations concerning access and interoperability of protected health information.
Access is at the heart of new regulatory changes that impact Release of Information (ROI) policy and practices. Agency experts will discuss the regulatory goals and vision, how their respective Rules protect and promote access, and their plans for education, technical assistance, and enforcement. They will answer questions posed by participants and discuss how best to approach health information access and compliance. Don’t miss this important agency discussion of patient access to their health information.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand how the ONC Cures Act Final Rule promotes access through technology innovation
- Understand how the OCR proposed modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule advance access through policy modernization
- Consider how covered entities should adopt and adapt for compliance in coming year. Identify the specific impacts for release of information.
Presenters:
- Elisabeth Myers, MBA, Deputy Director, Office of Policy, HHS Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT
- Timothy Noonan, JD, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at the HHS Office for Civil Rights
Proposed Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule: Overview from the HHS Office for Civil Rights
Approved for 1.5 AHIMA CEU Credits for Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
This webinar features Timothy Noonan, JD, Deputy Director for Health Information Privacy at the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. On December 10, 2020, OCR first announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule. The Proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on January 21, 2021 which started the clock on a 60-day comment period which would have ended on March 22. On February 9, the comment period was extended 45 days to May 6, 2021.
The NPRM represents the first major modifications to the HIPAA Privacy Rule since 2013. According to OCR, the proposed modifications are designed to improve health information sharing for coordination of health care, empower individuals with their own health information, and lift unnecessary administrative burdens on covered health care providers and health plans. The proposals in the NPRM reflected extensive public comment received in response to its 2018 Request for Information on Modifying the HIPAA Rules to Improve Coordinated Care.
Mr. Noonan will overview the proposed changes and the rulemaking process. This webinar from OCR, the agency that administers and enforces the HIPAA Privacy Rule, benefits all health services stakeholders – Privacy and Compliance Officers, HIM Directors, Release of Information Managers, and legal counsels. Understanding the proposed changes, and the reasons for the proposal, will inform early planning to adapt organizational policies and practice. It will also help stakeholders who want to provide comments on the NPRM to do so before the extended deadline.
The proposed modifications represent a major potential evolution in health information privacy requirements and individual rights, and this webinar is a must for those whose work is governed by the HIPAA Privacy Rule.
Presenters
- Timothy Noonan, JD, Deputy Director for Heath Information Privacy, HHS Office for Civil Rights
- Mike Salsbury, JD, MBA, Counsel and Privacy Officer, Verisma
- Linda Kloss, MA, RHIA, Regulatory Policy Leader, Disclosure Management, Verisma
ROI as the Gatekeeper for Access and Disclosure Management Compliance
Approved for 1 AHIMA CEU Credit for Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
Release of Information (ROI) functions as the gatekeeper for access and disclosure of confidential health information. ROI advances patient rights, enforces organizational policy, and complies with federal and state law. The gatekeeper role is more complex today because:
- Health delivery and information systems are more complex
- Request volumes are greater from patients and a range of requestors
- Regulatory ground rules were largely designed for a paper-based health system, and
- Privacy and security are being deliberately and inadvertently put at risk.
This presentation will provide an update on privacy’s evolution through law, policy and attitudes. Recent proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rule will be reviewed and their implications discussed. Approaches for identifying recurring compliance problems that constitute risk will be examined with examples and speakers will recommend mitigation strategies.
As we begin the third decade of the 21st century, privacy and security challenges are increasingly under attack. ROI can and must be proactive in adapting effective gatekeeper methods for access and disclosure of confidential health information.
Learning Objectives:
- To review the context for a stepped up ROI compliance focus,
- To identify the key access, disclosure, and privacy trends that impact ROI practices,
- To align ROI technology and approaches and how they address trends, and
- To offer an action plan to improve ROI compliance.
Presenters:
- Michael Salsbury, JD, MBA, Counsel and Privacy Officer
- Barbara Carr, RHIA, Strategic Advisor
The Use of Apps for Health Information Access is on the Rise: Is your Organization Onboard?
Approved for 1 AHIMA CEU Credit for Information Protection: Access, Disclosure, Archival, Privacy and Security
The trendline is unprecedented. Over the past year there has been a 300% increase in the rate with which patients are requesting and retrieving their health information using apps. COVID-19 has accelerated adoption of apps for Release of Information (ROI), but the benefits to patients and health systems will ensure that this transformation is lasting. This not only improves turnaround times and lowers costs, it supports compliance and sound security practices. Apps are an essential element in the digital transformation of ROI systems and services.
This webinar will demonstrate how the Verisma Request App®(VRA) facilitates access by individuals and for continuity of care. Essential technical and process features will be demonstrated including authentication, security and compliance. Levels of integration will be defined and implementation best-practices will be described. The latest update to VRA will be demonstrated as it now offers the same convenience to 3rd party attorney organizations.
Federal policy is squarely on expanding access and removing barriers. The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) is encouraging the use of apps for access. This webinar will describe how VRA supports compliance for current and proposed changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules.
Learning Objectives
- Describe how VRA facilitates secure and well authenticated requests and release
- Understand essential technology, standards, privacy, and security requirements
- Discuss the ways that ROI apps are improving turnaround times and reducing costs
- Review the federal policy environment regarding access and disclosure and the vision for use of apps
Presenters:
- Anupriyo Chakravarti, CIO & SVP Research & Development
- Gretchen Simmons, MHA, RHIA, Direct of Operations
- Linda Kloss, MA, RHIA Regulatory Policy Leader, Disclosure Management
Unifying ROI across the Enterprise: Large Health Systems Leading the Way
Approved for 1 AHIMA CEU Credit for Organizational Management and Leadership
In this webinar, large health systems will describe their vision for unifying ROI and the path they are taking to achieve their vision. While many health systems have discussed transitioning to a unified approach, COVID-19 demonstrated that it’s past time to accelerate this transition. Panelists will describe the steps they have taken including building the business case, project planning, pitfalls and lessons and the benefits to their entire health system.
Achieving compliance while improving service and reducing cost is the central challenge for ROI. As this Webinar will underscore, achieving these goals requires a unified approach to ROI across the enterprise, including ambulatory services and affiliated practices.
Learning Objectives:
- Identify the benefits of moving from fragmented to unified ROI and how to build the business case
- Consider gaps and roadblocks in the levels of integration of your organization’s ROI systems
- Review requisite building blocks for unifying ROI and models and milestones for transitioning ROI to an enterprise system
Presenters:
- Lisa Perez, RHIA, Assistant Vice President Health Information Management, NYC Heath + Hospitals
- Lloyd Torres, MHA, Senior Director, Health Systems Projects, ColumbiaDoctors
- Barbara Carr, RHIA, Former AVP Health Information Management, Albert Einstein Health Network
- Linda Kloss, MA, RHIA, Verisma Regulatory Policy Leader, Disclosure Management
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