Description

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of Telehealth and Telemedicine services is unprecedented. They deliver safe, effective, socially-distance healthcare.

According to research by the U.S. Department of Health’s Agency for Healthcare Research Telehealth use went from less than 1 percent of visits to as much as 80 percent of visits in places where COVID-19 prevalence was high. Significant challenges to the privacy and security of individual protected health information (PHI) and risks of HIPAA violations accompanied the rapid expansion of Telehealth and Telemedicine. There is no question that after the COVID-19 pandemic Telehealth and Telemedicine will continue to be important and used heavily by the Healthcare Industry. This webinar will examine Telehealth and Telemedicine today and best practices for delivering these services in a HIPAA compliant manner now and in the future.

Areas Covered:-

• What is Telehealth - Telemedicine?
  • COVID-19 Expansion and COVID-19 HIPAA Enforcement Discretion
• HIPAA Rules and Telehealth - Telemedicine
  • Privacy Rule - Security Rule
• Why HIPAA Compliance is Essential
  • Medical Identity Theft
• Telehealth and HIPAA - Best Practices

Why Should You Attend:-

You should attend this webinar to see how HIPAA applies to the provision of Telehealth - Telemedicine during the COVID-19 pandemic and best practices for providing HIPAA compliant Telehealth - Telemedicine services now during a period of HIPAA enforcement discretion and after that discretion is no longer in effect.

Who Should Attend:-

• Health Care Provider compliance officials
• Health Plan compliance officials
• Business Associate compliance officials
• The covered entity and business associate C-suite and board of director members responsible for HIPAA compliance and data privacy oversight
• In-house and outside health law counsel