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26. Pixels, Privacy, & Security: Navigating the Confluence of Analytics Trackers with HIPAA Regulations

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | December 05, 2023 

    • Understanding the Landscape: By the end of the presentation, participants will be able to identify and describe the primary functions and benefits of using web analytics tools, such as Google Analytics, within EHR patient portals and why organizations might want to deploy them.
      

    • Navigating the Intersection of Technology and Regulation: Attendees will understand the specific provisions of HIPAA that pertain to digital tracking in EHR portals, and how these rules can impact both patient privacy and the operational practices of healthcare providers.

    • Striking a Balance for the Future: Participants will recognize best practices for implementing and maintaining web analytics in EHR portals that respect patient privacy, comply with HIPAA regulations, and still provide the valuable insights that healthcare providers seek.

27. Improving Research Compliance through Patient-Centric Approaches

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | November 30, 2023 

    • Evaluate financial toxicity, its impact on patients, the organization, and compliance
      

    • Explore ways to prevent and reduce financial toxicity to address compliance risks

    • Demonstrate ways to improve compliance when considering patient-centric approaches

28. What's all the fuss about CMMC?

    2023 SCCE Webinar  | November 29, 2023 

    • What is CMMC and should I care?
      

    • Cybersecurity is crucial for compliance in any company

    • Is NIST 800-171 (The CMMC Framework) worth employing?

    • Thoughts and observations from the field

29. Compliance in Coverage: Understanding Medicare Advantage Rules and Restrictions

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | November 28, 2023 

    • Understand the Medicare Advantage regulatory requirements in place today
      

    • Identify key areas where CMS's 2024 Final Rule for Medicare Advantage plans clarified existing policies

    • Identify key areas where CMS's 2024 Final Rule for Medicare Advantage plans added new criteria to take effect January 1

    • Discuss the practical application of the rules, where they arise in healthcare workflows today

    • Discuss strategies for resolution of potential violations of the rule

30. AI And automated hiring systems- Compliance and Ethical Issues

    2023 SCCE Webinar  | November 17, 2023 

    • The state of AI in HR -- and the next 18 months
      

    • The 3-pillar framework for safe and ethical rollout of AI

    • Upcoming regulations related to the use of AI in HR

    • What compliance leaders should be doing today to prepare for the new regulatory environment

31. How to successfully launch compliance in a small organization

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | November 16, 2023 

    • Learn where you can start with an example of a year one compliance plan
      

    • Understand how culture and leadership can motivate employees to want to be a part of compliance
      

    • Obtain low cost and free tools and resources used to promote compliance
      

32. 2024 Enforcement and Liability Update

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | November 14, 2023 

    • Learn from former enforcement attorneys about liability
      

    • Obtain insight to investigations and responses

    • Hear tips regarding compliance mitigation strategies

33. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Update on Enforcement and Compliance Best Practices

    2023 SCCE Webinar  | November 08, 2023 

    • Gain understanding of key elements of UFLPA such as "rebuttable presumption"

    • Learn how Customs and others in US government are enforcing the law

    • Obtain practical guidance on complying with the law

34. 2023 How to Develop an Effective Risk Management Program

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | November 02, 2023 

    • How can one identify your org risk areas
      

    • Once identified, how to safeguard those risks
      

    • How to continuously monitor the risk areas
      

35. Using a Compliance Program Management Office to Enhance Your Program's Momentum and Consistency

    2023 SCCE Webinar  | November 01, 2023 

    • Learn how a compliance PMO can act as a strategic partner implementing your compliance vision, generate program improvements, and operationalize your compliance goals across the business
      

    • Learn how to structure and staff a PMO

    • Learn what not to do when building a PMO

36. The Anatomy and Pathology of the Deal - a Post Mortem Analysis

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 31, 2023 

37. Ensuring Correct Billing and Coding for Provider Based Departments

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 30, 2023 

    • Review regulatory guidelines that guide and define Provider Based Departments

    • Discuss the key steps in ensuring PBDs are set up correctly prior to providing services

    • Discuss ongoing internal audits to identify areas of risks and how to remediate areas of concern
      

38. The Compliance Committee: How to Change It from Just Another Meeting to a Vital Component of Your Compliance Program

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 26, 2023 

    • Understanding the purpose and benefit of the management compliance committee in supporting an organization's compliance program
      

    • Providing guidance on the structure and composition of the committee

    • Discussing how to keep committee members meaningfully engaged in supporting the committee's objectives and goals

    • Recognizing expectations of regulators with respect to the management compliance committee

    • Understanding the factors that lead to successful committee operations

39. An Engaging Compliance Program on a Budget: It's Possible!

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 25, 2023 

    • Identify common barriers of engagement in a compliance program.
      

    • Explore budget-friendly solutions to engage the workforce.

    • Walk away with tangible cost-saving measures to apply to your compliance program

40. Reducing Risk in a Risk Adjustment Model

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 24, 2023 

    • Review operational considerations and impact of risk adjustment coding
      

    • Examine most recent settlements

    • Discuss auditing and monitoring recommendations.

41. Developing an Audit Engagement Scope and Approach - Transaction and Control Testing

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 19, 2023 

    • Assessing the risk of non-compliance
      

    • Designing the audit approach: controls testing vs substantive testing

    • Reporting your audit opinion: adequacy of process design and effectiveness of process implementation

42. Cybersecurity & Incident Response: 2023 Update on Best Practices for Detecting, Avoiding, Responding to a Cybersecurity Incident

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 18, 2023 

    • Overview of current US privacy/cybersecurity laws and regulation
      

    • Current cyber threats: overview of recent trends in cyberattacks and risk areas for healthcare providers

    • Incident Response: how to handle incident response, remediation and notification

    • Lessons learned from recent breaches and best practices

43. Observation Status; Huge Difference in Revenue, Don't Get in a Trick Bag

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 17, 2023 

    • How Observation is care is the bridge from Office to ED and from ED to Observation and from Observation to Inpatient
      

    • Evaluation and Management (H and P's, Progress notes, Consultations) is the key for escalation of care

    • Reasons for common denials to request inpatient care based on documentation

    • Understanding the patient's cost share differences (Medicare) when observation care services are performed rather escalated to Inpatient Services

    • Why knowing what the inpatient only list is and how it can make a difference in planned surgeries

44. 2023 Navigating CCO Liability risks: Tips for staying out of the SEC's Crosshairs

    2023 SCCE Webinar  | October 12, 2023 

    • CCO liability can be a complex yet nebulous concept to navigate. Therefore, it's important to understand how CCO liability is being defined by regulating bodies.
      

    • Mitigating the risks of CCO liability hinges on understanding the types of cases out there that triggered regulatory enforcement actions. Therefore, certain top matters elucidating the potential dangers of CCO liability are highlighted.

    • Understanding CCO liabilities, the regulatory landscape and examples of "bad behavior" are important steps in protecting CCOs against potential risks, especially with so much on the line for CCOs.

    • CCOs can be held personally liable for any compliance failure, which can lead to significant legal and financial consequences and overall reputational harm for both the firm and the CCO.

45. 2024 OIG, CMS and Commercial Payor Targets

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | October 10, 2023 

    • Learn the importance of a practice-wide compliance program and how to set one up
      

    • Mitigate risks by learning where to focus audit efforts

    • Discover how the False Claims Act could impact your practice.

46. Beyond HIPAA: Protecting Health Data in the Next Generation of Consumer Privacy Laws

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | September 28, 2023 

    • This session will orient audience members to the new statutes, regulations, guidance, and enforcement actions touching on health data privacy beyond HIPAA
      

    • Identify practical considerations and mitigation measures to address this new legal paradise

    • Learn about changes in both the state and federal levels regarding enforcement

47. Coding and Quality's Role - Social Determinants of Health and Addressing Health Equity

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | September 26, 2023 

    • Discuss the growing importance of Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) data in improving health equity.
      

    • Understand how Z codes are used to track SoDH and glean insights about a provider organization's patient population

    • Understand how provider organizations are leveraging SDoH data to make improvements across the care continuum

    • Learn tactics for evaluating an effective population health function, specific to tracking and trending SDoH used for patient care plan initiatives

48. High Risk Compliance: How to Protect Your Organization and Yourself

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | September 21, 2023 

    • Assessing and addressing the additional level of risk under the new DOJ Chief Compliance Officer certifications and guidelines
      

    • Recognize and Respond When You are in a High-Risk Environment

    • The Safety Net- Practical Strategies for Protecting Yourself

49. Dancing with IT: How to Collaborate Beautifully with Your Tech Gurus

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | September 20, 2023 

    • Recognize and understand the challenges involved in working and building rapport with IT.
      

    • Identify compliance areas and opportunities for collaboration with your IT team.

    • Share strategies and best practices to increase efficiency and effectiveness and remove points of friction in the collaboration process.

50. Transformation of a healthcare compliance and privacy program: Consistently evolving effectiveness

    2023 HCCA Webinar  | September 13, 2023 

    • Learning the value of one-on-one interviews with all levels of the organization and board members, and data to gather information to understand the current perceptions of the department.

    • Learning the value of benchmark data that reflects items you deem important to track and trend progress toward the identified goal state. Be sure to communicate those goals to the department staff.

    • Re-assess frequently to understand progress toward the goal state.

    • Enlist the help of the organization's marketing department to help "advertise" the compliance department to your stakeholders.

    • Celebrate the successes and learn from the actions that did not go well.

    • Be positive and use active listening to seek to understand, welcoming all points of view