About This Course
Don’t be caught off guard! You could be breaching the confidentiality of patients without even realizing it! From HIPAA requirements to state privacy laws, legal issues abound in the medical records arena. If you’re not up to date on medical records law, your company could face serious legal and financial liability risks. Purchase this seminar and gain critical information on electronic medical records, confidentiality, disclosure, documentation requirements and HIPAA issues you face every day. This course will teach you compliance with the basic requirements of the HIPAA privacy regulations, how documentation in the medical record affects reimbursement, how to address special medical records challenges such as the rights of minors, workers compensation requests and sensitive health issues. You will also learn strategies for resolving conflicts between HIPAA rules and state law, navigating the relationship between auditing and the medical record, identifying HIPAA privacy issues, reviewing medical records regulations as interpreted by Medicare and discussing the CERT program.