Week 2 Discussion

1. MHA 690: HEALTHCARE
ADMINISTRATION & CAPSTONE
PROFESSOR: JEFFERY TASK
By: Charlotte Austin
August 30, 2016

2. Introduction
• Mandatory annual training on confidentiality practices
and procedures to prevent HIPPA violation.
• Training material will include
• HIPPA Rules& Regulations Handbook
• Training Material: Ways to prevent HIPPA Occurrences
• Overview of Disciplinary Actions
• Annual HIPPA Training

3. HIPPA Rules & Regulations
The HIPAA Rules are flexible and scalable to
accommodate the enormous range in types and
sizes of entities that must comply with them. This
means that there is no single standardized
program that could appropriately train employees
of all entities (HHS.gov).

4. Learning Outcomes:
The ability to define HIPPA (Privacy Rule)
Addresses the use and disclosure of individual health information, by
organizations subject to the Privacy Rule, for covered entities to
understand and control how patient information is to be disseminated
and used.
How to avoid violations
One can avoid violations by ensuring the confidentiality of patients
records and NOT release any information without a signed consent
form.
Training Schedule
Yearly
To view the entire Rule, and for other additional helpful information about how it applies visit :
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hippa

5. What is Confidentiality
The principle of medical ethics that a patient reveals to a
medical provider that is private and limits how this
information can be used and disclosed to a third party.

6. Who is Covered by the Privacy Rule
Health Plans
Individual or Group health plans that provide or pay the
expense of medical care.
Health Care Providers
Any health care provider, who electronically transmits health
information.
Health Care Clearinghouse
Entities that process nonstandard information they receive
from another entity into a standard.

7. What Information is Protected
Protected Health Information (PHI)
Any individual’s identifiable health information of any form.
• The provision of healthcare
• The past, present, or future physical or mental health conditions
• The past, present, or future payments for the provision of health care to the individual
Source: http://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/privacysummary.pdf

8. Facilitated Trainings
• Annual Courses
• Online Seminars
• Mock Trainings
• Introduce, Instruct, Observe and Test Adherence to rules
and regulations
• Consequences: Enforcement & Penalties for
Noncompliance

9. Ways Leadership Can Assist
• Allowable time for learning
• Put safeguards in place to protect the employee and
organization
• Create competency measures to ensure HIPPA
proficiency

10. References
• http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/hippa
• Fox News. (2008) Report: Over 120 UCLA Hospital staff
saw celebrity health records. Retrieved from
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,398787,00.html
• Wolper, L., (2011), Health Care Administration: Managing
Organized Delivery Systems (5th ed),Boston: Jones and
Bartlett Publishing