The document discusses the importance of HIPAA and meaningful use in healthcare, emphasizing the need for providers to demonstrate meaningful use of certified EHR technology to protect patient confidentiality while improving patient care. It outlines risk assessment requirements and the potential penalties for non-compliance, highlighting common misconceptions among healthcare providers. Additionally, it introduces a web-based solution designed to aid healthcare entities in achieving and maintaining compliance.

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Goal: Protect patient
confidentiality while
furthering innovation
and patient care.
• Accelerate adoption of
EHR(electronic Health
records)
• Penalties and Incentives
Overview
OMNIBUS

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CEs(Covered Entities) must prove that they are
using a certified EHR(Electronic Heath Record)
technology in a meaningful manner
• Incentive payments
• Providers required to demonstrate
Meaningful Use EVERY year
HITECH and Meaningful Use

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Meaningful Use
Data
Capture
and Sharing
Advanced
Clinical
Processes
Improved
Outcomes

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Meaningful Use

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• Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act in 1996
• Provide national standards to protect
privacy of PHI(Personal Health Information)
• Security, Breach Notification, and Safety
Rules
HIPAA

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Administrative
Audit
Physical Audit
Security Audit

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Meaningful Use Risk Assessment
“Conduct accurate and thorough assessment of the
potential risks and vulnerabilities to the confidentiality,
integrity, and availability of electronic protected
health information held by the covered entity.”*
• Required for each reporting period for BOTH
Meaningful Use Stages 1 and 2
• Steps:
§ Review existing security infrastructure
§ Identify potential threats to patient privacy and
security and assess the impact on your e-PHI
§ Prioritize risks based on impact severity

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Administrative
Audit
Physical Audit
Security Audit
Meaningful Use
Risk Assessment

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Did You Know?
• 79% of health care providers believe
completing a risk assessment will satisfy
Meaningful Use AND HIPAA compliance
• FALSE !!!

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Why Do You Care?
• Lose incentive payments
• Return money
• Fines/Penalties: up to $50,000/incident
$1.5 million max.

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The Guard:
• Intelligent web-based solution designed by auditors.
• Used by over 1,000 Covered Entities and Business Associates
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