HIPAA Security/Privacy Officer 2020 : The Roles and Responsibilities of a HIPAA Security/Privacy Officer

Overview

Discussions, presentation, and webinars regarding HIPAA regulations are usually addressed from the perspective of what the regulations entail, the necessity of compliance with the regulations, and the consequences of willful neglect or non-compliance.

This presentation addresses HIPAA regulations from a different perspective - from a personal perspective - from the perspective of the person in charge of moving an organization or facility toward full compliance with HIPAA. The by-product of this presentation will be both an understanding of, and a detailed job description for, a positionmandated in the regulations - the HIPAA Security/Privacy Officer.

Why should you attend this webinar?

The HIPAA regulations are numerous, complicated, often vague, and affect every person working in a healthcare facility. Compliance with HIPAA will require a unique individual to lead the charge - an individual whose education, background, experience, and demonstrated skill sets offer the opportunity for that person to succeed in achieving the goals of that position. This is a new position to most healthcare facilities. So understanding who this person should be, what is required of the person with this job title, and with whom this person will interface is vital to every healthcare organization with the goal of achieving full compliance with HIPAA.

Key Learning Objectives:

• This is a new position to most healthcare facilities. So the objective of this presentation is for the audience to understand:
• What type of person should be in this position
• What skill sets would be helpful for the person in this position
• What educational backgrounds would be helpful
• What certifications might be helpful
• What is required of the person with this job title
• What are the challenges the person in this position will probably face
• With whom this person will interface

Who can Benefit:

• Someone interested in becoming a HIPAA Security/Privacy Officer
• Someone who will make the decision for hiring a person for this position
• Practice/Hospital Administrators
• MDs and healthcare professionals
• IT professionals
• Facility managers
• Business Associates of healthcare facilities
• Attorneys
• Any person who deals directly or indirectly with PHI