The Final Omnibus Rule of HIPAA

The Final Omnibus Rule of HIPAA is organized by PharmCon, Inc. and will be held from Aug 01, 2017 - Aug 01, 2020.

Credits: 1 Contact Hour(s)

Target Audience: Nurse, Pharmacist, Pharmacy Technician

Overview:
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is an important legal protection of an individuals rights to privacy and security of their health information. The Final Omnibus Rule posed important modifications to the existing rule to strengthen and simplify many aspects of HIPAA. This knowledge-based activity will serve as a summary of the major modifications to HIPAA following adoption of the Final Omnibus Rule and highlight key enforcement issues reported by the Department of Health and Human Services.

Objectives:
• Describe how business associates and marketing/fundraising communications are affected by the Final Omnibus Rule
• Identify the strengths that the modifications add to the Notice of Privacy Practices
• Recognize the modification of breach notifications regarding the utilization of risk assessment rather than the risk of harm standard
• Utilizing enforcement data, recognize the most commonly investigated compliance issues and the most common types of covered entities requiring corrective action.