How to Keep Your Patient Communication Secure & Compliant in 2018

One of our Clearinghouse Partners - Trizetto is offering a free webinar worth one AAPC CEU.

How to Keep Your Patient Communication Secure and Compliant in 2018

Presented by Jim Johnson
DATE: March 14, 2018
TIME: 12:00 p.m. CST

New technologies are bringing about new concerns with HIPAA compliance. Don't let your fear of HIPAA violations stand in the way of adopting new technologies that can improve your day-to-day operations and assist with ease of communication.

Shared Genius - July 2017

THOMAS... Shared Genius Practice Solutions From one genius to another. July 2017 Sending statement Files just got more secure for you and your patients! Helping you be more HIPAA compliant - When you get our latest update. The Genius THOMAS program is now going to encrypt the files you send out to get your statements printed. This makes it difficult and unlikely that if someone came across one of those "statement files" that they would ever be able to get any information from it. When a file is encrypted, it is like putting a complicated, combination lock on it. If someone intercepts the file, they don't have the combination key, so they won't be able to read the data. Only someone with the key will be able to access and read the file.

Genius 2016 Fall Focus Group Seminars

Upcoming Focus Group Seminars

August 25 - Sommerset Inn, Troy, MI 
September 21 - Genius Solutions, Warren, MI 

Click the link (above) for details & to register.

Topics Include

• New Features for eTHOMAS 
• Tips and Tricks 
• AutoPosting 
• HIPAA (Including Social Media Pitfalls) 
• Customer Service in a Medical Office 
• MIPS/MACRA 
• Clearinghouse Options 
• PQRS
• EHR Meaningful Use

Genius Solutions' May Focus Group Seminars

May 5th - Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center, East Lansing, MI 

May 24th - Genius Solutions , Warren, MI

Focus Group Topics Include: 

• New Features for eTHOMAS
• Tips and Tricks
• AutoPosting
• HIPAA (Including Social Media Pitfalls)
• Customer Service in a Medical Office
• Value Based Reimbursement – Is It Coming?
• Clearinghouse Options
• PQRS
• EHR Meaningful Use

When to Complete a Security Risk Analysis

When to Complete a Security Risk Analysis - New CMS Guidance

As part of the HIPAA requirements, don’t forget that a security risk analysis must be completed prior to attestation. Review CMS FAQ #10754 , and learn more about this meaningful use requirement below.  A security risk analysis needs to be done whether you are attesting for Stage 1 or Stage 2.  It is part of the Meaningful Use requirements.  For more information, read the updated FAQ.

Per CMS:

• Conducting a security risk analysis is required when certified EHR technology is adopted in the first reporting year
• In subsequent reporting years, or when changes to the practice or electronic systems occur, a review must be conducted.

They also provide many helps:

• HIPAA Security Rule
• Stage 1 and Stage 2 requirements
• Security Risk Analysis Tipsheet
• Educational Resources
• ONC’s Security Risk Assessment (SRA) tool
• ONC's User Guide and Tutorial are also available
• Main Medicare/Medicaid EHR Incentive Programs Website

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