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  • HIPAA for Physical and Occupational Therapists

HIPAA for Physical and Occupational Therapists

  • 1 Aug 2019
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM (CDT)

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Therapy Comply, a leading physical and occupational therapy education and compliance firm, will be presenting a webinar on HIPAA for Physical and Occupational Therapists Juy 31st at 12:00 PM -1:00 PM CDT and again on August 1st at 12:00 PM -1:00 PM CDT.  The course will detail the requirements for HIPAA compliance and best practices in 2019.

The course will be recorded, all attendees will receive the recording, slideshow, and sample forms, policies, and procedures required by HIPAA.  No extra charge for the recording.

The webinar will cover the following topics:

HIPAA Issues Specific to Therapy

  • Recent HIPAA actions related to physical and occupational therapy
  • HIPAA issues in Home Health
  • Remote supervision of assistants
  • Group therapy settings (multiple patients in the gym)

Disclosing Patient Information (Privacy Rule)

  • Requirements for the Notice of Privacy Practices
  • Permitted uses and disclosures of health information
  • When you must have a business associate agreement signed
  • Authorized and required disclosures
  • Prohibited disclosures of patient information
  • Sample forms and polices will be handed out (Notice of Privacy practices, Authorization Forms, Business Associate Agreements)

Security Rule: Best Practices

  • What you need to do to comply with the law
  • How to implement the policies and procedures into your practice
  • Best practices to maintain compliance
  • All attendees will receive customizable policies and procedures that can be adapted to your practice

Communication in the 21st Century

  • Email to patients or other providers
  • Text messaging
  • Use of mobile devices in practice
  • Social media

Fee: $35 for Members            $50 for Non-Members           

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Registration:

PT: This webinar will quality for 1 hour of PT and PTA CME credit in AL, AK, AZ, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, MI, MS, MN, MO, MT, NE, NM, NH, NC, ND, OH, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

OT: This webinar will quality for 1 hour of OT and OTA CME credit in AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, ID, IL, IA, KS, KY, MI, MN, MO, NE, NM, NV, NH, NC, ND, OH, OR, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY

Speaker: Zachary Edgar JD, LLM is the managing partner for Therapy Comply.  Zachary is healthcare attorney who specializes in state healthcare regulatory issues particularly for physical and occupational therapy practices.  Zachary has spent the last six years as in-house counsel for a physical therapy management company where he handled a wide variety of healthcare legal issues including: federal and state healthcare fraud and abuse laws, state professional and facility licensing issues, HIPAA, employment issues, and Medicare and Medicaid compliance.  Zachary obtained his BA and JD from the University for Arizona and an LLM in healthcare law from Loyola University. 


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Therapy Comply is a healthcare compliance firm that seeks to bring high quality web-based compliance guidance and one-on-one consulting services to small and medium size physical, occupational, and speech therapy practices.

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