Conducting a Breach Investigation

FREMONT, Calif. - Sept. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- MentorHealth announces webinar on the topic, “Conducting a Breach Investigation” on October 8. This webinar offers understanding of the essentials to performing a quality breach investigation, should an organization face one.

Fremont, CA: MentorHealth, a provider of professional trainings for all aspects of the healthcare industry, will organize a webinar on October 8. The topic of this webinar is “Conducting a Breach Investigation”, and the speaker is Drew Williamsen, Privacy Officer & Compliance Investigator for University Health.

About the webinar:

Ideally, an organization should never have a breach, but in reality, it can happen anytime, anyplace to any organization, regardless of how much money it spends on its security.

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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, otherwise known as HIPAA, has requirements for Healthcare Covered Entities to conduct a Breach investigation when a patient’s record has been compromised. In order to meet the requirements of the Federal Government, each organization has to conduct a Breach Investigation. Even though there is sometimes a grey area as to whether or not a situation is or is not a breach; the law is very clear.

Following the government’s release of the HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule in January 2013, the definition of a Breach, and some of the definitions and requirements for Health Care Covered Entities got changed. By this Rule, every breach, regardless of how many individuals’ records have been affected, has to be reported to the Federal Government at some point in time.

Depending on the situation, the government may wish to conduct its own investigation of a breach. In order to ensure that the organization has and is doing all it can to fix the situation, there are certain things it should be doing to help ensure the best possible outcome.

An organization has to primarily look inwards, i.e., it has to identify sources of a quality breach within its own self. This webinar will identify what an organization must do to lessen the already negative breach event.

About the Speaker:

Drew Williamsen serves as the Privacy Officer & Compliance Investigator for University Health, a non-profit organization, with its primary location in Shreveport, Louisiana. University Health is the hospital and clinical partner to LSU Health Shreveport medical school.

Mr. Williamsen has over 10 years of experience in various roles in the healthcare industry, from billing and collections, software, medical informatics and compliance. Most of which has been through working for Academic Medical Centers.

About MentorHealth:

MentorHealth (http://www.mentorhealth.com/), a specialized offering from NetZealous (http://www.netzealous.com/), a Fremont, CA-registered organization, is a comprehensive training source for healthcare professionals. Its experts are drawn from around the globe and are professionals who have made a mark in their professions.

MentorHealth offers high value, specialized professional trainings in all the core areas of healthcare. These include Meaningful Use, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, HIPAA, HITECH Act, Stark and Anti-Kickback Act, Valid Consent, Patient Safety and Process Improvement, Patient Safety and Quality Outcomes, Nursing Informatics, Electronic Health Records, Clinical Informatics, Insurance Claim Appeals, and many more.

Contact information:

Call: 1-800-447-9407;

Visit:http://www.netzealous.com/