MentorHealth announces webinar on the topic, “New HIPAA Compliance Audit Program”

FREMONT, Calif. - June 18, 2015 - PRLog -- MentorHealth announces webinar on the topic, “New HIPAA Compliance Audit Program” on July 16. The speaker at this webinar will explain the details of the new HIPAA compliance audit program.

Fremont, CA: MentorHealth, a provider of professional trainings for all aspects of the healthcare industry, will organize a webinar on July 16. The topic of this webinar is “New HIPAA Compliance Audit Program”, and the speaker is Jim Sheldon-Dean, founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC.

About the webinar:

This webinar will discuss the HIPAA audit and enforcement processes and how they apply to Covered Entities and Business Associates and the new random HIPAA compliance audit program in particular. It will explain the HIPAA Privacy, Security, and Breach Notification regulations and how they will be audited.

Documentation requirements for compliance will be explored and a framework of security policies necessary for compliance will be presented. This webinar will review the new audit processes and discuss what questions to expect in an audit and how. The speaker will take up and explain protocols and the questions asked at recent audits.

For more information or to register for the webinar, please click here (http://www.mentorhealth.com/control/w_product/~product_id...).

The enforcement regulations and their recent changes have increased fines and created new penalty levels. The new penalties for willful neglect of compliance begin at $10,000. The speaker will educate participants about what information and documentation needs to be prepared in advance so that they can be ready for an audit without notice. He will provide sample information request forms.

About the Speaker:

Jim Sheldon-Dean is the founder and director of compliance services at Lewis Creek Systems, LLC; a Vermont-based consulting firm founded in 1982. His firm provides information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a wide variety of health care entities.

Sheldon-Dean serves on the HIMSS Information Systems Security Workgroup, has co-chaired the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Privacy and Security Workgroup, and is a recipient of the WEDI 2011 Award of Merit.

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: 1-800-385-1607;

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