Medical Records serve many purposes in patient care so any revisions should only be done according to certain procedures and rules, in order to avoid serious compliance consequences.
Areas Covered in the Session
- Find out why it may be necessary to make changes to medical records, and why it may or may not be a good idea.
- Learn what to do if new information is received, or if the provider or the patient wants to see changes in the record.
- Learn about some of the limits that should be placed on any revisions, such as who can request revisions, what are the time limits on revisions, and when should revisions not be allowed at all.
- Find out about the required policies and process for individuals to request revisions to records under HIPAA.
- Learn how to deal with those times when an individual wants to see a change in his or her record and you don't agree with the change.
- See what policies and procedures need to be in place to define your complete record revision process, including identification of revisions, notification of revisions, and prohibition of revisions.
- Learn about the special issues that electronic medical records present, and how the HIPAA Security Rule can be part of your revision control process.
- Find out what upcoming changes are in store for HIPAA that impact revisions to medical records.
Why should you Attend
• Medical records contain some of the most sensitive and personal information that exists about individuals in modern society, used both for providing health care and for managing paytment for services. Some records may need revision because of new information received or because of the requests of individuals to correct or modify existing information, but making modifications improperly can lead to health issues for patients and legal issues for the practice, particularly if the changes affect claims and payments.
• Do you know what the effects are of changing information that may have been shared with others and relied upon for making decisions about individuals? Are you sure those records aren't the subject of a lawsuit and changing them won't result in an adverse judgement? Will the changes mean that claims have been filed inaccurately?
• When is it appropriate to make revisions, how and under what circumstances, and at whose request? Do the new changes to HIPAA change how patients amend their data?
• Have you reviewed your records revision policies recently to see if they're up to date? Has your staff been trained to know what policies apply and how to respond to patient inquiries about making changes to records? Do you know what policies will need to be changed to meet the upcoming HIPAA requirements going into effect in 2012?
• Already there are new, increased penalties for HIPAA violations and a new auditing process being developed so that HIPAA covered entities will be subject to reviews by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights even if no one files a complaint.
• If you haven't done what's required under HIPAA, you could be liable for willful neglect penalties that begin at $10,000 minimum and go up from there. You need to protect the integrity of the medical record as well as permit appropriate amendments with documented policies and procedures, as well as documentation of any actions taken pursuant to your policies and procedures.
• And the changes to HIPAA going into effect in 2012 will have a fundamental effect on how patients interact with their health information and how it is used. Your records revision policies and procedures will probably need updates to take into account compliance in areas such as records access by individuals, restrictions on release of information, and accounting of disclosures.
Description of the topic:
• This teleconference will enable health information professionals to know how to respond to requests to
Areas Covered in the Session
- Find out why it may be necessary to make changes to medical records, and why it may or may not be a good idea.
- Learn what to do if new information is received, or if the provider or the patient wants to see changes in the record.
- Learn about some of the limits that should be placed on any revisions, such as who can request revisions, what are the time limits on revisions, and when should revisions not be allowed at all.
- Find out about the required policies and process for individuals to request revisions to records under HIPAA.
- Learn how to deal with those times when an individual wants to see a change in his or her record and you don't agree with the change.
- See what policies and procedures need to be in place to define your complete record revision process, including identification of revisions, notification of revisions, and prohibition of revisions.
- Learn about the special issues that electronic medical records present, and how the HIPAA Security Rule can be part of your revision control process.
- Find out what upcoming changes are in store for HIPAA that impact revisions to medical records.
Why should you Attend
• Medical records contain some of the most sensitive and personal information that exists about individuals in modern society, used both for providing health care and for managing paytment for services. Some records may need revision because of new information received or because of the requests of individuals to correct or modify existing information, but making modifications improperly can lead to health issues for patients and legal issues for the practice, particularly if the changes affect claims and payments.
• Do you know what the effects are of changing information that may have been shared with others and relied upon for making decisions about individuals? Are you sure those records aren't the subject of a lawsuit and changing them won't result in an adverse judgement? Will the changes mean that claims have been filed inaccurately?
• When is it appropriate to make revisions, how and under what circumstances, and at whose request? Do the new changes to HIPAA change how patients amend their data?
• Have you reviewed your records revision policies recently to see if they're up to date? Has your staff been trained to know what policies apply and how to respond to patient inquiries about making changes to records? Do you know what policies will need to be changed to meet the upcoming HIPAA requirements going into effect in 2012?
• Already there are new, increased penalties for HIPAA violations and a new auditing process being developed so that HIPAA covered entities will be subject to reviews by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights even if no one files a complaint.
• If you haven't done what's required under HIPAA, you could be liable for willful neglect penalties that begin at $10,000 minimum and go up from there. You need to protect the integrity of the medical record as well as permit appropriate amendments with documented policies and procedures, as well as documentation of any actions taken pursuant to your policies and procedures.
• And the changes to HIPAA going into effect in 2012 will have a fundamental effect on how patients interact with their health information and how it is used. Your records revision policies and procedures will probably need updates to take into account compliance in areas such as records access by individuals, restrictions on release of information, and accounting of disclosures.
Description of the topic:
• This teleconference will enable health information professionals to know how to respond to requests to
