Violations or Breach

It’s happened to all healthcare organization: a staff member goes to fax PHI and they accidentally miskey a number, the fax gets sent to the wrong place. What happens next determines if you have a HHS-reportable breach on your hands.

While unauthorized disclosure is used as a general term within HIPAA it can be broken down into classifications of breach, violation, or incident. This session will examine various common and uncommon scenarios, providing matrix of how to assess unauthorized disclosures to best proceed. This session will also examine the impact of unauthorized disclosures on recently executed and continuing Office of Civil Rights HIPAA Audits.

Not every unauthorized disclosure is a reportable breach, nor requires altering your policies and procedures. Learn how to properly navigate your organization through the challenges of an unauthorized disclosure.