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November, 2012 What’s The Rush? Learn Why Now is the Time to Become HIPAA Compliant

November, 2012 What’s The Rush? Learn Why Now is the Time to Become HIPAA Compliant

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November, 2012

What’s The Rush?Learn Why Now is the Time to Become HIPAA Compliant

Major TrendsYOU NEED TO BE AWARE OF

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Increased data breaches in healthcare organizations.

Increased crackdown on compliance.

A rush to make the switch from paper to digital records since incentives are now being significantly reduced.

2012

This past year brought major changes to the healthcare regulations industry.

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Civil penalties levied by HHS are only a fraction of the total costSource: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/enforcement/examples/index.html

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$1.5 MIL

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What is at Stake2012 PENALTIES

$1.7 MIL

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NAlaska DHSS settles caseCause: USB drive stolen from an employee’s car

Massachusetts provider settles caseCause: stolen laptop with unencrypted data

BCBS Tennessee settles caseCause: 57 unencrypted hard drives stolen from a leased facility

Data breaches in healthcare organizations up 32% over previous year

96% of all healthcare providers had at least one data breach in last 2 years

Average economic impact of breach was $2.2 million

Data breach lead to:

– Loss of time and productivity (81%)

– Loss of reputation (78%)

– Loss of patient goodwill (75%)

Average lifetime value of one lost patient = $113,400

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Data Breaches2011 PONEMON STUDY

Key Research Findings

Source: Second Annual Benchmark Study on Patient Privacy & Data Security

32%

96%

81%

75%

78%

$2.2 million

$113,400

AGENCY RECORDS LOST

Utah Department of Health * 780,000

Emory Healthcare - Atlanta 315,000

South Carolina Department of Health 228,000

Howard University Hospital – D.C. 34,503

St. Joseph Health System – Ca. * 31,800

Indiana Internal Medicine Consultants 20,000

Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center – La. 17,000

Memorial Healthcare System – South Fl. 9,497

Kansas Department of Aging 100

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 7,000

Total records lost for just the top 10 medical breaches - 1,442,900

* Denotes loss due to hacker

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Top 10 Medial BreachesQ1 & Q2 2012

There is an urgency to digitize health information coupled with increased concern that protected health information (PHI) meets industry standards of security.

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Compliance CrackdownAUDITS & FINES

Compliance Audits • Initiated in November 2011

• Random selection

• Hospitals, physician practices, and other healthcare entities

Fines & Reputation• Increase in # of settlements

• Negative publicity

It pays to get started early! To get the maximum incentive payment,

Medicare eligible professionals must have

begun participation by 2012.

Important! For 2015 and later, Medicare

eligible professionals, eligible hospitals, and

CAHs that do not successfully demonstrate

meaningful use will have a payment

adjustment in their Medicare reimbursement

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The StimulusTO PROMOTE THE USE OF EHR

EHR Incentives Program• Initiated in 2009; participation began in 2011

• Incentives paid to eligible professionals,

hospitals and CAHs

• Up to $44,000 in incentives

• Over a 5 year period

• If adopt a certified Electronic Medial Record

(EMR) approach

• All EHR by 2015

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EHR Incentives

MoneyHow much would it cost to do this myself?

TimeCan I rapidly respond to security events?

TalentWhat else could my staff be doing?

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