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Modifying Medical Records: Do’s & Don’ts You Need to Know
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SUMMARY
Amending a medical record can be a good thing, however, done incorrectly or at the wrong time can lead to huge consequences and allegations of fraud and abuse. When can and can't you make a change to a patient's medical record and what are the correct procedures to make a change - and not get in hot water? Join us for this 60-minute webinar where you will discover:
- Limitations of adding, changing or deleting from a medical record
- When is it appropriate to make revisions - to opened & closed records
- Keys to establishing your policy for medical record modifications
- Electronic Health Records - special issues you need to know
- Legal consequences of fraud & abuse allegations
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PROGRAM BENEFITS
In this practical, 60-minute webinar, covered entities and business associates will be provided with critical information about the right and wrong ways to modify medical records to provide accurate, timely information, and prevent inappropriate modifications that can result in penalties and fines.
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PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
- Modifying EHRs - Guidance to Create a Sound Legal Record
- Pitfalls to avoid when modifying a medical record
- Making changes to an EHR: Just because it is easy, is it good?
- Key reasons that justify modifications to a medical record
- When a change is made - what is the impact to other systems & providers
- Modifications, Concerns & Guidelines: What You Need to Know
- Additions & corrections - what to do when changes need to be made
- Keys to deleting or retracting improper or incorrect information
- Late entries - why do they happen and what can be done about it
- Requests from individuals - best practices for response
- Policies and Procedures: Keys to Ensure HIPAA Compliance
- Record integrity: how to match paper & electronic procedures & results
- Who must be notified when a revision is made
- Consequences of knowingly or unknowingly making illegal alternations
- Sample policy content - what to include in your procedures
- Live question and answer session - Have your questions answered by our expert presenter
- Modifying EHRs - Guidance to Create a Sound Legal Record
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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, providing information privacy and security regulatory compliance services to a variety of health care providers, businesses, universities, small and large hospitals, urban and rural mental health and social service agencies, health insurance plans, and health care business associates.
- Serves on the HIMSS Information Systems Security Workgroup, and has co-chaired the Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange Privacy and Security Workgroup.
- Frequent speaker regarding HIPAA and information privacy and security compliance issues at seminars and conferences, including speaking engagements at AHIMA and WEDI national conferences, and before the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, Health Information Management Associations of Virginia, New York City, New York State, and Vermont, the Connecticut Hospital Association, and the Hospital and Health System Association of Pennsylvania.
- Nearly 30 years of experience in policy analysis and implementation, business process analysis, information systems and software development, including leading the development of health care related Web sites; award-winning, best-selling commercial utility software; and mission-critical, fault-tolerant communications satellite control systems. In addition, he has eight years of experience doing hands-on medical work as a Vermont certified volunteer emergency medical technician.
- Sheldon-Dean received his B.S. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Vermont and his master's degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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PROGRAM MATERIALS
The speaker's PowerPoint presentation slides are included with your audio recording purchase. All materials are accessible through the Internet and can be downloaded as a PDF file.
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PRICING
$199.00 for audio conference recording (CD or DVD) and program materials.
This is an outstanding program and therefore we offer purchasers a Money Back Guarantee. We are so confident that you will find the conference valuable that we offer a 100% money back guarantee from now until 30 days after the audio recording is shipped, making this a risk-free investment. If you should have any concerns, comments, or refund requests with this conference, please contact our customer service representatives at 800-964-6033. Audio recordings will be received approximately three weeks after the live conference.
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