Overview: Reliance on the use of contractors has increased dramatically over recent years in most employment sectors. Organizations are increasingly concentrating on core activities and operations and are taking on contract staff for chore activities. Many organizations, for example, make use of contract cleaning staff in place of their own cleaning operatives. Many organizations also take advantage of the increased flexibility with respect to...

Held the second Tuesday of every other month, GEOINTeraction Tuesday is a casual networking event where you can develop new relationships, exchange ideas and discover business opportunities. Each event features a guest speaker from the Defense, Intelligence or Homeland Security Community who shares their views on current issues and answers audience questions. Speaking at this event is Ernie Reith, Deputy Director of IT Services, NGA. Learn mor...

Overview: This session will focus on the rights of individuals to communicate in the manner they desire, and how a medical office can decide what is an acceptable process for communications with individuals. The session will explain how to discuss communications options with individuals so that you can best meet their needs and desires, while preserving their rights under the rules. With the new HIPAA random audit program now getting under way...

Overview: Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is an ongoing quality improvement process that is carried out in healthcare organizations by a multidisciplinary team. Unlike root cause analysis (RCA), which is carried out retrospectively in response to a sentinel event, FMEA is a proactive process that acknowledges that errors are inevitable and predictable. It anticipates errors and designs a system that will minimize their impact. FMEA mi...

Agenda 8:30-9:00 Continental Breakfast (Provided) 9:00-9:30 Introduction Jennifer Schultz 9:30 - Noon Accounting Reconciliations: Balance Sheet Accounts Vacation/PTO YE reconcilation Labor Distribution/Payroll Records Job Cost Ledgers and Individual Job Cost Reports, 1035 Vouchers How to scan for unallowable costs Profit and Loss Accounts Indirect Rate Computations Allocation of Costs Actual Indirect Rate Adjustments to Year End Cost Reports P...

In the past four years, over 100 adverse actions have been reversed by the MSPB because the agency committed a due process violation. Don’t let it happen to you! Learn how to process a constitutionally correct adverse action the first time so your agency avoids costly “do overs” with guidance from Robert Erbe, an experienced labor and employment law litigator who has seen firsthand all the disastrous missteps agencies commit...

Course "HIPAA Privacy Security - Time to Get Serious" has been pre-approved by RAPS as eligible for up to 12 credits towards a participant's RAC recertification upon full completion. Overview: Brian has conducted over 400 risk assessments for business associates and covered entities alike as well as worked directly with the Federal government in terms of auditing. This seminar will go into great detail about what is going on in the HIPAA Secur...

HCC Southeast to host 6th annual Veteran Job Fair and Career Expo HOUSTON - (October 2, 2015) – The Houston Community College Rustic location will aid the effort to lower the veteran unemployment rate by helping Houston-area veterans find job opportunities through its Sixth Annual “United We Stand” Veteran Job Fair. The Job Fair will take place on Thursday November 5, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 6815 Rustic St., Houston, T...

Overview: The primary goal of this session is to demonstrate why the health care organization needs to perform a risk assessment and how to perform the risk assessment. This includes a description of the types of breaches of protected health information that have already occurred and the reasons those breaches happened. The presentation then provides that reasons that a risk assessment is required in a health care organization and who needs to...

The US is home to more than 130,000 schools serving approximately 55 million K-12 students, and another 4,500-plus colleges and universities serving 21 million students. While the vast majority of campuses offer safe, secure environments, no school is immune to threats and risks. Students, parents, and communities expect their educational leaders to work with local law enforcement and public safety agencies in preparing for a wide array of man...