Luzerne County Community College will host a train-the-trainer program on suicide prevention, “QPR Gatekeeper Trainer Certification Course,” through which participants become certified trainers of the industry-leading QPR (Question Persuade Refer) approach to suicide prevention. The training will include an overview of research that led to development of this program, new and promising approaches to suicide prevention, national and...

Overview: In this webinar, we will look the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act and go over requirements for hospitals under the law. There is much to do for a hospital to be compliant with the law, and discuss what is and is not a violation. We will also look at investigating an EMTALA event and what is required. Why should you attend: Many people, even individuals who work in an Emergency Department have misconceptions about EMT...

Overview: This lesson will be addressing how practice managers (or compliance offers) need to get their HIPAA house in order before the imminent audits occur. It will also address major changes under the Omnibus Rule and any other applicable updates for 2015. There are an enormous amount of issues and risks for covered entities and business associates under Omnibus, first and foremost being the Feds have and increased budget and enforcement ab...

Overview: The webinar will concentrate on topics that HHS has announced will be the focus of the first round of "desk audits". They reflect significant areas of non-compliance revealed in the 2012 pilot audits and HHS HIPAA violation investigations concluded by Resolution Agreements and Corrective Action Plans. They include: HIPAA Risk Analysis Risk Management based on Risk Analysis Breach Notification Notice of Privacy Practices (for Covered...

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...