HIPAA Compliance-- Protecting You from Financial, Regulatory, & Financial Harm! JLB Legal & Consulting Services helps its clients to meet their regulatory requirements under the HIPAA Privacy Rule. We work with them by asking the right questions, pinpointing the issues and working with you to craft a solution that makes a difference. Those solutions including helping our clients to identify potential gaps in compliance, to provide recommendations for improvement, and, if desired, to develop training materials, policies and procedures, and agreements to meet their HIPAA compliance needs.

As the corporate Privacy Officer, I oversaw activities related to the development, implementation, maintenance of, and adherence to the organization’s privacy policies in compliance with federal and state laws and the organization’s privacy practices.Responsibilities include:-Provided leadership for the organization’s privacy program-Developed and managed company privacy policies and procedures-Coordinated with regulating bodies on privacy investigations and audits-Maintained current knowledge of applicable federal and state privacy laws-Collaborated on cyber security policies -Interfaced with leadership to develop strategic plans for the collection, use and sharing of information in a manner that maximizes its value while complying with applicable privacy regulations-Developed privacy training materials to increase employee understanding of company privacy policies and data handling practices -Conducted initial and on-going privacy training and awareness activities-Ensured compliance with privacy practices and consistent application of sanctions for failure to comply with privacy policies for the workforce and business associates -Developed and coordinate a risk management and compliance framework for privacy-Undertook a comprehensive review of the company’s data and privacy projects and ensure that they are consistent with corporate privacy and data security goals and policies-Established a process for receiving, documenting, tracking, investigating and taking action on all privacy incidents privacy complaints -Coordinated with Information Technology to track access to protected health information within the purview of the organization -Developed and managed procedures for vetting and auditing business associates for compliance with privacy laws and regulations-Negotiated and managed business associate contracts with third parties-Mitigated effects of an improper use or disclosure of confidential information by employees and business associates