Daphne L. Kackloudis is a member of the firm, she heads BMD Columbus’ health care practice, and she chairs BMD’s Empowerment and Opportunity (DE&I) Committee. Daphne’s success –and that of her clients – is rooted in the nexus between traditional health care legal services and health care public policy. She has broad and deep experience in health care operations, service delivery, payment systems, and compliance, as well as Medicaid, public policy, and government affairs. Daphne advises health care trade associations and health care providers as outside counsel and in-house as a member of her clients’ senior leadership teams.
Avoid Medical Record Destruction Mistakes and $50,000 Fines
Failing to follow medical records destruction rules can cost you up to $50,000 per violation. Recent changes by the Supreme Court now require you to keep records for 10 years instead of 6, unless your state demands more. This means you need to update how you manage, store, and destroy records to avoid hefty HIPAA penalties. Both paper and digital files are at risk.
Join healthcare attorneys Daphne Kackloudis, JD, and Ashley Watson, JD, for a 60-minute online training on Wednesday, January 8th at 1pm ET. They’ll explain the latest changes in medical records destruction and retention rules in clear, simple terms, helping you stay compliant and avoid significant fines.
In this essential session, you’ll learn:
- A plain-English breakdown of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the False Claims Act statute of limitations.
- Strategies to prevent patient complaints about records retention, the #3 cause of violations.
- How to avoid fines when mailing lab and other PHI.
- Steps to update your medical records destruction policies.
- Best practices for storing both digital and physical records.
- How to manage accidental destruction or loss of records due to natural events.
- Policies to ensure timely destruction of records.
- A checklist to identify often-overlooked PHI, such as no-show patient records and attorney requests.
- The differences between state and federal requirements and simple compliance methods.
- How to handle tricky-to-destroy items like texted photos.
- What HIPAA requires you to retain and destroy, and when.
- Documentation essentials to avoid penalties.
This training is vital for anyone in your practice involved in record retention and destruction decisions. In just 60 minutes, you’ll gain the knowledge to meet the latest legal requirements with confidence.
Remember, the longer you keep records, the harder it is to protect them. A single patient complaint about record management can lead to an audit and costly penalties. Don’t risk it—register for this training today and ensure your practice is compliant from the start.
Meet Your Experts
Ashley Watson
Esq.Assistant General Counsel
Ashley is Assistant General Counsel at a large hospital network in Columbus, Ohio. Prior to this, Ashley was a healthcare attorney in BMD’s Columbus office. She worked with nonprofit and for-profit health care providers, health care trade associations, individuals, and businesses. Ashley is experienced in healthcare public policy and regulatory compliance, legislative and government affairs, grant administration, and healthcare program operations.
