Conducting a Behavioral Health Risk Assessment

Overview:

There are some unique challenges to identifying the most significant compliance risks in the delivery of behavioral health services.

This presentation will address both the risk assessment process and the specific risk areas associated with behavioral health.

Why should you Attend: The inability to identify the most significant compliance related risks in behavioral health programs can exposes the organization and its governing body to the potential for significant monetary penalties or legal liability.

Areas Covered in the Session:

The Risk Assessment Process
Definitions
Scope
Risk Categories
Conducting the Assessment
Identifying Behavioral Health Compliance Risks
Fee-for-service vs. capitation
Governing Body Risks
HIPAA and 42 CFR Part 2
Other Risk Areas

Who Will Benefit:
Behavioral Health Compliance and Privacy Officers
Tim Timmons - MentorHealthSpeaker Profile
Tim Timmons Following 25 years as a hospital financial manager and administrator, Tim has spent the past eighteen years assisting behavioral health organizations, hospitals, physician practices and home health agencies with the implementation of ethics and compliance programs. The initial emphasis of these programs was Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse, but they have since been expanded to address the implementation of CCO and other contractual obligations, NCQA standards, the HIPAA Privacy and Security standards, confidentiality requirements associated with substance abuse treatment, and many other statutes and regulations.