Dental Health Q3 Checkup 2017

The (9) Commandments of Compliance There have been sweeping changes to both OSHA & HIPAA Compliance Requirements for the dental office. Aside from Annual OSHA Employee Training, there is now a secondary OSHA training requirement called Global Harmonization System (GHS). It deals with applying International Chemical Safety Standards into your daily practices in the workplace. GHS Employee Training was implemented December 1, 2013 with required SDS compliance by June 1, 2016. The question is, are you now in compliance? How do you get there? Don’t be fooled that training alone will get you completely compliant. OSHA and HIPAA inspectors love offices that admit they “have only completed training” and did little else to study the laws or prepare their

Comprehensive is Key!

facility and update their paperwork for real compliance.

TRAINING ALL EMPLOYEES

PAPERWORK 1000 REQUIRED PAGES

FACILITY OVER 200 PROTOCOLS 1. (72) Safety Requirements 2. Required Posters 3. Required Labels 4. Required Logs / Tracking 5. State & County Requirements 1. SDS Cloud or Digital Storage 2. SDS Back-Up Copy Accessible 3. 24-hour access to SDS 4. Pictogram Diagram Posted 5. USA Hazard Labels at Point- of-Use til June 2016 1. Post NOPP for Patient to read 2. Post NOPP on Website 3. Configure Patient Check-Out for Privacy 4. Computers & Internet to HIPAA Privacy Standards 5. Daily Back Up: Offsite & Encrypted 6. Outgoing Email Encrypted

REQUIREMENT

Good news: If you implement these

Annual OSHA Employee Training OSHA/GHS Certification

1. (4) Modules of Law 2. (27) Learning Points

1. Proof of Training Certificate

(9) Commandments of Compliance, you should “ace” any OSHA or HIPAA inspection ¯ Don’t be fooled by companies promising you free training in any of these areas! The “attention-to-detail” that needs to be invested in de- veloping sound compliance

1. Proof of Training Certificate 2. OSHAManualtoGHSStandard 3. NewEmployeeRequiredForms 4. Pictogram Diagram Posted 5. MSDS Manual: Alphabetized with Master List 6. SDS Manual: Back-Up Copy 1. Proof of Training Certificate 2. HIPAA Manual to Omnibus Rule Standard 3. New Employee Training & Confidentiality 4. New Business Associates Agreements signed 5. New Patient Forms in Use 6. Annual Data Back Up & Contingency Report

1. Employee GHS Training to include:

a. SDS Conversion b. Access to SDS c. Pictogram knowledge d. Review of Handling Hazardous Chemicals

HIPAA Omnibus Rules

1. Employee HIPAA

Omnibus Training on 580 pages of law

7. Plan for Catastrophe 8. Assign HIPAA Officer

programs is far too complex! It’s best to investigate and work with a company that has developed their programs with the help of attorneys specializing in these areas of law. The fines for non-compliance are great and will put your office in jeopardy. “Free” is rather flippant when it comes to OSHA & HIPAA. Make sure your compliance pro- grams are comprehensive! Choose experts that are committed to compliance as their main area of expertise. Dental Enhancements provides affordable, com- plete compliance packages:

Initial Annual OSHA Employee Training Package . . . $349 OSHA / GHS Complete Compliance Package . . . . . . $399 HIPAA Complete Compliance Package . . . . . . . . . . . $429 ALL-IN-ONE Complete Federal Compliance Pkg . . . . $1299 MI OSHA Package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$169 TX HIPPA HB300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$169

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