Registration starts at 8:00 AM

Registration fee includes the required $137.00 ADA Complete Guide to HIPAA Compliance (2013 edition or later).
Continental breakfast and lunch provided. Please indicate any special dietary requirements when signing up for course.

This highly popular course is back by popular demand!
Practice Support Experts will guide you through a process to build critical office manuals. You’ll leave the course ready to complete up-to-date OSHA, HIPAA and Employment manuals in your office. Bring a laptop, tablet or notebook – you’ll do the work on site.

General Information

Learning outcomes for the HR presentation:

Understand why a manual is important to your practice.
Know the elements necessary for compliance with state employment laws.
Review the CDA Sample Employee Manual template.
Understand how to develop practical and compliant policies for your practice.

Regulatory Compliance Manual Completion
2-hour
Qualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course
Written documentation is required by Cal/OSHA for occupational safety, by the Department of Public Health for radiation safety and by state and local agencies for proper disposal of hazardous and medical wastes. This course walks participants through the regulatory requirements and completion of the Regulatory Compliance Manual which contains templates for the required written documentation. Note: Component must ensure participants have downloaded all sections of the Regulatory Compliance Manual from the CDA Practice Support website to their respective laptop computers. Participants are expected to use laptops with the template already loaded and ready for use.

Creating HIPAA Policies and Procedures
2 hours
Qualifies for C.E. Credit – Core Course
HIPAA covered entities are required to have written HIPAA policies and procedures, conduct risk analysis and have risk management plans. Using the ADA Practical Guide to HIPAA Compliance and a CDA-provided template, participants will get hands-on experience developing their own policies and procedures. Instructions for conducting the required security risk analysis are included in this presentation. Note: Component must ensure participants have purchased the ADA guide (dated 2013 or later). CDA will provide the template and miscellaneous forms to the component, which will then email the documents to registered participants. The CDA template customized the ADA material to include state-specific rules. Participants are expected to use laptops with the template already loaded and ready for use.

Michelle Corbo, PHR, PHRca

As one of the original Practice Support team members, Michelle is a practice analyst that knows a thing or two about its resources. She contributes regularly to the CDA Update, develops Practice Support resources for CDA’s website and speaks to dentistry audiences across California with a focus on best employment practices. Her expertise doesn’t stop there. Having earned two HR certifications, a strong background in private practice and more than 11 years of experience with CDA, she advises member dentists in the areas of employment practices and practice management.

Teresa Pichay is a practice analyst with the California Dental Association. Her areas of expertise include compliance with Cal/OSHA, information privacy and security, radiation safety, Dental Practice Act, waste management and miscellaneous business regulations and laws. She holds a certificate in healthcare privacy compliance from the Health Care Compliance Association, and writes a monthly regulatory compliance column for the CDA Journal. She has lectured several times at CDA Presents and at component dental society meetings. She has worked for CDA since 1995, starting first with the Council on Dental Research and Developments, then moving on to Public Policy. Her current work with CDA Practice Support includes developing online compliance resources and providing guidance and information directly to members.  Prior to joining CDA, Ms. Pichay worked for other business and trade associations. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California.