On June 23, 2017, the Corporate Compliance Workgroup met at CHCACT. The Corporate Compliance Workgroup consists of FQHC staff across CT that work in departments including, but not limited to, Operations, Quality Improvement, Compliance and Human Resources. This group has over 100 years of FQHC compliance experience! Nineteen individuals representing eleven FQHCs participated in the meeting either in person or through videoconference.

Joan W. Feldman & Bill J. Roberts, Partners at Shipman & Goodwin, attended the first segment of the meeting to discuss the potential for data breaches and how to protect against them. The presentation included examples of recent HIPAA Breaches of Interest, how to determine if the health center is adequately covered, what the health center should do to reduce risk, and the process if there is a breach. This portion of the meeting was made available to other financial and information technology staff to attend if they were interested as well.

Katie Henley, Training and Development Senior Program Manager

Two additional CHCACT staff members joined the meeting at various times; Deb Polun provided a legislative update and Domina DiBiase reported on the recently released CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule Interpretive Guidelines. The remainder of the meeting was dedicated to group discussions about topics such as managing contracts/affiliation agreements, after hours coverage, and providing education to members of the FQHC Board of Directors.

If you have any questions about the Corporate Compliance Workgroup, please contact Katie Henley.

- Katie