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Jump Start your 2026 with HIPAA & OSHA Compliance

Jump Start your 2026 with HIPAA & OSHA Compliance

By: Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH...Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, MHA

Post Date: 9/18/2026

CE Amount: 1

Categories: Public Health

COURSE OVERVIEW

After completing this article, the reader should be able to:

  • Practice with the highest standards in OSHA compliance to improve worker and patient safety.
  • Implement HIPAA office policies to protect patient-sensitive health information and ensure compliance with 2026 updates.
  • Prepare for the 2026 HIPAA Security Rule changes and take proactive steps prior to finalization predicted to occur in May 2026.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This course is written for the busy dental provider to help refocus attention on OSHA and HIPAA compliance as everyone moves into the new year of 2026. OSHA and HIPAA training is mandatory and their requirements are designed to keep both patients and workers safe.

There have been updates, with more coming, to both federal laws and it is imperative that the dental provider stay abreast of changes to maintain compliance.

COURSE SPEAKER

Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, MHA
Lisa Mayo, RDH, BSDH, MHA

Lisa Mayo graduated with a bachelor’s degree in dental hygiene from Baylor College of Dentistry and a master's degree in healthcare administration from Ohio University. She is currently enrolled in a doctoral program for healthcare administration with Franklin University. She serves as the academic chair for Dental Hygiene, Dental Assisting, and Surgical Technology at Dallas College and has been working in higher education for 12 years. Lisa has taught hundreds of continuing education courses for dental and medical professionals since 2006 and has published peer-review, continuing education courses, articles, and white papers for the Canadian Dental Journal, Dental Economics, Dental Learning, Dimensions of Dental Hygiene, Access, Medicom, StudentRDH, Penn Well, and RDH. She has contributed to chapters of textbooks and just released her first full-length textbook published by Jones & Bartlett titled “Power Instrumentation for the Dental Professional.”

TARGET AUDIENCE

This course is intended for Dental Assistant, Dentist, Hygienist, and Office Manager from novice to advanced.

EDUCATIONAL METHOD

Self Instructional Online CE Course

IMAGE AUTHENTICITY STATEMENT

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SCIENTIFIC INTEGRITY STATEMENT

Information shared in this continuing education activity is developed from clinical research and represents the most current information available from evidence-based dentistry.

KNOWN BENEFITS AND LIMITATIONS

Information in this continuing education activity is derived from data and information obtained from the reference section.

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Dental Learning presentation is made possible through the continued support of HealthFirst. Lisa Mayo, MHA, BSDH, RDH is a consultant and/or speaker for the following companies and/or organizations: Dental Learning, HealthFirst. Lisa Mayo, MHA, BSDH, RDH may receive an honorarium as compensation from the CE Supporter of this presentation and/or from Dental Learning for the time involved in preparing and delivering this online presentation.

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