ExpertRating Online HIPAA Training Course - $129.99

One of the many advantages of HIPAA is that it helps to save costs by reducing unnecessary paperwork.

A national standard for electronic transfers of health related data was passed by the Congress (Bush Administration) in 1996 in the form of The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), also known as the Kennedy-Kassebaum Bill. HIPAA helped to remove the apprehensions among the public about privacy and security of their personal health data. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) framed some rules for privacy of this data. The HIPAA Privacy Rule or the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information was issued by the DHHS after many changes were made to it.

The HIPAA Act of August 21, 1996 has pushed new Federal regulations which ensure that the private information of patients is secure. This Act also sets a standard format for the physicians to use while undertaking electronic transactions. The ExpertRating HIPAA Compliance Certification will cover all the three important areas related to HIPAA which include- Portability, Accounting and Administrative Simplification.

ExpertRating Online HIPAA Training Course Coverage (6 weeks program)

Week One

Wednesday - Lesson 01

The first lesson will lay out the foundation of HIPAA so you'll understand the motivation behind the law. It will focus specifically on the Administrative Simplification portion of HIPAA and give you a good idea of its goals. As with any law, noncompliance comes at a price. So this lesson will also take a look at the penalties involved for anyone who ignores HIPAA's requirements.

Friday - Lesson 02

HIPAA has a language all its own. To truly grasp the scope of the law, it's important that you become familiar with HIPAA's lingo and also its players—the various organizations involved in setting HIPAA standards. And that's what this lesson will work on. By the time you finish, you'll understand HIPAA's jargon and be able to untangle its acronyms.

Week Two

Wednesday - Lesson 03

It's time to put your newfound lingo to use. The overriding goal of HIPAA is to protect personal health information. This lesson will identify the 12 types of electronic transactions that HIPAA covers. It will also take a peek at the code sets and identifiers used in these transactions. Transactions, code sets, and identifiers are key to your understanding of HIPAA, and this lesson will put those pieces of the puzzle together.

Friday - Lesson 04

The Privacy Rule is another key element of HIPAA, and it has some core requirements. When you finish this lesson, you'll have a good understanding of those requirements as well as an overview of the Privacy Rule's relationship to other privacy laws. Privacy breaches can have far-reaching consequences, so this lesson will take a look at some examples to help emphasize the value of the Privacy Rule.

Week Three

Wednesday - Lesson 05-

Now that you understand the Privacy Rule, this lesson will take the next step and delve into the requirements for using and disclosing protected health information (PHI). HIPAA has two types of disclosures: required and permitted. At the end of this lesson, you'll understand the difference between the two. Another concept that figures heavily into the entire HIPAA picture is minimum necessary. You'll see how this concept fits neatly into the issue of PHI disclosures.

Friday - Lesson 06

Under HIPAA, patients have seven fundamental privacy rights. And those rights are what this lesson will examine. You'll learn that included in HIPAA are careful steps to make sure patients have access to their own medical information and control over how it's disclosed. You'll also see how state laws can expand on HIPAA's provisions.

Week Four

Wednesday - Lesson 07

The health care industry doesn't operate in a vacuum. Health care entities provide services through a network of relationships with other entities. This lesson will focus on those relationships. It will examine business relationships and learn how to recognize their differences. This lesson will also take a closer look at the business associate relationship from the perspective of contracts and liability.

Friday - Lesson 08

The Security Rule is the companion to HIPAA's Privacy Rule. This lesson will turn your attention to the concept of information security. Security has its own key terms, and this lesson will spend some time defining them so you'll be familiar with their meaning. This lesson will also address the various threats that exist when protected health information is electronically handled and transmitted.

Week Five

Wednesday - Lesson 09

Continuing the journey into HIPAA's Security Rule this lesson will explore the Security Rule's fundamental approach to addressing security. It will examine the philosophy and principles behind the Security Rule. Then this lesson will go over the standards for implementation, and you'll learn which ones are required and which are simply addressable. It will also take a look at some real-life security breaches, which should emphasize the need for good security practices.

Friday - Lesson 10

The Security Rule covers three major areas: administrative safeguards, physical safeguards, and technical safeguards. This lesson will focus on administrative safeguards. By the end of the lesson, you'll understand that administrative safeguards are actions, policies, and procedures designed to manage your security choices.

Week Six

Wednesday - Lesson 11

This lesson will look at the physical and technical safeguards component of the Security Rule. It will dig into their various standards and implementation specifications so you can see how they apply to your own organization. This lesson will also talk a bit about how the Security Rule and the Privacy Rule overlap.

Friday - Lesson 12

When it's time to begin creating your own policies and procedures to implement HIPAA, it helps to have a framework to follow. And that's what this lesson will give you: a description of the most common frameworks available to best suit you. It will also look at some health care trends so you'll have an idea of what the future holds for HIPAA.

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