HIPAA Training Course on CD-ROM

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

The Administrative Simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II) required the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health plans, and employers. It also addressed the security and privacy of health data. As the industry adopts these standards for the efficiency and effectiveness of the nation's health care system will improve the use of electronic data interchange.

The Administrative Simplification Compliance Act (ASCA) amended the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) and requires that all claims submitted to Medicare on October 16, 2003 and beyond be done so electronically except for certain circumstances

HIPAA Training Course

Personal privacy is now a major issue to people, particularly where medical information is concerned. This course presents an overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, outlining the main components and identifying who is covered by the act. This course examines the privacy provisions under HIPAA for patients and employees involved with covered entities. Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, covered entities are now expected to provide notification to individuals before the routine use of health information. HIPAA offers patients the right to a copy of their medical records, to request amendments to them if necessary, and to know the history of disclosures. This course helps covered entities recognize the key provisions, how their organizations are affected and how the privacy rules impact upon them. The course also explains their notification requirements and the penalties of noncompliance. Our Legal Compliance courses are developed and maintained with subject matter support provided by the Labor, Employment, and Employee Benefits Law Group of the law firm of Sheehan Phinney Bass + Green PA.

Topics covered include:

• Privacy Rules
• Electronic Health Data Transactions
• Evaluating the Impact of the Privacy Rule
• Implementing Privacy Rules
• Securing Protected Health Information

Course Training Content

Privacy Rules

• identify the main provisions of HIPAA.
• recognize the key subcomponents of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification provision.
• match the covered entity as defined by HIPAA to its definition.
• recognize examples of covered entities using the HIPAA rules.
• identify a health plan's responsibilities regarding the Privacy Rule under HIPAA.
• recognize the benefits to individuals provided by the Privacy Rule.
• identify how the Privacy Rule safeguards Protected Health Information.
• identify the elements of health information that must be protected in a given scenario.
• identify the main requirements for a Notice of Privacy Practices document.
• identify the penalties a company faces if it fails to comply with its obligations under the Privacy Rule.
• recognize the impact of HIPAA penalties upon covered entities who do not comply.
• identify how to file a health information complaint with the Office for Civil Rights.

Electronic Health Data Transactions

• identify benefits of using electronic data interchange to transmit and receive health-related information
• identify examples of the primary characteristics of an electronic data interchange environment.
• match transaction types that must be transmitted in standard format with the category to which each belongs.
• identify benefits of applying HIPAA transaction standards to health-related data.
• match standard transaction components to their descriptions.
• match examples to the components of the detail segment of a standard transaction.
• match data code sets with definitions of their uses in standardized transactions.
• match unique identifiers used or proposed to be used in standard transactions to their definitions.

Evaluating the Impact of the Privacy Rule

• recognize the value of determining whether an organization is a covered entity under HIPAA.
• match the employer's role as plan sponsor with the resulting HIPAA privacy rule obligations.
• evaluate factors to determine an organization's obligations under the privacy rule.
• identify examples of business associates that are bound by privacy rules.
• recognize the benefits of being able to assess an organization's level of compliance with privacy rule requirements.
• match examples of privacy forms, policies, and procedures with the relevant issues under the privacy rule.
• sequence examples of the proper steps to assess the gap between what will be required by the privacy rule and the organization's current practices.
• select examples of the components required in a privacy rule compliance plan.

Implementing Privacy Rules

• recognize the value of preparing managers, staff, and business associates to comply with HIPAA privacy regulations.
• choose correct examples of how privacy training topics might be presented to employees.
• select examples of procedures required to achieve compliance with business associate provisions.
• recognize the value of changing processes and procedures to comply with HIPAA requirements.
• identify examples of privacy rule documentation requirements for covered group health plans.
• identify the stages for resolving access issues and complaints.
• match the stages (receiving, evaluating, and responding) for resolving access issues and complaints with examples.
• identify the progressive disciplinary actions for violations of privacy policies.

Securing Protected Health Information

• recognize the value of complying with the Security Standards prescribed by HIPAA Administrative Simplification Rules.
• match organizational safeguards for data security under the Administrative Safeguards section of the HIPAA Security Standards with examples.
• select examples of implementations of workforce standards for data security required under the Administrative Safeguards section of the HIPAA Security Standards.
• identify business associate contract provisions that address security requirements of HIPAA's Administrative Safeguards.
• recognize the benefits of providing physical and technical safeguards for protected health information
• match standards for providing physical safeguards for protected health information to examples
• recommend actions to improve implementation of physical safeguard standards for protecting PHI in a hypothetical company.
• match technical safeguard standards required under the HIPAA security rules for protected health information with examples.

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