HIPAA Compliance
Are
you a health care professional or considering a career in the health care
industry? Do you provide products or services to a health care organization? If
the answer to either of these questions is yes, then it's mandatory that you
understand the requirements of HIPAA compliance. This groundbreaking legislation
requires all health care professionals to take careful steps to protect private
information. But what exactly does HIPAA require?
In this course, we'll demystify the compliance process. We'll focus specifically
on the Administrative Simplification portion of HIPAA, starting by defining the
lingo of HIPAA and identifying the important players. Then we'll cover
transactions, code sets, and identifiers, which are all key elements in
electronic health care transmissions.
We'll use real-world examples to help explain the Privacy Rule, which governs
patient rights, disclosure of protected health information (PHI), business
associates, and many other relationships within the health care industry. Since
computers are an integral part of health care these days, we'll see how they fit
into the Security Rule. We'll also examine administrative safeguards, physical
safeguards, technical safeguards, and policy and procedure creation—all of which
are crucial components of the Security Rule.
By the time you finish this course, you'll be confident and capable of
implementing HIPAA's requirements in your own organization. If you're just
starting your career in the health care field, you'll have a priceless addition
to your resume.
To enroll in this course, click the Enroll Now button below:
Requirements:
Internet access, e-mail, and the Microsoft Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox Web browser.
Syllabus:
All courses run for six weeks, with a two-week grace period at the end. Two
lessons are released each week for the six-week duration of the course. You do
not have to be present when the lesson is released, but you must complete each
lesson within two weeks of its release.
A new section of each course starts on the second or third Wednesday of each
month. If enrolling in a series of two or more courses, please be sure to space
the start date for each course at least two months apart.
| Week One |
| Wednesday - Lesson 01 |
| In our first lesson, we'll lay out the foundation of
HIPAA so you'll understand the motivation behind the law. We'll 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 we'll 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 we'll work on in this lesson. 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. In
this lesson, we'll identify the 12 types of electronic transactions that
HIPAA covers. We'll 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 we'll 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, we'll 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 we'll be examining in this lesson.
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. We'll focus on those relationships in this lesson.
We'll examine business relationships and learn how to recognize their
differences. We'll 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. In this lesson, we'll turn our attention to the concept of
information security. Security has its own key terms, and we'll spend
some time defining them so you'll be familiar with their meaning. We'll
also address the various threats that exist when we electronically
handle and transmit protected health information. |
| Week Five |
| Wednesday - Lesson 09 |
| Continuing the journey into HIPAA's Security Rule, in
this lesson, we'll explore the Security Rule's fundamental approach to
addressing security. We'll examine the philosophy and principles behind
the Security Rule. Then we'll go over the standards for implementation,
and you'll learn which ones are required and which are simply
addressable. We'll 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. In this lesson, we'll 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 |
| In this lesson, we'll look at the physical and
technical safeguards component of the Security Rule. We'll dig into
their various standards and implementation specifications so you can see
how they apply to your own organization. We'll 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. We'll also look at some health care trends so you'll have an idea of what the future holds for HIPAA. |
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