Description
Course Goal: By the end of this course, you will be able to describe the essentials of HIPAA and HIPPA compliance so you and your organization can properly protect patient privacy and avoid any type of HIPAA violation. Learn the essentials of HIPAA and HIPAA ComplianceHIPAA - the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act - has been around since 1996 and applies to any organization that deals with protected health information. This course offers an overview of HIPPA compliance requirements including the important elements of HIPAA and the later HITECH Act. Through these lessons, health care workers and their business associates will learn what they need to do to properly protect patient privacy and keep their organization out of legal troubles. This version, Intro to HIPAA for Covered Entities, is for healthcare providers and other businesses working directly with personally identifiable healthcare information. Topics covered include: Describing HIPAA's historyIdentifying important terms and acronyms associated with HIPAADiscussing three major HIPAA rulesDescribing key pieces of the Privacy RuleRecognizing the 18 elements of PHI (Protected Health Information)Identifying three types of safeguardsApplying tips for HIPAA implementationDescribing HIPAA responsibilities specific to covered entitiesEnjoy over 2 hours of high-quality HD content in the "Uniquely Engaging"TM Bigger Brains Teacher-Learner style!
