HIPAA Compliance (12 hours)

Course Overview/Description

The HIPAA Compliance Course provides HIPAA Training for Health Care Professionals including a comprehensive overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) from a healthcare professional's viewpoint. The course focuses specifically on the HIPAA Privacy regulations, which are the major focus of most healthcare providers. HIPAA Compliance also includes an overview of HIPAA regulations. This course was designed to satisfy the mandatory training component of HIPAA Privacy for a healthcare organization's staff.
NOTE: This course is set up for four people, each spending three hours in training.

Upon registering, you are given an initial six months to complete the program. Should you need more time, you may request a 6-month extension at no additional charge.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of the HIPAA course, students will:

• Understand what HIPAA is.
• Learn the purpose of HIPAA.
• Understand the key features of HIPAA.
• Understand what entities are affected by HIPAA.
• Appreciate the types of standards HIPAA affects and understand the areas affected by the standards' proposed rules.
• Understand the purpose of electronic standardization of transactions, code sets, and unique identifiers.
• Recognize the difference between privacy and security.
• Appreciate the impact of new privacy rules related to HIPAA.
• Understand the cost and savings associated with HPAA.
• Learn the implementation of dates for compliance and penalties for noncompliance to HIPAA regulations.
• Understand how HIPAA will impact personnel and organizations.
• Understand the general process to implement HIPAA compliance in each organization.

Course Outline

• Introduction to HIPAA
  1. What is HIPAA?
  2. Overview
  3. Insurance Reform
  4. Administrative Simplifications
  5. Purpose of Administrative Simplifications
  6. Who is Affected by HIPAA?
  7. Penalties for Noncompliance
• Transactions, Code Sets, and Identifiers
  1. Background
  2. Transaction Standards
  3. Code Sets
  4. Unique Identifiers
  5. Quiz
• Privacy
  1. Privacy vs. Security
  2. Privacy Standards Background
  3. Privacy Standards
  4. Scope of Privacy Standards
  5. Administrative Requirements of Privacy
  6. Penalties for Noncompliance
  7. Disclosures of PHI
  8. Individual Patient Rights
  9. Notice, Consent, and Authorization
  10. Disclosure Exceptions
  11. Minimum Necessary Disclosures
  12. Incidental Use and Disclosures
  13. De-Identification
  14. Quiz
• Security
  1. Background of Security Standards
  2. Purpose of Security Standards
  3. Security Standards
  4. Quiz
• Implementation of HIPAA
  1. Compliance Dates for Standards
  2. Implication of Noncompliance
  3. Keys to Success for HIPAA Compliance
  4. Making Your Organization HIPAA Compliant
  5. Quiz
• Final Exam

Prerequisites/Audience

The target audience for this course is physicians, physician staffs, nurses, hospital administrators, office managers, receptionists, medical-billing agencies, or any other individuals or organizations involved in healthcare with the need to comply with or learn about HIPAA Privacy. This is a three-hour course and includes four licenses. Four people can take this three hour course for one fee. There are no prerequisites.

PC Requirements/Materials Included

The target audience for this course is physicians, physician staffs, nurses, hospital administrators, office managers, receptionists, medical-billing agencies, or any other individuals or organizations involved in healthcare with the need to comply with or learn about HIPAA Privacy. This is a three-hour course and includes four licenses. Four people can take this three hour course for one fee. There are no prerequisites.

Instructor Bio

Carline Dalgleish has been employed in the Allied Healthcare profession since 1970. She began in the Medical Records department of the Army/Air Force Hospital in Nuremberg, Germany, and moved "through the ranks" over the years, performing insurance billing, coding and accounts-receivable management services for physicians, clinics, hospitals and even the Healthcare Financing Administration (now CMS). She has real-time experience in physician and hospital coding, as well as management experience in compliance, information technology and services and procedural and diagnostic coding instruction. In the early 90's, she moved full-time into curriculum development, teaching and management of allied health education programs, with special emphasis on Medical Billing and Coding.

Ms. Dalgleish is a Certified Medical Assistant-Administrative, a licensed practical nurse, and holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Information Systems. She is a member of the National Dean's Scholars List, AHIMA, PAHCOM, AAMA, AAPC, CCST, AAMT and AMTIE. She currently owns and operates COUGAR-Ed.net, which specializes in development and delivery of continuing education products, seminars and services.

 

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

 

1. How do I register?
Click on the register button at the top of the page and follow the directions. It is important that you type all your information in the boxes, then print it out to sign.  Payment and sending instructions are in the bottom right corner of the form.

2. How much do the courses cost?
The fee is in the pink box at the top of the page.

3. Can I register for courses if I live outside the United States?
Yes you can!

4. Do I ever have go to the school I register with?
All of our courses are delivered entirely online, so you never have to go to a class or travel to the school.  To register see the pink box at the top of the page.

5. How long does it take to complete a course?
All of our courses are self-paced and open enrollment. You can start and finish the course at your own pace. When you register for a course, you are given 180 days (6 months) to complete the course. If you need more time, extensions are available.

6. Do I have to buy additional materials?
All materials are included. The cost of materials is covered by your tuition. GES ships all materials via UPS ground service upon registration.

7. Can I get financial aid?
GES courses are non-credit courses, so they do not qualify for federal aid. In some states, vocational rehab or workforce development boards will pay for qualified students to take our courses.

• GES also provides a loan opportunity for students. Simply go to www.collegeloanapplication.com to apply for an easier qualifying loan. Click here for more information on this loan program.

8. What happens when I complete the course?
Upon successful completion of the course, you will be awarded a certificate of completion from the school with which you registered. You must obtain a final passing grade of 70% or greater to be awarded a certificate.

9. Am I guaranteed a job?
GES courses will provide you with the skills you need to obtain an entry-level position in most cases. We do not provide direct job placement services, but our instructors will help you build your resume and are available to give advice on finding your first job. Instructors will also be available to use as a professional reference upon completion of the course. Potential students should always do research on the job market in their area before registering.

10. Who will be my instructor?
Each student is paired with a facilitator for one-on-one interaction. The facilitator will be available (via email or phone) to answer any questions you may have and to provide feedback on your performance. All of our facilitators are successful working professionals in the fields in which they teach.

11. What do I have to have in order to take an online course, and what are the system requirements?
In order to take our online courses, you must have access to a computer and the Internet (a normal dial-up connection is fine). You can access the course contents from any Web-enabled computer. There are no necessary plug-ins. You do not have to use the same computer to log-in to the course every time. We recommend that you have a word-processing program (Microsoft Word is best) and the latest version of Internet Explorer.

12. Can this course be taken on a Mac?
Yes.

13. How can I get more information on the course?
All of the information we have is available online under our course catalog (www.gatlineducation.com). If you have questions that are not answered online, please feel free to email us at courseinfo@gatlineducation.com or call 817-870-2870. We will answer your questions promptly.

14. When can I start the course?
Our courses are all open enrollment. You can register and start the course as soon as you are ready.