HIPAA-Privacy-Security

HIPAA Privacy and Security Training

Course Overview

HIPAA Privacy and Security classroom training program focuses on the implications of Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) legislation and critical compliance requirements for business/client.

HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is an attempt at incremental healthcare reform. It was subsequently revised in 2009 with the ARRA/HITECH Act and again in 2013 with the Omnibus Rule.

HIPAA's intent was to reform the healthcare industry by reducing costs, simplifying administrative processes and burdens, and improving the privacy and security of patients' health information. Today HIPAA compliance mainly revolves around the last item: protecting the privacy and security of patients' health information.

This course primarily focuses on why HIPPA as a compliance in Healthcare industry is important and the key takeaways you and your organization needs to know in delating with Patients' Health Information (PIH).

This course is based on the guidelines of HIPPA compliance best practices to cover the below following topics / domains, focuses and develops the expertise required for any professional to understand HIPAA compliance and dealing with patients' health information.

  • Domain 1 - HIPAA Fundamentals.
  • Domain 2 - HIPAA Privacy Rule
  • Domain 3 - HIPAA Security Rule
  • Domain 4 - Enforcement Rule
  • Domain 5 – Potential Violations and Penalties
  • Domain 6 - Omnibus Rule of January 2013

Upon completion of this training program, professional will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to:

  • Understand what HIPAA means, how it affects your organization, and significant changes in policies, procedures and processes within the organization in the handling of patient records.
  • Understand the federal program for meaningful use and incentives for adopting electronic health records.
  • Understand the current and potential uses of social media, mobile technologies and big data in health care with the privacy and security risks and challenges
  • Identify the main reasons behind HIPAA, specifically, to provide continuity/portability of health benefits to individuals between jobs; to combat fraud/abuse in health insurance and health care delivery; to reduce administrative costs in healthcare; to provide uniform standards for electronic health care transactions; and, to ensure security and privacy of patient health information.
  • Gain an in-depth understanding of HIPAA Security, Privacy and Transaction rule.
  • Understand who Business Associates are and what will they have to do to ensure HITECH HIPAA compliance.
  • Examine how implementing HIPAA will affect the way health care entities organize and staff to achieve and monitor compliance with patient privacy/confidentiality needs.
  • Understand the new Enforcement rule.
  • Review specific requirements and implementation features within each security category.
  • Learn how to plan and prepare for HIPAA compliance.
  • Understand all required and addressable HIPAA Security implementation specifications.
  • Review core elements of a security policy document for a health care entity.
  • Review specific requirements and implementation features within each security category.
  • Identify core elements of a compliance plan that every health care entity is required to develop for business continuity and disaster recovery.

Who Should Attend

The program is ideal for those working in positions such as, but not limited to –

  • Healthcare professional, Medical students / observers, Lab technicians, Pharmacy staff or anyone working in healthcare and pharmaceutical industry and dealing with Patients' Health Information (PIH).

Course Duration

  • 16 Hours (2 Days * 8 Hours)

Course Content / Outline

  • HIPAA : Meaning and Purpose
  • Entities affected by HIPAA : Covered Entities & Business Associates
  • Structure of HIPAA Regulation
  • Administrative Simplification and Insurance Reforms
  • Administrative Simplification : Electronic Standardization of Transactions, Code Sets & Unique Identifiers
  • HIPAA: Privacy and Security
  • HIPAA Privacy Standards :
    • PHI: Meaning, Examples & Safeguarding PHI
    • Compliance with Privacy Rule: Business Associates
    • Administrative Requirements of Privacy
    • PHI: Use & Disclosure Compliance
  • Security Rules
    • Meaning & Objectives
    • Need for security Rules
    • Who must comply with Security Rules
    • Security Rules: Administrative, Physical and Technical Safeguards Requirements and Structure
  • Bearing and Effect of New Privacy Rule of HIPAA
  • HIPAA Security : Requirements and safeguards
  • Penalties for Non-Compliance of HIPAA
  • General Process of HIPAA Implementation
  • Updates to HIPAA from ARRA/HITECH Act (2009) and Omnibus Rule (2013)
  • How HITECH affects HIPAA