HIPAA
HIPAA Primer
You’ll acquire a working knowledge of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by taking this self-study course. The instructional content makes it easy for you to understand and apply key components of HIPAA, including the Privacy Rule, administrative simplification requirements, marketing, and legal issues.
What You’ll Learn:
- The key components of HIPAA, including privacy, transactions, and security
- The roles of business associates, employers, and health plan sponsors
- HIPAA’s impact on business operations and clinical practice
- Guidelines for the development of organizational policies and procedures
- How to prepare and distribute required documents, including privacy notice, authorization, and business associate agreement
- Case scenarios that illustrate compliance issues in action
- HIPAA terminology
Who Should take this Course:
- Employees of health insurance plans and health care organizations who need a basic understanding of the HIPAA with respect to the administrative simplification provisions
- Corporate compliance and privacy officers
- Corporate counsel and legal advisors
- Case managers and medical directors who seek more knowledge of HIPAA
- Technical business solutions advisors and others in related fields who seek expertise in this area
Enrollment
$155 AHIP Members; $190 Non-members
To enroll in a course, or purchase a text book, please log in, and browse our Center’s online catalog. If you are a new user, please register for an account to get started.
Publication
HIPAA Primer: An Introduction to HIPAA Rules, Requirements, and Compliance
$40 AHIP Members; $50 Non-members
Earn a Designation
This course is good towards earning the following Center designations:
- HIPAA Associate (HIPAAA)
- Dental Benefits Associate (DBA)
- Health Insurance Associate (HIA®)
- Healthcare Customer Service Associate (HCSA)
Continuing Education Credits
- The Commission for Case Manager Certification (CCMC) grants 24 contact hours for this course.
HIPAA: Insurers
This self-study course delivers an enterprise-wide training program that you can implement, with specific descriptions of departmental compliance. You can use the action items to assess your organization’s state of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance and create policy for noncompliant areas. Case scenarios illustrate key points to make learning easier.
What You’ll Learn:
- The key components of HIPAA, with emphasis on administrative simplification provisions
- Answers to questions about covered entities, business associates, and protected health information
- Step-by-step guidelines or action items for addressing compliance issues throughout an organization
- How to prepare required documents, including privacy notice, authorization, and business associate agreement
- Case scenarios that illustrate compliance issues in action
- HIPAA terminology
Who Should take this Course:
- Employees of health insurance plans and health care organizations who need to know how to interpret the HIPAA and implement compliance action tasks
- Corporate trainers and compliance and privacy officers
- Technical business solutions advisors and others in related fields who seek practical expertise in this area
Enrollment
$155 AHIP Members; $190 Non-members
To enroll in a course, or purchase a text book, please log in, and browse our Center’s online catalog. If you are a new user, please register for an account to get started.
Publication
HIPAA Action Items for Insurers
Available in electronic format only. Copy supplied free of charge to students enrolling in the HIPAA: Insurers course.
Earn a Designation
This course is good towards earning the following Center designations: