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HIPAA Privacy and Security
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance, and HIPAA training, is essential in healthcare, where individuals share details of their health, personal lives, and finances when they are at their most vulnerable. This HIPAA training course explains the basic principles of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). It covers fundamental HIPAA privacy and security principles, such as administrative, physical and technical safeguards, handling and use of protected health information, and many others. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance, and HIPAA training, is essential in healthcare, where individuals share details of their health, personal lives, and finances when they are at their most vulnerable.
Geography Covered: America | Duration: 45 minutes
Summary
The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act, enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, amended HIPAA to require "covered entities" — healthcare providers, health insurance plans, healthcare clearinghouses, and "business associates" who contract with these entities — to create and implement information-security policies covering protected health information that is electronically transmitted or maintained. In 2013, the HIPAA-HITECH Omnibus Rule brought strengthened patient privacy protections and made other important changes to HIPAA regulations. The work needed to comply with HIPAA laws and regulations presents a tremendous challenge for all organizations that handle healthcare information, making proper HIPAA training even more crucial.
California, Texas, and Florida versions of the course are also available. These HIPAA training courses contain a chapter covering medical-privacy laws of the respective states, which include additional requirements concerning the handling and use of protected health information and additional penalties for violations.
The topics covered in the course include:
- What is HIPAA?
- Who is subject to HIPAA?
- Protected Health Information (PHI)
- HIPAA Privacy
- Notice of Privacy Practices
- Reasonable Safeguards
- Using PHI for Marketing
- HIPAA Security
- Administrative Safeguards
- Physical Safeguards
- Technical Safeguards
- Handling PHI
- Security Breach
- PHI Rights of Individuals
- Enforcement of HIPAA
- California Medical Privacy Law
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