Course Name: HIPAA Compliance Training Series: The Foundation Course

Course Length: 1 hour

Prerequisites: None

Audience: Healthcare Industry

Course Description: HIPAA Compliance Training Series: The Foundation Course provides a solid foundation of information for health care professionals who need to comply with HIPAA. this introductory-level course gives students the basic information they need to know about the policies and regulations mandated by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. The course first provides a brief overview of HIPAA. This is followed by an in-depth look at look at the Administrative Simplification regulations, including EDI transaction standards, identifiers, code sets, the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule. An agent is used to make the course more engaging.

The main points of the course are:

· The intent of HIPAA is to improve efficiency and effectiveness in the healthcare system.
· The HIPAA regulations will affect all healthcare professionals and organizations.
· All healthcare professionals need to know how laws and regulations have been changed by HIPAA

Course Objectives:

· Learn what HIPAA is
· Understand the purpose of the HIPAA regulations
· Understand who is affected by the HIPAA regulations
· Learn about the changes mandated by the HIPAA regulations
· Understand how health care organizations will be affected by the HIPAA regulations