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HIPAA Compliance

GES 108 -- 12 hours

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