HIPAA / HITECH Compliance

HIPAA / HITECH Compliance

Protecting healthcare data has become a necessity. The government has greatly increased its monitoring of data breaches and has levied substantial penalties on non-compliant organizations. That, coupled with the constant threat of hacking and identify theft, has made compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH) crucial. In addition to providing HIPAA and HITECH fundamentals, this course explains in detail the Safeguards of HIPAA’s Security Rule and the use and disclosure requirements of the Privacy Rule. The course will also identify what entities are subject to the HIPAA / HITECH requirements, address the government’s penalty structure, and how the “meaningful use” of healthcare data enters the picture.

What you learn:

• Determine if their organization is subject to HIPAA and HITECH
• Identify the administrative controls that must be in place to attain HIPAA compliance
• Identify the physical controls that must be in place to attain HIPAA compliance
• Identify the technical controls that must be in place to attain HIPAA compliance
• Ensure any use or disclosure of PHI is done in accordance with the Privacy Rule
• React and report a data breach, and to act according to the Breach Notification Rule
• Appreciate how meaningful use correlates to HIPAA and HITECH

Course includes the following takeaway items: a printed training book and a CD that includes reference materials pertaining to the course.