HIPAA Skills Training Overview
This course is designed to provide key individuals with the tools necessary to implement their HIPAA plan as it relates to the privacy regulations. Participants develop required administrative documents, such as notice of information practice and a compliance statement, as well as administrative procedures, including a practice for patient-requested amendments and a mechanism for accounting all disclosures made for purposes other than treatment, payment, and HC operations. (Please note that legal documents like use contracts are not developed in this course.)
What's Next:
Preparing for HIPAA Compliance
Prerequisites
- Basic knowledge of healthcare environments.
Delivery Method:
Instructor led, group-paced, classroom-delivery learning model with structured hands-on activities
Target Student;
Any managers, privacy officials, or other employees responsible for creating and implementing HIPAA privacy policies and procedures, coordinating with business associates, and managing staff.
Hardware/SoftwareRequirements
You will need:
Performance-Based Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Draft a consent form
- Design a practice to allow for individuals to inspect and copy their protected health information
- Develop a mechanism for accounting all disclosures made for purposes other than treatment, payment, and HC operations
- Design a practice to allow for individuals to request amendments or corrections to their protected health information
- Describe privacy issues related to oral communication
- Describe privacy issues related to fax communications
- Draft a notice of information practice
- Determine how to ensure availability of documentation regarding compliance with the requirements of the regulation
- Create methods for disclosing only the minimum amount of protected information necessary to accomplish any intended purpose
- List internal and external resources for help with HIPAA-related questions and issues
Course duration
1 Day
HIPAA Skills Training outline
Lesson 1: Introduction
- Topic 1A: HIPAA Legislation
- Topic 1B: Why HIPAA?
- Topic 1C: HIPAA's Intent
- Topic 1D: Administrative Simplification
- Topic 1E: Benefits to Organizations
- Topic 1F: Failure to Comply
- Topic 1G: Privacy
- Topic 1H: Security
- Topic 1I: Overall Approach to HIPAA Security
- Topic 1J: Security Groupings
- Topic 1K: Implementation
- Topic 1L: Responses to Change
Lesson 2: Individual Rights
- Topic 2A: Individual Rights Under the Regulation
- Topic 2B: Administrative Procedures
- Topic 2C: Consent
- Topic 2D: Individual Access
- Topic 2E: Amendments to PHI
- Topic 2F: Accounting for Disclosures
- Topic 2G: De-Identification
Lesson 3: Privacy and Confidentiality Issues
- Topic 3A: Oral Communication
- Topic 3B: Limiting Risk
- Topic 3C: Other Regulations
Lesson 4: Other Documentation and Issues
- Topic 4A: Notice of Privacy Practices
- Topic 4B: Minimum Necessary
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