Free online HIPAA training course for your office

HIPAA Privacy & Security Primer: An Online Course on HIPAA Compliance

Overview
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) requires all practitioners to insure the privacy and security of patient information. The Privacy and Security rules went effect on April 14, 2003, with stiff penalties for those who fail to comply, or who improperly disclose or misuse protected health information.

The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules dictate that all who may come into contact with a patient’s healthcare information go through a training on HIPAA policy, and that there be documentation to prove that the training has been completed. You have free, unlimited access to this online training program. At the end of the program, which takes less than an hour, you will play an interactive board game that tests your knowledge of the information we have presented to you. After you have completed the board game, you will be asked to submit your information to us so that we may provide you with a Certificate of Completion — the proof stipulated by HIPAA that you have completed the training. This certificate is also valid for one unit of continuing education when submitted to the NCCAOM and/or the California Acupuncture Board. The cost of your Certificate of Completion is $39.95, payable by credit card through our secure site after you have completed the game.

Program Summary
This program explains the HIPAA regulations pertaining to the privacy and security of personal healthcare information. The topics covered in the program include:

  • An overview of the HIPAA Privacy Rule
  • Covered entities
  • Covered transactions
  • Protected health information (PHI)
  • Notice of Privacy Practices
  • Other Uses of PHI
  • Administrative safeguards
  • Compliance and enforcement

The program is designed to take about an hour to complete and is available for use at any time from any computer with a web browser and an Internet connection. No special hardware or software is required.

About the Authors
The HIPAA Primer was developed by WeComply.com. WeComply has established itself as a leading provider of online compliance training. Their innovative uses of technology — providing web-based customizability, easy-access training games, AICC compliance, and now PDA accessibility — put them at the leading edge of the e-learning industry. Their customers include many Fortune 100 companies, and their training programs are recommended by NASDAQ to their thousands of member companies to meet tough standards for company-wide trainings in Business Policy and Ethics.

The primary authors of the HIPAA Primer are:

Stacey B. Mondschein is a litigator and trainer who consults on medical-legal and criminal issues in New York. She has represented hospitals, individual healthcare providers and patients before courts and administrative panels and, as an adjunct professor, developed a curriculum and taught computer-based medical and legal research to medical professionals. She is active in issues of patients’ rights and bioethics.

Dan Jacob, senior partner at Healthcare Solutions, is a healthcare consultant serving the provider, payer, and medical-device manufacturing communities. He specializes in process reengineering, knowledge management and regulatory compliance. During the past six years, he has led many HIPAA assessment and remediation projects, and is a sought-after HIPAA speaker at healthcare conferences.