Course 301 · Best for HIPAA Officers and IT leaders
HIPAA Masters Training
Our most comprehensive course, for the people responsible for HIPAA across an organization.
About this course
This is the highest level of training we offer. It prepares leaders to make informed decisions about HIPAA, with in-depth coverage of breach notification, audits and investigations, complaints, and the limits on marketing.
Compliance Officers are expected to be the main source of HIPAA knowledge in their organizations. IT professionals benefit too, because nearly every part of HIPAA compliance relies on IT support, from basic safeguards to breach management and records management.
It covers the 2013 HIPAA Final Rule and draws on the hands-on experience of HIPAA experts who have worked with the rule since its beginning.
Who it's for
HIPAA Privacy and Security Officers, medical records managers and specialists, CIOs, IT managers, officers, directors and anyone else who needs an in-depth understanding of HIPAA.
What it covers
HIPAA in depth
- The essence of HIPAA
- HITECH expansion of HIPAA
- The HIPAA Final Rule
- HIPAA terms you need to know
- Purpose of the Privacy Rule
- HIPAA's five guiding principles
- Privacy Rule compliance requirements
- Why HIPAA's protections are needed
- HIPAA's Security Rule
- Security Rule compliance
- HIPAA preemption and state law
- How HIPAA affects you and your job
- Management vs. employee responsibilities
- HIPAA enforcement
- Penalties for HIPAA violations
- How HIPAA violations are created
- Patient rights under HIPAA
Leading HIPAA compliance
- Business Associates
- Mandatory breach response and notification
- De-identified data and limited data sets
- HIPAA and electronic health records
- HIPAA and marketing
- The HIPAA Officer
- Legal insights
- Managing and resolving HIPAA complaints
- HIPAA's mitigation requirement
- HIPAA audits and investigations
- Digital media and social networking issues
- Organization policies and HIPAA
- Required documentation under HIPAA
- Disclosure do's and don'ts
- Emergencies and HIPAA
- HIPAA success factors
- Sources for more HIPAA information