Course Overview
This course is designed for all health care, insurance, and Business Associate employees who have access to patient records, which are governed under the final Security Rule of HIPAA. This group includes, but is not limited to, admissions, billings and nursing, management, physicians, social workers, case managers and clerks. This course focuses on security issues for patients and their records as defined by the HIPAA standards. It teaches the safeguards that staff need to be aware to appropriately secure all electronic Protected Health Information (PHI).

Learn To

• To identify the aims of the HIPAA Security Rule.
• To identify the main elements of HIPAA administrative simplification.
• To match the design objectives of the HIPAA Security Rule with their descriptions.
• To identify types of threats to electronic Protected Health Information (PHI).
• To identify types of security attacks that health care organizations face.
• To identify guidelines for dealing with malicious software.
  

Audience
Admissions staff, billing staff, nurses, social workers, health care management, case managers, vendors, druggists, laboratory staff, claims processors, customer services representatives, claims agents, those employed by third-party billing companies, clearinghouse staff, staff of Human Resources, Business Associates, and Benefits departments.

Total Learning Time
2 to 4 hours

Objectives

Unit 1: HIPAA Security Introduction 1 - 2 hours

• Identify the aims of the HIPAA Security Rule.
• Identify the main elements of HIPAA administrative simplification.
• Match the design objectives of the HIPAA Security Rule with their descriptions.
• Match the central principles of HIPAA security with their descriptions.
• Identify entities impacted by HIPAA security.
• Match key HIPAA terms with their definitions.
• Identify the impacts of HIPAA Privacy Policy on HIPAA security.
• Match HIPAA Security Rule categories with their functions.
• Match key dates with their HIPAA compliance requirements.
• Match HIPAA security terms with their definitions.

Unit 2: Preparing for HIPAA Security 1 - 2 hours

• Identify types of threats to electronic Protected Health Information (PHI).
• Identify types of security attacks that health care organizations face.
• Identify guidelines for dealing with malicious software.
• Identify guidelines for password management.
• Identify guidelines for securing workstations and their locations.
• Identify features of a facility access control policy.
• Identify guidelines for securing printers and fax machines.
• Identify penalties and disciplinary actions associated with HIPAA Security Rule violations.

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Lorna Waggoner, HIPAA Service Manager
Lorna.Waggoner@ecfirst.com, phone: 877.899.9974 x17