Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP)

Overview
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is about insurance portability, fraud, and administrative simplification. This course examines the Administrative Simplification portion of the HIPAA legislation, addressing HIPAA requirements in the areas of Transactions, Privacy, and Security to achieve HIPAA compliance.

Objectives

Understanding how HIPAA requirements necessitate changes in policies, procedures and processes concerning an organization's handling patient records.
Examining how HIPAA affects the way healthcare entities organize and staff to achieve and monitor compliance with patient privacy and confidentiality requirements.
Stepping through qualifications and positioning strategies for Privacy and Security Officers.
Learning why HIPAA compliance is better focused as a business issue rather than an IT issue, although IT plays a major role in implementing HIPAA-compliant systems.
Reviewing specific requirements and implementation features within each HIPAA security category.
Stepping through planning for HIPAA compliance. HIPAA compliance involves HIPAA awareness, gap analysis, and remediation actions.
Validation of HIPAA skills and knowledge
Preparation for the Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP) exam

Audience

All key members of the enterprise HIPAA team
Healthcare Executives
Senior Clinicians
Chief Information Officers
Lawyers
Compliance Officers
Privacy and Security Officials
Quality Assurance and Risk Managers
Insurance Executives
Physicians and Office Managers
Pharmaceutical Company Executives
Clinical Trial Organization Professionals

Course Topics:

HIPAA Fundamentals

HIPAA Basics
HIPAA’s Administrative Simplification Title
HIPAA Penalties
HIPAA-Related Organizations
HIPAA Terminology and Definitions

HIPAA Transactions, Code Sets and Identifiers

Transactions
ANSI ASC X12 Standard
Code Sets
National Health Care Identifiers

HIPAA Privacy Rule

Introduction
Key Definitions
Notice Requirement
Consent Requirement
Authorization Requirement
Key Parties Impacted
Minimum Necessary
Oral Communications
Parents and Minors
Communications and Marketing
Research
Government Access

HIPAA Security Rule

Threats
Definition and Terminology
Security and Electronic Signatures
Administrative Procedures
Physical Safeguards
Technical Security Services
Technical Security Mechanisms
Electronic Signatures
Security Management

Crafting a Plan - Implementation

HIPAA Team
Enterprise Assessment
Preparation Initiatives
Implementation
Auditing and Enforcement
Developing Compliance Strategy
Key Steps for HIPAA Transaction Compliance
Key Steps for HIPAA Privacy Compliance
Key Steps for HIPAA Security Compliance