Intro to HIPAA for Covered Entities
What you'll learn
- Describe the history and applicability of HIPAA
- Discuss the three major HIPAA rules
- Identify and explain the three types of safeguards
Requirements
- No Prerequisite
Description
HIPAA – the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act – has been around since 1996 and applies to any organization that deals with protected health information. This set of Intro courses cover the important elements of HIPAA and the later HITECH Act, so that health care workers and their business associates know what they need to be doing to protect patient privacy and keep their organization out of legal troubles.
Who this course is for:
- Anyone working in a healthcare profession or related field that deals with patient information.
Course content
- Preview04:09
- Preview11:44
- 03:25The Three Major Rules
- 06:32Why do We Need HIPAA?
- 10:55HIPAA Enforcement
- 05:15The Privacy Rule
- 07:00The Privacy Rule for BAs
- 06:30Notice of Privacy Practices
- 11:49Special Privacy Situations
- 08:05The 18 Elements of PHI
- 08:53The Security Rule
- 07:35Risk Analysis
- 12:16Three Types of Safeguards
- 11:22Breach Notification Rule
- 09:20Notification Requirements
- 06:59Tips for HIPAA Implementation
- 07:14HIPAA Certification
- 06:42Covered Entity, Privacy and Training
- 07:44CE Security and Breach Notification
- 13:59Real HIPAA Examples
- 00:54For More Information
Instructor
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Bigger Brains Founder and President Chip Reaves is a serial entrepreneur who has started five successful companies. An Atlanta native, Chip began fixing computers for small businesses in the 1980's while studying Computer Science at Georgia Tech. After 10 years building a successful IT Service Practice in Atlanta, Chip founded the Computer Troubleshooters franchise system alongside Wilson & Suzanne McOrist, which became the world's largest computer service franchise and received multiple awards from Entrepreneur Magazine, Franchise Business Review, and AllBusiness.
Chip has been interviewed on TV and other major media on topics related to small business technology and entrepreneurship, including ABC News, BusinessWeek TV, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Times, and is a member of Jim Blasingame's "Brain Trust" on SmallBusinessAdvocate. In 2010 Chip was listed among the Top 150 most influential people in small business IT by SMB PC magazine.
Chip lives with his wife Maren and step-daughter Meg in Anderson, South Carolina where they also co-own a Computer Troubleshooters franchise location. In his spare time Chip is very active with his church and local charities, and consults with two aid organizations serving Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Africa.