This course is online. All course material is available online and is accessible immediately after purchase from your account homepage. Certificate of Completion is available immediately upon passing the exam.
This class will present HIPAA law, including the privacy and security rules, and the exemption for Workers' Compensation. Also presented is the final rule for the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, also called The Common Rule, which went into effect in January 2019.
Social media and telemedicine are also raising questions regarding privacy and confidentiality. Included are the HIPAA requirements for portable devices.
HIPAA rules are always in place, including times of epidemic such as the opioid epidemic and pandemic situations such as COVID-19 and the recent changes that have been allowed are at the end of this class.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued guidance to help the public understand when the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy Rule applies to disclosures and requests for information about whether a person has received a COVID-19 vaccine dated September 2021 are included at the end of this class.
There is a new change to the HIPAA privacy rule to normalize the electronic health record definition, clarify privacy practices, provide transparency for access fees, and reaffirm an individual’s access rights. New to 2024 HIPAA are 2 changes dealing with telemedicine and the exceptions made during the pandemic as well as a change to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to strengthen reproductive health care privacy.