Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (HP2019)

Course Format

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.

Course Overview

Updated for 2019. This class will present the HIPAA law, including the privacy and security rules, and the exemption for Workers Compensation. We will also address the focus of the Office of Civil Rights for 2017 and special circumstances involving the HIPAA law, including HIV, LGBT communities, the cloud computing and information on the opioid epidemic and HIPAA. Also presented is the final rule for the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, also called The Common Rule which goes into effect in January 2019.

Course Objectives

1. Describe HIPAA and its components


2. List those entities that have to follow HIPAA


3. State the one exception to HIPAA requirements


4. Name those who are considered business associates under HIPAA


5. State the two objectives for 2017 for the Office of Civil Rights as it relates to HIPAA


6. Discuss special situations relating to HIPAA, including HIV, LGBT communities, cloud computing, and the opioid epidemic.


7. Explain the new Common Rule and its effective changes in research under HIPPA

Course Outline