Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) (HP2026)

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

This class will present the 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. There is a new change to the HIPAA privacy rule that normalizes the electronic health record definition, clarifies privacy practices, provides transparency for access fees, and reaffirms an individual’s access rights.

New to 2024 HIPAA are two changes dealing with telemedicine, as well as a change to modify the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule to strengthen reproductive health care privacy. Home offices are very popular, and they also must be HIPAA compliant. There is an update regarding the privacy rule to strengthen reproductive health care privacy that was to go into effect in 2025.

Course Objectives

1. Describe the HIPAA law and its components.


2. List those entities that are required to follow HIPAA law and those that are considered business associates under the HIPAA law.


3. State the one exception to the HIPAA law requirements.


4. Discuss special situations regarding the HIPAA law, including HIV, LGBT communities, cloud computing, and the opioid epidemic.


5. Explain the new "Common Rule" and its effective changes in research.


6. Present the changes to the privacy rule for 2023.


7. Explain the change in the telemedicine privacy rule post-pandemic.


8. Discuss the changes made to the Privacy Rule regarding reproductive health.


9. Describe HIPAA-compliant home office requirements.


10. Explain the update to the privacy rule regarding reproductive health.

Course Outline