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Understanding HIPAA (754)
This course gives an in-depth look at the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). You'll learn about the rules that make up the act, what they cover, and who must follow them. We'll also discuss patient rights, safeguards to secure patient data, tiered fines for those entities that breach the rules, and what's changed during COVID-19.
This course provides hours in multiple categories for Lab professionals:

  • Laboratory: 2 Hours Management/Supervision and 1 Hour Medical Ethics
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At the completion of this course the reader will be able to:
  • Recall what HIPAA is and who must comply.
  • Recall the various Rules associated with HIPAA.
  • Explain the differences between the Privacy Rule and the Security Rule and how they affect PHI.
  • List the Physical, Administrative, and Technical Safeguards as they apply to HIPAA.
  • Recall what happens if a HIPAA Breach occurs, and the associated fines involved.
  • List the types of breaches that HHS tracks.

Provider #: 50-2256
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Course #: 20-875148
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Hours
 3.0
Level
 Basic
Course Code
 SU029
Author
 Deborah L. Buckley, MBA, MT(ASCP)
Profession
 Nursing
Category
 Ethical Topics | Patient Rights & Privacy
Last Reviewed
 09/20/2023
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