HIPAA Confidentiality Training

1. Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability
Act
MHA 690 Healthcare Capstone
Dr. Martha Jennings
Debra Turner
December 23, 2013

2. Confidentiality
The medical profession's stance on confidentiality and discretion can be morally justified on the
understanding that duties originate from relationships, and that medical practice involves
relationships of trust both with individual patients and with society.
Doctors promise to make 'the health of my patient ... my first consideration', and 'to consecrate
my life the service of humanity'. This inevitably calls for trust in the discretion of doctors
when the claims of an individual patient conflict with the wider interests of society generally.
Medical confidentiality serves the patient's health in two ways: a free exchange of information in
a relationship of mutual trust is therapeutically effective; and confidentiality protects the patient's
autonomy from being constrained by those outside a trusting relationship gaining access to
sensitive personal information.

3. HIPAA
 What Is HIPAA?
 HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act, which was a federal law enacted by
Congress in 1996 that gave American workers the ability
to transfer or continue their health insurance coverage
when they change or lose their jobs, established industrywide standards for electronic health care transactions, and
required the protection and confidential handling of
protected health information.

4. HIPAA TRAINING
 This training course is meant to satisfy the HIPAA training
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requirement under the HIPAA Privacy laws as well as provide
individuals with an overview of the HIPAA regulations in
general. This course is recommended for everyone who has to
comply with HIPAA.
This course contains the following lessons:
Introduction to HIPAA
Transactions, Code Sets, and Identifiers
Privacy
Security
ARRA/HITECH Act and Omnibus Rule
Implementation
Final Exam

5. TRAINING PROCESS
 These online training courses meet and exceed the
requirements for HIPAA training established by the federal
HIPAA Privacy and HIPAA Security regulations.
 This HIPAA Awareness training course covers a general
overview of HIPAA in addition to safeguards required to
protect the privacy of protected health information and
should be taken by everyone.
 This HIPAA Security training course covers safeguards
required to protect the security of protected health
information in electronic form (computer data, electronic
transmissions, etc) and is recommended for the
compliance officer, IT staff, business owners, or anyone else
who will be involved in implementing or who needs a
detailed understanding of HIPAA Security.

6. COURSE COMPLETION
 Avg. Completion Time: 1.5 Hours / Course
 Format: Online Self Paced Training
 Access: Online Access for 90 Days
 Certificate of Completion: Yes
 Certificate Expiry: 2 Year
 Wallet Card: Yes
 Audio: Yes
 License: Single User

7. REFERENCES
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS.gov) Retrieved from
http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/administrative/index.html
HIPAA Training.com Retrieved from http://www.hipaatraining.com/hipaatraining-for-healthcare-providers.aspx