Online Health Insurance eLearning

Record Retention Does your company have a formal policy for how to retain and dispose of its records? Do you know what records you need to retain, how long you should retain them for, and which disposal techniques you should use? Following the Arthur Andersen case, many companies are reexamining what documents they keep and how long they must keep them. Having a carefully planned and documented record retention  more...

HIPAA Privacy Rules ...concerned. This course presents an overview of HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act), outlining the main components and identifying who is covered by the act. The course examines the privacy provisions under HIPAA for patients and employees involved with covered entities. Under HIPAA, covered entities are now expected to provide notification to individuals before the  more...

HIPAA Electronic Health Data Transactions ...Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Rules to create shared data standards for health care providers, health plans, and information clearinghouses. These common standards make it easier to provide adequate care for patients, process insurance claims, and send and receive payments for health services. By using a single set of standards  more...

HIPAA Evaluating the Impact of the Privacy Rule Employees and managers need to become more aware of the information they disclose about employees and who receives it. HIPAA applies to health information in all formats--including electronic transfers, documents, and spoken communications. Managers and staff will need to use new forms to track the way they use and disclose confidential information, and they'll need to implement changes at the  more...

HIPAA Implementing Privacy Rules ...Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) mandates how healthcare plans, providers, and clearinghouses store and transmit individuals' health information. Implementation of and compliance with the HIPAA privacy rules is mandatory. These rules present significant challenges to the day-to-day operations of organizations involved in the healthcare industry. Organizations that  more...

HIPAA Securing Protected Health Information ...Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Administrative Simplification Rules to make it easier for healthcare providers, insurance companies, and information clearinghouses to provide adequate care for patients. By using a single set of standards for exchanging electronic data, healthcare organizations can send and receive health information more quickly and at a  more...

HIPAA Portability ...nderstand and comply with HIPAA portability rules. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) prohibits discrimination by group health plans based upon the health status of an individual. It sets mandated standards for the portability and availability of health care including standards for nondiscrimination Medicare and Medicaid fraud and abuse and the electronic  more...