Avoid HIPAA Violations

Train Your Staff on How the Stimulus Bill Affects HIPAA Guidelines and Enforcement

President Barak Obama signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also referred to as the Stimulus Bill, into law on February 17, 2009. This act dramatically affects the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), including changes to security and privacy rules, increased enforcement, and more severe penalties for violations of its provisions for maintaining the confidentiality of health data. HIPAA and the Stimulus Bill is a brief twenty minute course designed to educate your employees on these changes and provides a framework for implementing the newly mandated Protected Health Information (PHI) safeguards. This course also identifies common HIPAA violations and explains how they may now result in severe penalties for your organization. It is more important than ever that healthcare organizations should confirm they have properly informed employees of new and existing HIPAA guidelines and have appropriate PHI safeguards in place so that they are not harshly punished for preventable violations.

Impact:
Help Prevent Security Breaches

• Confirm that appropriate PHI safeguards are in place
  
• Train staff on guidelines concerning patient requested restrictions
  
• Update employees on modifications to the minimum necessary rule

Avoid Costly Fines

• Train staff on increased enforcement and penalties for HIPAA violations

Save Time

• Quickly train staff on all HIPAA changes in twenty minutes