HIPAA Compliance

HIPAA compliance training is required for every healthcare employee, whether you’re an M.D. or a health insurance agent. HIPPA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. In order to enforce this act, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information, known as the Privacy Rule. This Privacy Rule deals with the use and disclosure of individuals’ health information. The main purpose of this rule is to make sure that a person’s healthcare information is properly protected while healthcare professionals use the information to provide and promote quality health care.

A great way to ensure that your staff receives the proper HIPPA compliance training is to provide them with an online compliance training course. Online training courses offer numerous benefits over traditional classroom training courses. For one, companies can easily train hundreds or thousands of employees at the same time. Employees can access the class from their desktops at any time of the day through the Internet or Intranet. Plus, online training courses are easy to install, offer high retention rates, and provide automatic tracking and reporting services.