HIPAA-HITECH Act Training
Naavi's
Cyber Law College is the
pioneer in conducting HIPAA related trainings in India and also assists in
the conduct of HIPAA audits.
Type of Training:
Cyber Law College conducts two
types of HIPAA training namely,
1.
HIPAA Awareness Training For General Employees (HAT)
2.
HIPAA Certification Training for Compliance Professionals (HCT)
HIPAA Awareness (HAT) training is
meant for groups of employees and is spread over half day with two sessions
of approximately 90 minutes each. This is a collective training programme
meant for “Sensitization” of the employees. The programme culminates in a
small exit test and all the participants would be issued a certificate of
having undergone the training.
This is part of the HR
responsibilities in HIPAA Compliance and is the first step for HIPAA
Compliance Audit.
HIPAA Certification Training (HCT) is
meant for individual specialization of IT employees with basic knowledge
about Information Security. The programme is spread over two full days and
goes into greater depth with case studies and exercises. At the end of the
programme participants would be administered a test and the participants
would be provided a certificate as “Certified HIPAA Professional”. The
objective of this programme is to train an IT professional for the role of
Privacy Compliance Officer and Security Compliance Officer which are
requirements of HIPAA Compliance Audit requirement.
Course Content
The training
will provide a comprehensive overview of the HIPAA legislation as
applicable to a Company engaged as a Business Associate of a Covered Entity
or a part of a covered entity including the provisions of HITECH Act
introduced in 2009 in US as a part of the Obama initiative for stimulating
the US economy.
The Course
content would be structured so as to provide the trainees a good
understanding of
a)
What is HIPAA and HITECH Act and What are the objectives of
the legislation?
b)
How is HIPAA-HITECH Act Administered?
c)
What are the compliance requirements under HIPAA?
d)
Who are covered under the compliance requirements of the
legislation?
e)
Consequences of Non Compliance
f)
What are the provisions regarding “Administrative Simplification”
under HIPAA
g)
What are the Unique Identification Standards?
h)
What is HIPAA Privacy Rule?
i)
What is HIPAA-HITECH Act Security Rule?
j)
What are Transaction Code Standards?
k)
How to implement the HIPAA-HITECH Act Compliance measures?
l)
Role of Compliance Officers for Privacy and Security
m)
Broad Requirements of the Privacy Policy, Security Policy and
Business Associate Agreements.
n)
What are the Compliance deadlines?
o)
Any other matter of relevance to understanding the impact of
HIPAA-HITECH Act on an Indian Company providing services to a US Covered
entity.
The
programme also includes discussion on implementation of Data Security
Measures, Encryption, Digital Signatures, HIPAA Compliance Audit
Requirements etc.
The
Modalities
The
training will be delivered with power point presentation and Class room
discussion for HAT Programme
In the case
of HCT Programme, apart from the Power Point presentations, there would be
classroom exercises, discussions and self learning tests as the trainer may
find it necessary.
There will
be a final exit test for evaluation of the participants.
Required
reading material would be provided to the trainees for reference. In the
case of HIPAA Awareness Programme, the material will be delivered in
electronic form. In case of HIPAA Certification programme the material will
be provided in print form.
The Company
is expected to organize the training in its premises with Tea/Coffee and
Lunch for the participants and the trainer.
Certification
A
certificate will be provided to each of the participants by Cyber Law
College after the event.
Charges
Please
contact Naavi for details at naavi@vsnl.com
