PRESS RELEASE

Chicago, IL August 23, 2002 – The American College of Healthcare Executives (www.ACHE.org) has granted prior approval of Continuing Education credits for members completing any of four HIPAA certification classes offered by the HIPAA Academy.
 

The HIPAA Executive Brief has been pre-approved for 2.0 CE credits. This brief addresses the intent of HIPAA’s legislation, its compliance requirements, compliance timelines, and opportunities for achieving organizational compliance. Participants learn who should be involved in the compliance effort and how security and privacy requirements will affect the organization’s business processes. In addition, attendees learn where and how HIPAA compliance defines and imposes organizational and personal liability. The Executive Brief is ideal for healthcare and pharmaceutical company executives; key management team members including CIOs, CTOs and Chief Security Officers, as well as the Board of Directors should strongly consider attending this session.

The 1-day Certified HIPAA Administrator (CHA) program has been pre-approved for 8.0 CE credits. This program examines the impact of the legislation from the perspective of end users, such as nurses and administrators, responsible for delivering and supporting health-care related services. Students will learn what resources they should access to obtain information and to follow the regulatory process. They will be able to effectively participate in a HIPAA program at their organization. The CHA program is ideal for end users, nurses and administrators responsible for supporting health-care related services.

The 3-day Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP) program has been pre-approved for 18.0 CE credits. This program is designed to focus on specific aspects of the HIPAA Administrative Simplification Title. More specifically, the Professional Program addresses HIPAA requirements in the areas of Transactions, Privacy and Security. Students will walk away from the class with the knowledge needed create a framework for initiating and working towards a blueprint for HIPAA compliance. It is strongly recommended that all key members of the enterprise HIPAA team attend this 3-day boot camp so that a common body of HIPAA knowledge may be established, providing the base line to launch HIPAA implementation initiatives. The complete 3-day Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP) program is ideal for Healthcare Executives, Senior Clinicians, Chief Information Officers, Lawyers, Compliance Officers, Privacy and Security Officials, Quality Assurance and Risk Managers, Insurance Executives, Physicians and Office Managers, Pharmaceutical Company Executives, and Clinical Trial Organization Professionals.

The 2 day Certified HIPAA Security Specialist (CHSS) program has been pre-approved for 16.0 CE credits. Core aspect of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) is to secure electronic medical records. In this HIPAA Security boot camp we examine all defined HIPAA security requirements and identify options and solutions available to secure health care entities.
The HIPAA security provision will result in substantial investment in e-business initiatives and deployment of security technology specifically in the health-care and insurance industries. The Certified HIPAA Security Specialist (CHSS) training helps you understand the core elements for defining the framework towards HIPAA’s security compliance.