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NEW HORIZONS OF HARTFORD, CT HAS PARTNERED WITH
THE HIPAA ACADEMY TO PROVIDE HIPAA AWARENESS TRAINING
HARTFORD, CT, June 21 2002 - New Horizons of Hartford, CT a leading provider of industry certified training, today endorsed the HIPAA Academy program and plans to deliver the acclaimed HIPAA Academy Professional and Administrator awareness training.
“Executives today have to align HIPAA legislation requirements for transactions, security and privacy policies with business objectives,” said Allen Nguyen, President of the HIPAA Academy. “Individuals within enterprises can now acquire baseline skills to be effective members of teams responsible for delivering HIPAA compliant solutions.”
The HIPAA Academy structure is unique in that it delivers baseline HIPAA knowledge and competence in the core skills that are broadly required 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.
Business professionals in the health care and insurance industries as well as IT professionals would find the HIPAA Academy programs as the critical first step for acquiring HIPAA knowledge and skills to participate as valuable members of HIPAA compliance teams within organizations.
“The HIPPA Academy certification programs will help to ensure that not only are the compliancy requirements being met, but also that all team members clearly understand their roles and responsibilities within their organization”, said Jennifer Overkamp, Technical, Training Manager.
The HIPAA Professional exam validates knowledge and skills in the core areas of HIPAA Administrative Simplification legislation, Transactions and Code Sets Requirements, Privacy Requirements and Security Requirements. The HIPAA Administrator exam validates knowledge and skills of end users that are responsible for delivery and support of health care services and administration.
Proctored exams for Certified HIPAA Professional and Certified HIPAA Administrator will be available across hundreds of testing centers in the United States in July 2002.
About New Horizons of Melbourne
New Horizons Computer Learning Centers is the industry's leading IT training company and a subsidiary of New Horizons Worldwide. Through its Integrated Learning offering, New Horizons provides customer-focused computer training choices with a wide variety of tools and resources that reinforce the learning experience.
Named the world's largest IT training company by IDC in 2002, New Horizons delivers approximately 3 million student-training days per year. With more than 280 centers in 47 countries, New Horizons features more than 2,000 classrooms, 2,400 instructors, for information, visit www.Newhorizons.com
About HIPAA Academy
HIPAA Academy delivers solutions to assist organizations with their HIPAA initiatives in the areas of HIPAA Professional Services, HIPAA Assessment, Interim HIPAA Compliance Officer and HIPAA Training and Certification. The HIPAA Academy is about developing and validating HIPAA knowledge. The training and certification program is designed to deliver the skills required for Certified HIPAA Professionals and Administrators to be effective members of enterprise HIPAA implementation initiatives. The HIPAA Academy also includes programs for Executives as well as HIPAA Compliance Officers.
Uday O. Ali Pabrai, Chairman of The HIPAA Academy, previously created the world-renowned Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) program and was the co-creator of the highly successful, vendor neutral, enterprise-ready, security certification program, SCP (www.SecurityCertified.Net). Ali’s consulting engagements have included Blue Cross Blue Shield affiliates, The US Dept of Veterans Affairs, Wells Fargo, Marsh/Seabury&Smith and many others. Access www.HIPAAAcademy.Net for more details about HIPAA Academy and additional resources such as a HIPAA FAQs and white papers
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