HIPAA Compliance in Group and Private Practice

Protecting the privacy of client information in health care is a legal and moral imperative. This course provides a broad overview of HIPAA compliance for mental health care providers in group and private practice settings, other outpatient health and wellness care service providers in similar settings, and their staff. Topics include definitions of key terms, the rules that make up HIPAA, and the process of becoming and remaining compliant. Specific attention is given to developing and updating a Notice of Privacy Practices, risk assessment, and documenting compliance efforts.

3 hours CE. Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ESTIMATED COURSE LENGTH: 3.03 hours 

CE CREDITS: 3.00 continuing education/contact hours for social workers, psychologists, counselors, and marriage and family therapists

TARGET AUDIENCE: Mental Health Practitioners

LEVEL OF INSTRUCTION: Intermediate

PREREQUISITE(S): None

INSTRUCTIONAL METHOD: Recorded video format (non-interactive)

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: Closed captioning of audio components. In order to request further accessibility accommodations, please email support@psychhub.com.

COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS: To obtain your CE certificate, learners must complete a pre-test (not scored), progress through all course segments, complete a participant evaluation, and obtain a score of 80% or higher on a post-test. Learners are expected to complete the quiz within 3 attempts. If unable to do so, the learner will need to re-review the course segments.

FINANCIAL/COMMERCIAL SUPPORT STATEMENT: This course has no commercial support.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST:  This course has no potential conflict of interest or outside commercial support. Psych Hub's conflict of interest statement is found in the footer of the training center.

GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICIES: Grievance and refund policies are found in the footer of the training center.

PARTICIPATION COSTS:  The cost to participate in this CE activity is included in the subscription registration fee.

COURSE CREATION DATE: 3/5/2021

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Describe each of the three main rules that make up HIPAA
• Define at least three meaningful terms specific to HIPAA
• Conduct a Risk Assessment for protected health information in their practice
• Appropriately document at least four efforts toward HIPAA compliance
• Describe the nature and purpose of a Business Associate Agreement

1. Introduction and definitions
2. Key rules
   1. Privacy Rule
   2. Security Rule
   3. Breach Notification Rule
   4. Interaction with state laws
3. General compliance requirements
   1. Releases of PHI
   2. Individual privacy rights
   3. Administrative requirements in the Privacy Rule
   4. Security requirements
   5. Breach notification requirements
   6. Risk assessment
4. Business Associates
   1. Common examples
   2. Business Associate Agreement
   3. Conduit exception
5. Putting it all together