HIPAA & The HITECH Act: Requirements, Considerations, and Compliance

This course provides a thorough overview of HIPAA and the related acts and laws, so you will feel prepared to bring your practice into compliance and minimize any risk to your patients' protected health information (PHI). We review HIPAA law, the HITECH Act, and related rules and laws. We cover ways to protect health information, from safeguards and practices you can put in place to the Risk Analysis and Management that HIPAA law requires you to do. Use and disclosure of PHI will be discussed, including the requirements of the Notice of Privacy Practices and related requirements. Lastly, we will go through some examples and scenarios and discuss how HIPAA law applies and best practices should you encounter or consider a similar situation.

3 NCCAOM PDA points (Ethics category) available upon course completion

Note: You must agree to and sign the following Participant Attestation, which you will be required to sign as a first step following registration for the course, or else you will not be able to complete the course. This is a requirement by NCCAOM for all approved online continuing education courses, regardless of whether or not you are an acupuncturist, so we appreciate your understanding. It is an NCCAOM requirement that this attestation be provided to you prior to registration for the course, as it is below, so you can determine if you are comfortable registering for the course.

Participant Attestation

I understand that the information in this course presented by the Provider and/or Instructor(s) is for educational purposes only and should only be applied with appropriate clinical judgment and used by a trained and licensed practitioner. Governmental laws and regulations vary from region to region and the contents of this course vary in permissible usage. The participant is required to check their local, state, and federal laws and regulations regarding the practice requirements and scope of practice issues and the use of the information of this course including, but not limited to, theory, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. I acknowledge that NCCAOM does not endorse any specific treatment regimens of any kind. Furthermore, if I use any modalities or treatments taught in this course, I agree to waive, release, indemnify, discharge, and covenant not to sue NCCAOM from and against any liability, claims, demands, or causes of action whatsoever, arising out of any injury, loss, or damage that a person may sustain related to the use of the information in this course. I understand that this Release is governed by the laws of District of Columbia, U.S.A. and shall survive the termination or expiration of this course.