If we're talking about employees of a Covered Entity (CE), then the employer is responsible for training employees and ensuring an appropriate understanding of HIPAA. If we're talking about companies that aren't CE's but are contracted to CE's then that responsibility is (or should be) laid out in the Business Associate's Agreement -- the document HIPAA requires a CE to execute with contractees, that bind them to HIPAA-like performance even if they aren't CE's. [[User:Cjonb|Cjonb]] 18:06, 3 Jun 2008 (UTC)
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How will employees in the medical office have to be trained regarding privacy, who is responsible for training and record keeping? unknown
One of the important function of HRM is the protection and security of employees. HRM is responsible for hiring, training, management and development of employees.
You can find more information about HIPAA certification at http://www.hipaastore.com/hipaa-training-c-1.html. There are several training courses that are required to receive certification.
Choose a reputable HIPAA training company that offers certification credentials at the training level you wish. Certificates for awareness indicate a basic knowledge of HIPAA, while privacy and administrator certification delve deeper into the handling and storage of data and files. Transaction and security certifications are for employees who work with electronic data, and include information on medical coding and encryption of HIPAA-protected information.
HIPAA training is not difficult if you are interested in the material that you are being taught. Most of the privacy policies are common sense knowledge. The training deals with largely with ethics.
Training-hipaa.net is one place you can go to get training in Los Angeles for hipaa. There are also other seminars listed for Los Angeles at trainup.com.
Employees in a doctor's office, Soldiers working in the MTF, and Contract Dental Technicians.
Some of the following offer online HIPAA training: www.wecomply.com www.myhipaatraining.com www.hipaatraining.com Training can be done completely online, sometimes in less than an hour for around $30.
Hipaa protects business employers wanting to purchase health coverage for their employees - True
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On-going training is most common form of training. It is carried out with existing members of staff with the aim of updating their skills and developing them as people. Managers are responsible for identifying training needs among employees then mentoring and coaching them.