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 Privacy and Security Program

In response to industry demands for HIPAA Privacy and Security Training, AHIMA has developed a comprehensive online program. The Privacy and Security Program will prepare participants to assume roles of greater responsibility or enhance current job skills by exploring professional practice issues above and beyond the basic HIPAA curriculum or available job experience for the candidates.

The Program now includes four courses. (The fourth web-based course was added in July, 2006, with a corresponding registration fee change.) Click the links below for details.

Click on any of the category names below to see more detail.

Prerequisites: Suggested, not required: AHIMA certification, experience, degree
Textbook: None required. All course material presented online
Credits:    20 continuing education units (CEUs) for full program. See course outlines above for individual course CEUs.
Classes Begin: When payment is received and processed (see exception below for students registering in HIPAA Security course only)
Class Access Period: 26 weeks beginning on date of enrollment
(6 weeks for students registered for HIPAA Security course only*)

Price Schedule:		 4-course Program:
$900 AHIMA Members;
$1080 Nonmembers
HIPAA Security course only:*
$100 AHIMA Members*;
$120 Nonmembers*
* ONLY AVAILABLE to students who participated in this program before July, 2006 when this fourth course (HIPAA Security) was added to the program. For other students, this course is INCLUDED in the full program or 4-course options above.

Prerequisites (Suggested, Not Required)

  • RHIA: 1 year experience in HIM field, or
  • RHIT: 2 years experience in HIM field, or
  • Others: baccalaureate degree, 2 years experience in HIM field, and basic HIPAA training.

Classes Begin

The four Privacy courses are made available to program registrants as soon as payment is received and processed by AHIMA. If you pay online with a credit card, you will have immediate access to the courses. However, students who register for the HIPAA Security course separately from the rest of the program will need to wait up to two business days for their course to be activated – while we verify that they participated in the program in the past.

Course Length

Courses will be available to each student for a total of 26 weeks following activation (except for students who register in HIPAA Security Course only, which gets 6 weeks of access). However, we recommend that the total time a student takes to complete all four courses should not exceed 20 weeks.

Credit and Certificate of Completion

A total of 20 CE units are awarded for successfully completing all four courses. Students who register for the HIPAA Security Course only will receive 4 CEUs. See individual course outlines above for CE units awarded per course. Certificates of Completion for each course are provided online, after successful course completion.

It is important to note the difference between certificate and certification. A certificate is received after a predetermined course of study, whereas certification is an exam or credential that needs to be maintained with continuing education. The Privacy and Security program is neither a prerequisite for the Certified in Healthcare Privacy (CHP®) certification exam, nor does completion of the program automatically qualify candidates for the certification exam. Please carefully review the CHP Candidate Handbook to determine eligibility for the CHP certification exam.

Privacy Institute

AHIMA offers a full-day face-to-face institute which complements and enhances the Privacy and Security program. The Institute is offered annually in conjunction with the AHIMA National Convention and Exhibit.

Click here to view last year's agenda (2006). For more information and registration details, visit www.ahima.org/meetings.


You might also be interested in:
     Advanced HIPAA Training Program > click for details.
     Building the Foundation for the Privacy Initiative > click for details.

Registration

Privacy and Security Program
 

Complete 4-Course Program
 

Only for past registrants*
HIPAA Security course only
 
  $900 members
$1080 nonmembers		   $100 members
$120 nonmembers		  
 
Click Here to Register
 
Click Here to Register
*see restriction below
 

* HIPAA Security Course only:  ONLY Students who participated in the Privacy Specialty Advancement program before the FOURTH course (HIPAA Security) was added in July, 2006 will be able to register for this course separately from the rest of the program. After you register for this individual course, we will verify that you participated in the program in the past. For this reason, students will need to wait up to two business days after registering for this course, before they can begin. (For all other registration options, online courses become active as soon as payment is processed.)