What You'll Learn
- Define HIPAA, HITECH, and the role of a Business Associate Agreement (BAA)
- Identify Covered Entity vs. Business Associate responsibilities
- Draft and review core BAA clauses (PHI use, safeguards, breach, subcontractors)
- Map BAA obligations to HIPAA Security/Privacy Rules and HITECH updates
- Build a risk register and apply administrative, physical, and technical safeguards
- Operationalize breach notification timelines and incident response steps
- Evaluate vendors with BAA due diligence, SLAs, and right-to-audit provisions
Requirements
- Basic familiarity with healthcare workflows or IT/security concepts (helpful, not required)
- Comfort reading short contracts or policy documents
- A computer with PDF/Doc viewer
Who This Course is For
- Medical billers/coders, RCM and healthcare admin teams
- Compliance officers, privacy officers, security analysts, QA leads
- Healthcare IT, HIT vendors, EHR integrators, health apps/startups
- Practice managers, billing company owners, MSPs/consultants
- Contract specialists, paralegals, procurement/vendor management
- Anyone seeking HIPAA, HITECH, and BAA fundamentals for real-world use
Your Instructor
RCM Academy
Master Healthcare RCM & Medical Billing with RCM Academy
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