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Medical Documentation and Record-Keeping: HIPAA at Laurel Ridge Community College

Medical Documentation and Record-Keeping: HIPAA

at Laurel Ridge Community College

Washington, D.C. Catalog

Medical Documentation and Record-Keeping: HIPAA is a course that provides a professional understanding of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the best practices for medical record keeping and documentation. This course begins by giving an overview of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"), the Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information ("Privacy Rule"), covered entities and uses and disclosures of information. It then dives deeper to explain the best practices of medical record keeping and documentation using real life scenarios. Lastly it explains the US HIPAA laws in a healthcare setting and how to implement this act with patients, with 100% accuracy. Learners will then be assessed on how to apply these practices within both clinical and administrative healthcare environments.

Leads to

$47.2k careers

Costs

$200

Takes

12 Months
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Example Career

Medical Records Specialists

Compile, process, and maintain medical records of hospital and clinic patients in a manner consistent with medical, administrative, ethical, legal, and regulatory requirements of the healthcare system. Classify medical and healthcare concepts, including diagnosis, procedures, medical services, and equipment, into the healthcare industry's numerical coding system. Includes medical coders.

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$47,180

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$22.69

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Quick Facts

Type:  Short-term training 7+ months

Format:  Online

Hours:  Flexible

Age:  18 and up