Last Updated:  02/12/2005

The road to HIPAA is paved with many challenges.  Budgets are tight.  Time is pressing and the available choices to achieve compliance can be expensive and time consuming.  There are many different types of programs available today.  Many offer cumbersome documentation sets, videotapes, and instructional seminars and classes…formats that cannot easily keep pace with the dynamics of changes in the law.  Such approaches are replete with hidden costs.

DAC provides comprehensive HIPAA compliance solutions that have been developed by some of the nation's leading HIPAA experts, industry specialists and legal authorities.  Endorsed by the AMA, URAC, MGMA, APTA and others.

We believe our intelligent, economical approach to HIPAA Privacy and Security compliance will provide your organization with the easiest transition available anywhere. 

Our solution enables clients to execute, as quickly and efficiently as possible, the numerous tasks they must complete to achieve compliance.  It is affordable, easily updated (to reflect the most recent clarifications and changes in the law), adaptable to specific enterprise settings, and user-friendly.

Our solution is HIPAAsteps.

Our HIPAAsteps application set contains all the tools and knowledge an organization needs to become and remain compliant with HIPAA Privacy regulations.  HIPAAsteps presupposes no special knowledge of HIPAA or of software tools.  Solutions include:

	Baseline Assessment Tools to report the difference between our current procedures and HIPAA requirements
	Monitors Your Implementation Progress ...let HIPAAsteps help you manage implementation by maintaining your documents and keeping track of your progress.
	Policy Document Generator using our policy templates simplifies your effort and saves valuable time
	Provide On-line Staff Training aimed at bringing your entire staff to the required level of HIPAA awareness, and...
	We Keep You Current With Periodic Updates and Alerts regarding changes or interpretations of regulatory requirements.

Comprehensive course content developed by industry leaders, HIPAA consultants and legal authorities insure that your clinical, management and administrative staff develop a thorough knowledge and understanding of HIPAA's privacy requirements and how to apply them in their daily tasks. 

 

1.	Introduction - Course Objectives
2.	The Context for Privacy Protection in Healthcare
3.	Roles and Responsibilities in protecting patient privacy
4.	Overview of HIPAA-Administrative Simplification
5.	Definition specific to HIPAA Privacy and Security Requirements
6.	Organization and Staff Responsibilities
7.	Privacy Rules: Patient's Rights
8.	The Pending Security Requirements
9.	The Implementation Process
10.	Maintaining Compliance