HIPAA / COBRA

If you are covered by the new Privacy Rule of The Health Insurance Portability Act of 1996 (HIPAA), the law requires that you train all affected members of your workforce so that they have an understanding and knowledge of the new Privacy Rule and Rule's impact on employee's job responsibilities. BLR's HIPAA Privacy training for Employers is a comprehensive training package for your HIPAA training needs.

The training CD-ROM contains:

• A 35-slide PowerPoint presentation
• Detailed training notes
• Student handouts
• trainee quiz
• Training Certificate
• 30 customizable Model Documents for HIPAA compliance
• Privacy notice, policies and procedures, certification and business associate contract
• Links to valuable HIPAA resources
• Full text of the HIPAA privacy regulations and other government documents

Complying with benefits laws has never been easy, and COBRA is one of the most complex regulations that organizations have ever had to implement. Although there are no laws that mandate that employers must provide healthcare coverage for their employees, there are an increasing number of laws, including HIPAA, that regulate health insurance if it is offered as an employee benefit.

The new Click 'n Train PowerPoint® presentation will help your company to be in compliance with COBRA and HIPAA laws by training your supervisors on their responsibilities and the responsibilities of the employer.

• Click 'n Train: COBRA and HIPAA - PowerPoint $149.99 [Add to Cart]

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Help your home health facility comply with HIPAA’s Privacy Rule – the first comprehensive federal protection guidelines for the privacy of health information. This training video will teach your staff the new guidelines for protecting patient privacy and confidentiality in home healthcare under the new rule.

• What is Protected Health Information
• Use and disclosure of protected health information
• Consent and authorization
• Patient rights
• Administrative requirements
• Compliance
• Developing a HIPAA attitude.

Includes: 19 minute DVD

Added features and benefits of DVD training include:

• English and Spanish versions – many also include Portuguese
• A Customizable PowerPoint™ Presentation – makes training site-specific; excellent for training different personnel and departments
• Training Points – outlines key learning points of your training; reinforces important safety points to your employees.
• Chapterized Content - video-enriched training organized by learning objectives that facilitates classroom discussion; ideal for refresher training, specific training points and navigating through the course.
• Expanded Leader's Guide – excellent resource to help plan and implement your presentation. A quiz is provided that can serve as a pre and/or post evaluative tool.
• Portable Convenience – perfect for those who train and travel! Includes ten employee handbooks.

• HIPAA: Privacy In Home Healthcare - DVD $399.99 [Add to Cart]

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This brand-new video program will help you comply with HIPAA's Privacy Rule – the first comprehensive federal protection guidelines for the privacy of health information. Your staff will learn the importance of protecting patient privacy and confidentiality under HIPAA's Privacy Rule.

• What is Protected Health Information
• Use and disclosure of protected health information
• Consent and authorization
• Patient rights
• Compliance
• Developing a HIPAA attitude.

Includes: 19 minute DVD

Added features and benefits of DVD training include:

• English and Spanish versions – many also include Portuguese
• A Customizable PowerPoint™ Presentation – makes training site-specific; excellent for training different personnel and departments
• Training Points – outlines key learning points of your training; reinforces important safety points to your employees.
• Chapterized Content - video-enriched training organized by learning objectives that facilitates classroom discussion; ideal for refresher training, specific training points and navigating through the course.
• Expanded Leader's Guide – excellent resource to help plan and implement your presentation. A quiz is provided that can serve as a pre and/or post evaluative tool.
• Portable Convenience – perfect for those who train and travel! Includes ten employee handbooks.

• HIPAA: Privacy Compliance - DVD $399.99 [Add to Cart]

Answering COBRA questions can be an enormously frustrating exercise, with potentially lethal results for your organization if handled incorrectly. So don't waste countless hours researching the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act - simply turn to BLR's best-selling desktop resource to find the answers ... it's the definitive resource for all your COBRA questions.

Rely on this comprehensive guide to answer questions on continuation of benefits, including:

• What constitutes a "qualifying event"?
• Who is a "COBRA beneficiary"?
• Which law applies--federal or state?
• When does your obligation to provide coverage end?
• How does COBRA affect other employment policies?

• The COBRA Deskbook $299.99 [Add to Cart]

Complying with benefits laws has never been easy, and COBRA is one of the most complex regulations that organizations have ever had to implement. Although there are no laws that mandate that employers must provide healthcare coverage for their employees, there are an increasing number of laws, including HIPAA, that regulate health insurance if it is offered as an employee benefit. This easy-to-use training program will help your company to be in compliance with COBRA and HIPAA laws by training your supervisors on their responsibilities and the responsibilities of the employer.

This new plug-and-play professional-quality audio presentation does the talking for you. You get a complete, comprehensive training session with both visuals and audio, as well as training reinforcement materials-quiz, handout, interactive exercises! This complete training course meets the needs of all types of learners (audio, visual, tactile) for results-oriented training. These courses can be used as self-directed courses or in a classroom setting for ultimate flexibility.

This time-saving program includes everything you need:

• An audio presentation -A movie-like version of the PowerPoint® presentation with audio included for out-of-the-box classroom training.
• A fully prepared PowerPoint presentation - Fully researched and expertly designed meetings on this key topic.
• Reproducible handouts - Print and photocopy the handouts to reinforce the training.
• Interactive exercises -Involving exercises increases comprehension.
• Quizzes - Test your employees' knowledge.
• Completion certificate - Document who satisfactorily completed training.
• Trainer's guide -Helps you understand key training issues for this topic

• Audio Click 'n Train: COBRA and HIPAA - What Supervisors Need to Know $299.00 [Add to Cart]

With this timesaving software, you can avoid the confusion and frustration of managing and tracking employee time off under the FMLA. This version includes dozens of features and functionality that make it more intuitive, more flexible, and easier to use!

Keller-Soft® FMLA Manager™ makes it easy to record and track FMLA leave ... and accommodate federal, state, and company-specific leave programs.

It also gives you the flexibility to track intermittent leave, generate the necessary FMLA paperwork, send yourself e-mail reminders, and create leave usage reports.

The upgraded FMLA Manager includes additions to the first version that are designed to make the software easier to use:

• HIPAA Authorization Form - Allows you to have doctors' certification forms returned directly to you now that the HIPAA Privacy Rule is in effect.
• Downloadable User Manual - Walks you through the software and gives you step-by-step examples for completing specific tasks like customizing FMLA leave programs and importing data.
• Flexible E-Mail Notification - Makes it easier to send and customize e-mail reminders for things like when a leave request expires and when insurance payments are due.
• Simpler Intermittent Leave Tracking - Allows more flexibility in managing requests and lets you designate requests as open-ended and add hours used over time.
• Greater Reporting Functionality - Makes it easier to create and customize your reports to meet your specific needs.
• And much more!

• Keller-Soft® FMLA Manager™ $499.99 [Add to Cart]

Why reinvent the wheel when you can have over 350 expertly written sample personnel policies on 100 HR subjects at your fingertips?

Writing your HR policies couldn't be easier - you simply pick the subject, select the policy that matches your company’s style (from conservative to progressive), modify the policy to meet your organization's needs, and you're ready to go. We've done the research; we've done the writing; and you’re sure your policies meet strict legal requirements.

Prewritten Personnel Policies includes:

• Over 350 customizable policies on over 100 HR topics
  Whatever the topic area, you have sample policies to choose from or adapt
• Choose your options – strict to progressive
  Select the policy version that works best in your work environment - from conservative to progressive
• Easy-to-use looseleaf format
  Three volumes, precisely indexed, so you can find the topic you want quickly and easily
• Avoid legal problems
  Use these carefully reviewed prewritten human resource policies and avoid unexpected legal surprises
• Write your policy manual
  Bonus section shows you step-by-step how to put together an effective policy manual
• Bimonthly updates
  Keeps your policies current with new and revised language

• Encyclopedia of Prewritten Personnel Policies - Binder $399.99 [Add to Cart]

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areas of life, including the public school systems. Any violation can be costly both for the school system and for the student involved. Coastal’s training program, Student Confidentiality: The FERPA/HIPAA Facts looks at existing federal laws that govern student confidentiality, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

If your staff does not adhere to these federal regulations, students' rights will be violated, and you can become buried in lengthy and costly legal battles. Don't let it happen to you!

• FERPA - Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
• HIPAA - Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
• Strictly confidential information
• Restricted access to recordsAdded features and benefits of DVD training include:
  • English and Spanish language available on each DVD.
  • Expanded Leader’s Guide – excellent resource to help plan and implement your presentation. A quiz is provided that can serve as a pre and/or post evaluative tool.
  • Chapterized Content – facilitates classroom discussion; ideal for refresher training, specific training points and navigating through the course.
  • Customizable PowerPoint® – makes training site-specific; excellent for training different personnel and departments throughout your school.
  • Training Points – outlines key learning points of your training; reinforces important safety points to your employees.
  • Portable Convenience – perfect for those who train and travel!

• Handling requests for information

• Student Confidentiality: The FERPA / HIPAA Facts - DVD $295.00 [Add to Cart]

Do your mangers clearly understand the rules about privacy in the workplace? This program examines employees' right to privacy and your organization's rights to protect its information and property. Managers will learn how to effectively and legally establish, document, communicate and enforce policies regarding privacy.

Learning Point Highlights:

• Outlines the rules concerning privacy in the workplace
• Differentiates individuals as well as organizations privacy rights
• Gives managers techniques to deal with privacy issues

Complete Training Kit Components: DVD, VHS (16 minutes), Facilitator Guide (multiple agenda options), Ten Desk Reference Guides, Online Program Resources and Trainer Pack

• Legal Briefs: Workplace Privacy (Basic Set) $495.00 [Add to Cart]
• Legal Briefs: Workplace Privacy (Complete Set) $695.00 [Add to Cart]
• Legal Briefs: Workplace Privacy - VHS Preview $0.00 [Add to Cart]

Order this practical, detailed 90-minute audio conference—our experts will explain the most common “gotchas” in this area, and how to avoid pitfalls like those described above. You’ll learn the proper steps for managing employees who claim a disability, how to correctly interpret federal and state laws in the context of specific situations, how to investigate possible disability fraud, and – perhaps most important – how to fix the mistakes you’ve already made without increasing your legal exposure.

You'll learn:

• The most common disability-related “gotchas” that trip up even experienced HR professionals
• The safest course to take when employees present initial disability claims
• How various federal regulations – from ADA and FMLA to COBRA and HIPAA – apply to your disabled employees
• How to interpret seemingly conflicting rules
• Why you must pay special attention when applying FMLA, workers’ compensation, and short-term disability plans
• How to handle insurance premium waivers for disabled employees
• What you can do – and what you should never do – when reviewing and investigating potential disability fraud among your workers
• How to avoid trouble when you accommodate, reassign, or terminate disabled employees

About Your Speaker:

Marie Kenny, Esq., is a partner in the San Diego, California, office of law firm Luce Forward. She represents employers in federal and state court litigation involving disability, wrongful termination, discrimination, harassment, retaliation, unfair competition, and wage and hour claims. Kenny represents employers before numerous state and federal agencies, and she is the former co-chair of the labor and employment law section of the San Diego County Bar Association and an adjunct professor of employment law for San Diego State University. She earned her law degree from the University of San Diego.

• Managing Employees with Disabilities Audio Conference on CD $199.99 [Add to Cart]

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