WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) - JANUARY 22, 2004: Train for HIPAA, www.TrainforHIPAA.com, announced today the completion of its comprehensive HIPAA transactions and code sets training curriculum:

COMPREHENSIVE HIPAA TRANSACTIONS AND CODE SETS CURRICULUM:

• Introduction to EDI and Transaction Code Set Standards
• Regarding HIPAA Implementation Guides: ANSI X12 Standards I
• Regarding HIPAA Implementation Guides: ANSI X12 Standards II
• Introduction to EDI Envelopes
• Introduction to Financial EDI
• Exercise: Building a Sample 837 Professional Health Care Claim
• Exercise: Building a Sample 835 Health Care Claim Payment/Advice
• HIPAA Guide to Change Process, Testing and Security

There are two ways to access Train for HIPAA's curriculum. Individuals can register for Train for HIPAA courses at http://www.trainforhipaa.com/registration.html for a fee of $95 per course. Upon completion of the course, the registrant receives a downloadable and printable Certificate of Completion.

Alternatively, institutions can license Train for HIPAA courses for their entire workforce. Organizations, both large and small, can arrange to offer Train for HIPAA's curriculum to their workforce by entering into a license agreement with Train for HIPAA for that content. Such license agreements are usually one year in duration with provision for annual renewal. Under such a license agreement, Train for HIPAA can either offer the courses through Train for HIPAA's own learning management system (LMS) which provides full administrative and student tracking capability, or Train for HIPAA can deliver the courses for posting on your institution's LMS. For more information regarding licensing Train for HIPAA courses, contact Matthew Feigenbaum at 888-228-5021 or via email at mfeigenbaum@trainforhipaa.com.

Train for HIPAA is a member of the Train for Compliance, www.TrainforCompliance.com, family of healthcare regulation and compliance training websites which includes www.TrainforHealthCareCompliance.com. Train for HIPAA offers the full continuum of HIPAA workforce training solutions. Train for HIPAA is an affiliate of the HIPAA Summit Conference Series, www.HIPAASummit.com, the HIPAA Colloquium at Harvard University: www.HIPAAColloquium.com, and HIPAA Audioconferences: www.HIPAAAudioconferences.com.