• Train for HIPAA offers comprehensive HIPAA training ranging from e-learning solutions, through onsite training, to special access to national conferences and audioconferences
• Full six-course advanced HIPAA security rule training curriculum available at the package price of $395

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- MARCH 21, 2005: Train for HIPAA, www.TrainforHIPAA.com, the preeminent HIPAA online training company, announced today that it is offering a comprehensive HIPAA security rule training curriculum to assist organizations in meeting the April 20, 2005 HIPAA security compliance deadline.

Basic Health Information Security Training prepared by Paul T. Smith, Esq., Partner and Co-chair, HIT/HIPAA Task Force, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA
Advanced HIPAA Policy and Procedure Development prepared by Margret Amatayakul, MBA, RHIA, CHPS, FHIMSS, President, Margret\A Consulting, LLC, Schaumburg, IL
HIPAA Security Contingency Planning prepared by Mark McLaughlin, Regulatory Policy Analyst, McKesson and Chair, WEDI, Dubuque, IA
Advanced HIPAA Data Security Audit - Parts I & II prepared by Chris Apgar, CISSP, President, Apgar & Associates, LLC, Portland, OR
Advanced HIPAA Business Associate Relationships prepared by Keith M. Korenchuk, JD, MPH, Partner, McGuire Woods, Charlotte, NC

There are two ways to access Train for HIPAA's curriculum. Individuals can register for Train for HIPAA courses at www.trainforcompliance.com/registration, for each individual course for $95. The full six course security curriculum is available for a package price of $395, click here, for a savings of $175 off the full price of $570.

Alternatively, institutions can license Train for HIPAA courses for their 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.

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.TrainforHIPAA.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. Train for Compliance's family of affiliated websites include:

• Train for Health Care Compliance, www.TrainforHealthCareCompliance.com, for comprehensive courses in general health care compliance, including fraud and abuse and Stark compliance strategies.
• Train for HIPAA, www.TrainforHIPAA.com, for comprehensive courses in healthcare privacy, confidentiality, data security and HIPAA compliance.
• Train for Emergency Management, www.TrainforEmergencyManagement.com, for comprehensive courses in emergency management and bioterrorism education and training.
• Train for Pharma, www.TrainforPharma.com, for comprehensive courses in health care compliance training for the Pharmaceutical Sector.
• Train for Patient Safety, www.TrainforPatientSafety.com, for comprehensive courses in patient safety.