• Train for HIPAA offers comprehensive HIPAA training ranging from e-learning solutions, through onsite training, to special access to national conferences and audioconferences

WASHINGTON DC USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- AUGUST 12, 2005: Train for HIPAA, www.TrainforHIPAA.com, announced today that it is offering a comprehensive HIPAA transactions and code sets training curriculum at a special package discounted rate.

Beginning Oct. 1, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services will no longer process electronic Medicare claims for payment unless they comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, CMS Administrator Mark McClellan announced recently. Non-compliant claims will be returned to the filer for re-submission as compliant claims. As of June, only 1.45% of claims from hospitals were non-HIPAA-compliant, CMS said. "We'll be working with the non-compliant providers between now and Oct. 1 with the goal of getting as close to 100% as possible before then," McClellan said. The action announced today affects claims for services provided under fee-for-service Medicare, ending a portion of the CMS HIPAA contingency plan in effect since Oct. 16, 2003, under which Medicare continued accepting non-compliant electronic claims after the deadline. Although the contingency continues for other electronic health care transactions, CMS said it expects to end the contingency plan for those transactions in the future, beginning with the remittance advice transaction.

Train for HIPAA offers the following comprehensive HIPAA transactions and code sets training curriculum. For individual registrants each course is normally $95 or a total of $855 for all 9 courses. However, now you register for the complete 9-course curriculum for the flat discounted rate of $695 by clicking here.

• 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
• EDI Acknowledgements
• HIPAA Guide Change Process, Testing, and Security

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. 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 HIT, www.TrainforHIT.com, for comprehensive courses for those responsible for planning, selecting, implementing, and managing electronic health records (EHR) and other health information technology (HIT).
• 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.