Healthcare Management and Law for Health Information Management

Catalog description

Course provides comprehensive study of the concepts of healthcare supervision and management and the fundamentals of law for health information management. Content includes the functions of management: planning, organizing, staffing, influencing, and controlling. Legal topics include: law and ethics, legal proceedings, tort law, legal health record: maintenance, content, documentation, and disposition, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules, access, use and disclosure and release of health information, and required reporting and mandatory disclosure laws.