5-Hour Compliance Training for HR Professionals From Foundations to Advanced Risk Strategy
Schedule: 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM Eastern Time (5-Hour Program)
Format: Live Instructor-Led Virtual Program
Certificate Awarded Upon Successful Completion
Continuing Education Credits
- HRCI – 5 HR (General) Credits
- SHRM – 5 PDCs
Why This HIPAA and PHI Certificate Program Is Essential for HR Professionals
HIPAA is not just a healthcare law. It is a risk management law. It is a governance law. And for HR professionals, it is often misunderstood.
Many HR professionals either over-apply HIPAA and create operational confusion, or under-apply it and expose their organizations to serious liability. The distinction between when HIPAA applies and when it does not is where compliance risk lives.
This 5-hour HIPAA and PHI Compliance Certificate Program is designed specifically for HR professionals who handle employee benefits, medical documentation, group health plan administration, leave certifications, wellness initiatives, and sensitive health-related records.
Participants will gain a clear, structured understanding of:
- When HR is subject to HIPAA
- When HR is not subject to HIPAA
- How PHI is defined and protected
- What constitutes a breach
- How enforcement actions unfold
- How to integrate HIPAA into HR governance and compliance strategy
This is not a surface-level overview. This is a strategic compliance program designed to reduce risk, protect employee trust, and strengthen HR leadership credibility.
What Makes This Program Different
This training goes beyond definitions and acronyms. It provides real-world HR application.
You will learn:
- The difference between employer records and PHI
- How self-insured plans create additional exposure
- The minimum necessary standard in daily HR operations
- Common HR over-sharing mistakes
- How to conduct a breach risk assessment
- When notification is legally triggered
- How HIPAA overlaps with ADA, FMLA, and Workers’ Compensation
- Safeguard requirements for electronic and verbal disclosures
Participants leave with practical tools, structured clarity, and confidence in applying HIPAA correctly inside the HR function.
Program Features
- Expert instructor Elga Lejarza with 31+ years of HR and employment law experience
- HR-focused application, not healthcare-provider theory
- Step-by-step breakdown of PHI and compliance standards
- Real-world case studies and scenario analysis
- Interactive knowledge checks and compliance exercises
- Formal post-test for certification
- Certificate of Completion
- Live Q&A with the instructor
Why Attend This Training Program
- Protect your organization from costly HIPAA violations
- Understand the difference between HIPAA, ADA, and FMLA confidentiality
- Reduce over-sharing and internal compliance risk
- Strengthen your HR governance framework
- Improve documentation and safeguard practices
- Build executive-level compliance credibility
HIPAA violations can result in civil penalties, criminal penalties, regulatory investigations, and reputational harm. But most HR compliance failures happen not because of bad intent — they happen because of misunderstanding.
This program eliminates that gap.
Topics Covered
- History and evolution of HIPAA
- Covered entities and business associates
- When HR is subject to HIPAA and when it is not
- Employer-sponsored group health plans
- Self-insured vs fully insured plans
- Definition of PHI and the 18 identifiers
- What is NOT PHI and common HR misconceptions
- The Privacy Rule
- The Security Rule
- The Breach Notification Rule
- Minimum Necessary Standard
- Permitted Uses and Disclosures
- Individual Rights under HIPAA
- Physical, Administrative, and Technical Safeguards
- Breach Risk Assessment Process
- Notification Requirements and Timelines
- Civil and Criminal Penalties
- HR-specific case studies
Target Audience
- HR Directors
- Senior HR Managers
- HR Generalists
- Benefits Administrators
- Compensation and Benefits Managers
- Leave Administrators
- HR Business Partners
- Compliance Officers
- HRIS Managers
- Risk Management Professionals
- Payroll Managers
- Legal and Compliance Teams
- Healthcare Organization HR Staff
- Small Business Owners administering health plans
- Consultants providing HR compliance services
The Bottom Line
If you work in HR and you handle employee benefits or medical-related documentation, this program is not optional knowledge. It is essential knowledge.
Understanding when HIPAA applies, and when it does not, protects your organization, your employees, and your professional credibility.
Join us from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Eastern Time for this comprehensive 5-hour HIPAA and PHI Compliance Certificate Program and leave with clarity, structure, and confidence.
