CHA Health Implements Covansys' Pioneering HIPAA Education Solution: getHIP -SM-.Business/Technology Editors and Health/Medical Writers Covansys' New HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act of 1996, Public Law 104-191) Also known as the "Kennedy-Kassebaum Act," this U.S. law protects employees' health insurance coverage when they change or lose their jobs (Title I) and provides standards for patient health, E-Learning Tool Simplifies HIPAA Education for CHA Health Covansys Corporation This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : CVNS CVNS Concert Virtual Network Service CVNS Aircraft Carrier Navigation System CVNS Cardiovascular Neurological Services CVNS Continuous-Valued Number System ), a global consulting and technology services company, today announced that CHA Health, a Lexington, KY based managed care organization, will implement Covansys' unique Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was enacted by the U.S. Congress in 1996. According to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) website, Title I of HIPAA protects health insurance coverage for workers and their families when (HIPAA) online education tool: Global Education Tool for HIPAA (getHIP). According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the agreement, CHA Health will use getHIP for the next two years. getHIP assists healthcare organizations in managing HIPAA's extensive educational mandates. Its e-learning platform provides healthcare organizations with an alternative to traditional classroom education, and makes Covansys' HIPAA education courses available to employees 24 hours a day, eliminating the difficulty of scheduling education sessions, and reducing the expense of delivering education to large numbers of employees. "CHA Health realizes how important it is for our employees to understand the complex HIPAA guidelines," said Mark Birdwhistell, chief executive officer for CHA Health. "We feel getHIP provides us with a valuable tool to assist us in achieving HIPAA education compliance quickly, effectively, and at the lowest cost." This engagement extends Covansys and CHA Health's existing relationship. In 2001, Covansys assessed the effect of HIPAA privacy and security requirements on CHA Health, and reviewed the company's code sets to provide a gap analysis and remediation plan that will assist CHA in achieving HIPAA compliance. "Covansys is extremely pleased to continue to aid CHA Health in its HIPAA compliance efforts," said Mark S. Gross, senior vice president of Covansys' Global Health Practice. "Healthcare corporations are trying to determine how they'll achieve compliance with HIPAA's education mandates, and Covansys' HIPAA e-learning tool provides them with a convenient, flexible and cost-effective way to assist them in those efforts." getHIP courses are based on Covansys' proprietary HIPAA classroom training materials, and may be tailored to meet an organization's specific needs. HIPAA regulations require that covered entities provide specific training to employees and other workforce members. Failure to provide and document the education exposes a covered entity to various penalties, including potentially significant monetary fines. The law requires the workforce to be trained on the healthcare organization's own policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental . CHA Health is drafting these for inclusion in its tailored version of getHIP. Covansys was named among the nation's top 10 HIPAA consultants in HIPAA Survey 2Q01 Results: Spending and Consulting Use, a September 2001 Gartner Group (company) Gartner Group - One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA. report. The company is a premier resource for healthcare industry leaders, and has supported numerous healthcare entities in conducting HIPAA awareness training and implementation, and meeting individual technological demands. Covansys is a member of the prestigious CHIME Foundation, a select group of more than 40 leading providers of health information systems products and services, which supports education for the nation's leading healthcare CIOs. About Covansys Corporation Headquartered in Michigan, Covansys Corporation (Nasdaq: CVNS) is a global consulting and technology services company specializing in industry-specific solutions, strategic outsourcing and integration services. Our clients gain competitive advantage by leveraging our unique on-site, offsite, offshore delivery capability to achieve rapid deployment, world-class quality and reduced costs. Since its founding in1985, Covansys has successfully delivered an array of innovative and cost-effective business and technical solutions to leaders in the private and public sector. Our 4,400 employees offer a professional heritage spanning Old World legacy systems and the New Economy's leading-edge technologies. Covansys has 23 locations worldwide, including six development centers. Covansys offers one of the largest offshore capabilities among U.S.-based technology services providers, and two of the company's three wholly owned development centers in India are SEI CMM(R) Level 5 certified. Covansys was named one of the top 500 solution providers in North America in 2001 by VARBusiness magazine. Visit our web site: www.covansys.com. About CHA Health CHA Health is a Lexington, Ky.-based managed care organization with over 140,000 members serving Kentucky. CHA Health provides employer group employer group Association of employers Managed care An entity with a current group benefits agreement in effect with a health plan to provide covered health care services to its employee-subscribers and eligible dependents. insurance with HMO HMO health maintenance organization. HMO n. A corporation that is financed by insurance premiums and has member physicians and professional staff who provide curative and preventive medicine within certain financial, , POS (1) See point of sale and packet over SONET. (2) "Parent over shoulder." See digispeak. POS - point of sale and PPO PPO abbr. preferred provider organization PPO Managed care Preferred provider organization, see there Infectious disease Pleuropneumonia-like organism, see there plans and also serves as a third party administrator for several employer groups. The company was created by local medical providers committed to providing outstanding medical care, affordable and flexible health plans, improved access, personal service, health advice, preventive care and convenience. |
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