WASHINGTON DC USA - HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE^TM - AUGUST 10, 2004: Train for Health Care Compliance, www.TrainforHealthCareCompliance.com, offers comprehensive health care compliance training through e-learning solutions. Each Train for Health Care compliance course is approximately one hour long and includes internal exercises and a test at the end. Train for Health Care Compliance's solutions are easily accessible, innovative and cost-effective, and permit tracking, testing and certification of completion

• Basic General Compliance Program Overview
• Basic Written Compliance Guidance
• Basic Fraud and Abuse in Health Care
• Subpoenas, Audits, and Search Warrants
• Introduction to Claims Processing Compliance

• Compliance Officer: Introduction to Duties and Responsibilities
• Compliance Officer: Management of Hotline/Complaints
• Compliance Officer: Relationship with Legal Counsel, HRM and Financial Management
• Senior Management and Corporate Governance
• Healthcare Corporate Governance: Effective Use of Audit Committees

• Advanced Development and Implementation Medical Director/Advisor Agreements and Services
• Advanced Handling of Overpayments and Refunds
• Advanced Leasing and Rental Agreements for Hospitals
• Advanced Sanctions Screening
• Stark for the Hospital Administrator
• Stark for the Clinic Administrator
• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

• The 72 Hour Payment Window
• PATH Rules
• "Incident To" Billing
• Transfer and Discharge Requirements
• Medicare Secondary Payors - Hospitals
• Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
• Specialist Referrals and Consultations
• Waivers of Co-Payments and Deductibles
• Routine Services, Preventive Care and Observation Services

Train for Health Care Compliance is a member of the Train for Compliance, www.TrainforCompliance.com, family of healthcare regulation and compliance training websites. 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.

Train for Health Care Compliance is pleased to announce content partnerships with the following leading national health care compliance experts.

• The national health care law firm of Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP, www.DWT.com, with over 50 health care attorneys located in nine national and international offices.
• The compliance consulting firm of Strategic Management Systems, Inc., www.strategicm.com, founded by its President Richard Kusserow, former Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services.

There are two ways to access Train for Health Care Compliance's curriculum. Individuals can register for Train for Health Care Compliance courses at http://www.trainforhealthcarecompliance.com/registration.html, or institutions can license Train for Health Care Compliance courses for their workforce.

Organizations, both large and small, can arrange to offer Train for Health Care Compliance's curriculum to their workforce by entering into a license agreement with Train for Health Care Compliance for that content. Such license agreements are usually one year in duration with provision for annual renewal. Under such a license agreement, Train for Health Care Compliance can either offer the courses through Train for Health Care Compliance's own learning management system (LMS) which provides full administrative and student tracking capability, or Train for Health Care Compliance can deliver the courses for posting on your institution's LMS.