Free HIPAA Training: Walk Through HIPAA 101 in 3D

The sample above is three of the eight rooms in One Guy Consulting’s HIPAA 101 course: Records Vault (what PHI is), Front Desk (snooping) and Incident Room (breaches, deadlines and penalties). After the rooms come three questions taken from the real knowledge check. It runs in your browser, needs no signup, and saves nothing, so it can be walked as often as you like or shared with a colleague.

Target audience: Practice managers, office managers, and practitioners working in healthcare. Duration: the free sample is a short walkthrough; book a free 30‑minute intro to review the full course. Completion: the full course records completion in the portal; the sample does not save progress.

Practice managers, office managers and privacy officers who are choosing HIPAA training for their team can see exactly what staff would walk through before committing. Front desk, billing and clinical staff can use it as a quick refresher on the three topics that cause the most everyday trouble: knowing what PHI is, not opening records without a work reason, and reporting a possible breach fast.

How long it takes

The sample is three rooms and three questions. The full course is eight rooms holding 18 short lessons, followed by an 8-question knowledge check. Each person goes at their own pace, so time varies from person to person.

• Lobby: what HIPAA is. HIPAA is a 1996 federal law that sets national standards for protecting health information. Every workforce member must be trained on the practice’s HIPAA policies, and not knowing the rules is not a defense. See the HHS HIPAA overview.
• History Hall: how the law grew. A timeline from the 1996 law through the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule for electronic patient information, and the HITECH Act, which strengthened enforcement and added breach notification.
• Rules Plaza: the four rules and who has to follow them. The Privacy, Security, Breach Notification and Enforcement Rules, and who must follow them: providers, health plans, clearinghouses, and the business associates that handle patient information for them.
• Records Vault: what PHI is (in this sample). PHI is identifiable health information in any form: electronic, paper or spoken. The room walks through HIPAA’s 18 identifiers, from names and dates to IP addresses and photos, and shows why a name on a sticky note is as protected as an EHR entry.
• The Crossroads: treatment, payment and operations, authorizations, minimum necessary. When PHI can be used without the patient’s authorization (treatment, payment and health care operations), when written authorization is required, and the habit of sharing only the minimum necessary for the job.
• Front Desk: snooping (in this sample). A front-desk employee looks up a neighbor’s record out of curiosity. Having access to the system is not permission to open any record: no work reason means no access.
• Patient Lounge: patient rights. The rights patients can enforce: the Notice of Privacy Practices, copies of their records within 30 days, corrections, an accounting of disclosures, restrictions, and confidential communications.
• Incident Room: breaches, deadlines, penalties (in this sample). What counts as a breach, why staff should report fast, the 60-day outer limit for notifying patients after discovery, the penalty tiers, and the violations that actually happen. See HHS breach notification guidance.

The full course ends with the complete knowledge check and records each person’s completion in the portal. Nothing in this sample is saved. The knowledge check has 8 questions, and a pass is at least 6 correct (75%); anyone below that reviews the material and tries again. HIPAA 101 is included with Full-Scope, and annual training reminder emails go out when a person’s training comes due again.

Case study: a health group with more than 100 offices lifted take-up of its compliance program by about 17% after direct outreach to offices that had stalled, and more staff finished the training HIPAA’s Privacy Rule calls for (45 CFR 164.530(b)).

Breaking down complex regulations in healthcare compliance documentation so that they are understandable for everyone.

One Guy Consulting

Sources

• HHS: Health Information Privacy (HIPAA)
• HHS: Breach Notification Rule
• NIST: Cybersecurity Framework
• NIST SP 800-66 Rev. 2: Implementing the HIPAA Security Rule

Chuck Weiselberg, Founder at One Guy Consulting; 10 years of HIPAA compliance experience; Certified HIPAA Professional (CHP). Full author bio.

What does this free sample include?

A short 3D walkthrough that visits rooms on PHI, snooping, and breaches and includes three knowledge-check questions.

Is signup required for this sample?

No, this free sample requires no signup and nothing in the sample is saved.

How long is the sample?

The sample is a short walkthrough; book a free 30‑minute intro call to see the full course.

Will completion be recorded or certified?

The full course records each person's completion in the portal; the free sample does not save completions.