HCCS Expanded Online Courses for Health Plans and Healthcare Organizations Now Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Free-Press-Release.com) September 5, 2008 -- Jericho, NY (September 5, 2008) – HCCS (Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc.), the leading provider of online healthcare compliance and competency training, today announced the availability of a series of online courses in employment law and health plan compliance. All courses are available immediately from HCCS through a distribution arrangement with CourseAvenue to deliver the courses designed for all staff members and administrators in healthcare facilities. The health plan compliance series provides health plans with targeted training content. The topics covered are:

• Health Plan Corporate Compliance Programs
• Introduction to Compliance for Health Plans
• Introduction to Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Program
• Benefit and Coverage Determination Consistency
• Claim Prompt Payment Standards
• Consumer Disclosure Requirements
• Appeals and Grievances - State Regulation
• Legal and Regulatory Risk Assessment
• Medicare Advantage Enrollment and Disenrollment Process
• Medicare Advantage Appeals and Grievances

The courses in the employment law series provide comprehensive training to educate staff and administrators on how to provide a safe, fair and productive work environment. These courses are appropriate for all providers and payers. The topics covered are:

• Discrimination and Harassment Prevention
• Sexual Harassment Prevention
• Workplace Violence Prevention
• E-Mail and Internet Use
• Interviewing and Hiring
• Discipline
• Termination
• Substance Abuse Prevention
• Managing Disability Leaves

“HCCS is pleased to add CourseAvenue’s series of online training courses to our extensive healthcare catalog,” says Ben Diamond, President of HCCS. “These eLearning courses allow us to leverage our technology and expertise in order to meet the compliance and training needs of an even wider range of healthcare organizations. With these new courses, HCCS expands its leadership in delivering solutions to the healthcare provider and health plan industry to address the growing demand for regulatory, compliance and competency learning tools.”

The content for the courses was developed by industry experts at CCH, a part of Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, a leading provider of research products and software solutions in key specialty areas for legal and business professionals. All of the courses comply with industry standards, such as AICC and SCORM, making it effortless to launch them on the HCCS Healthcare Learning PlatformTM (HLPTM), or most other learning management systems.

About HCCS

Health Care Compliance Strategies, Inc (HCCS) provides up-to-date compliance and competency training courseware and learning systems to hospitals, health plans, teaching facilities, medical schools and other healthcare entities. HCCS programs are used at hundreds of healthcare facilities nationwide, with over one million registered learners.