WASHINGTON DC USA - HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE^TM - FEBRUARY 6, 2004: Train for Health Care Compliance, www.TrainforHealthCareCompliance.com, announced today the launch of two new online healthcare training courses:

• Medicare Secondary Payor - Hospital
• Advanced Beneficiary Notice

• Basic General Compliance Program Overview
• Basic Written Compliance Guidance: Standards of Conduct
• Basic Understanding of Fraud/Abuse Laws
• 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 Leasing and Rental Agreements for Hospitals
• Advanced Sanctions Screening
• Stark for the Hospital Administrator
• Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)

• PATH Rules
• "Incident To" Billing
• Medicare Secondary Payers - Hospitals
• Advanced Beneficiary Notice (ABN)
• Waivers of Co-Payments and Deductibles
• Routine Services, Preventative Care and Observation Services

• Introduction to Compliance Officer Duties/Responsibilities

• Advanced Development and Implementation of Physician Recruitment Agreements
• Advanced Handling of Overpayments and Refunds
• Stark for the Clinic Administrator

• 72 Hour Window
• Transfer and Discharge
• Specialist Referrals and Consultations
• Patient Freedom of Choice
• Balance Billing and Assumption Billing

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.

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.