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Overview
In a competitive work environment, employers depend on key performers. When you earn your Health Insurance Associate (HIA®) designation, you’ll be among 20,000+ professionals who have joined the industry’s elite by mastering this challenging, but rewarding, professional program.
To earn this career-driving designation, start by completing the following required courses:
- Fundamentals of Health Insurance, Part A (Basics of Health Insurance)
- Fundamentals of Health Insurance, Part B (Basics of Company Operations)
- Health Insurance Advanced Studies, Part A
- Supplimental Health Insurance
Then complete two electives. Select from the following options:
- Disability, Part I (Primer)
- Disability, Part II (Advanced Issues)
- Disability, Part III (Group and Worksite Issues)
- Fraud, Part I (Introduction)
- Long-Term Care, Part I (Needs and Options)
- Long-Term Care Professional (LTCP) - Combined Course
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course you’ll demonstrate to your colleagues and partners that you’ve achieved a thorough knowledge of all aspects of health insurance.
Important Notice: If Long-Term Care Professional (LTCP) - Combined Course is one of the electives selected, fees charged will vary.Enquire before enrollment.
Course Outline
- 1.1: Develop a practical understanding of how health insurance works
- 1.2: Pinpoint the differences between types of coverage, including medical expense, supplemental, long-term care, and disability
- 1.3: Compare different types of health insurance provider organizations
- 1.4: Define the needs met by health insurance providers
- 1.5: Explore contract provisions and how individual and group plans are underwritten
- 1.6: Learn how health insurance products are marketed and sold
- 1.7: Understand the role of reinsurance in promoting market stability and lower premiums
- 1.8: Define relevant terms and key concepts
- 2.1: Explore how group health insurance plans are administered
- 2.2: Understand the landmark health care reform initiatives that underpin the health care industry
- 2.3: Gain a solid foundation in policy issuance, installation, and the renewal process
- 2.4: Get up to speed on premium billing and payment
- 2.5: Learn how to manage, submit, and process claims
- 2.6: Identify best practices for controlling operational costs
- 2.7: Assess how health insurance providers promote cost-effective health care
- 2.8: Put the brakes of fraud and abuse: learn how to define, detect, and prevent it
- 3.1: Explore the impact of court decisions on healthcare reform, including the Supreme Court
- 3.2: Assess the different ways Americans obtain their health insurance coverage
- 3.3: Discover how and why some health insurance providers leverage alternate organizational structures
- 3.4: Gain a deeper understanding of what health insurance exchanges are and how they operate in a post-reform environment
- 3.5: Explore the concepts behind accountable care organizations (ACOs) and their role in bending the cost curve
- 3.6: Explore the concepts behind accountable care organizations (ACOs) and their role in bending the cost curve
- 3.7: See how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has impacted Medicare Part D's out-of-pocket costs
- 3.8: Acquire new planning tools for fraud detection and deterrence
- 3.9: Take a closer look at the interplay of the ACA and recent court decisions that had an impact on Medicaid expansion
- 4.1: Gain a detailed understanding of critical illness insurance and how it protects against financial risk
- 4.2: Better-serve your members and clients by learning how to identify gaps in the insurance they already have
- 4.3: Sort through the facts and features of major supplemental products in the marketplace, including hospital indemnity coverage, specified disease insurance, Medicare supplements, accident coverage, dent
- 4.4: Understand the impact of the most recent Medigap legislation
- 4.5: Learn how supplemental products protect individuals from financial risk
- 4.6: Know the operational side, including policy administration
- 4.7: Get a clearer picture of what's ahead for the supplemental health insurance market
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