The Compliance Insider 

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently announces plans to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to better protect personally identifiable information or... Continue Reading

After arriving back to my office from attending a conference planning meeting with the American Association of Orthopaedic Executives (AAOE), at the Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. As a member of the Industry... Continue Reading

Facebook Last year, Facebook announced they have 2.01 billion monthly users. The daily percentage of users is less but is still an impressive 1.32 billion users that are actively using Facebook daily. What... Continue Reading

In the event of a disaster natural or otherwise difficult decisions may need to be made without hesitation. One such decision may be whether you should evacuate or "shelter in place." An example of when it may... Continue Reading

It turns out, the change from Advancing Care Information to Promoting Interoperability is part of something much bigger. So much bigger, that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announcement said the... Continue Reading

Social media usage is commonplace in our day-to-day lives and most of us use various types of social media platforms. Social Media is fun and convenient providing quick access to and posting information, ideas,... Continue Reading

In 2017, most healthcare organizations were very familiar with the Advancing Care Information (ACI) category under the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS). And we became very familiar with the ACI acronym.... Continue Reading

Ah, Independence Day. An annual holiday that provides an opportunity for us to have a day off work, to attend a morning parade, participate in a 5k, or other events. From there, we may get together with family... Continue Reading

Ah, summer! The weather is nice; the kids are out of school, and many of us take a much-needed vacation. For employers and employees, there are potential obstacles to overcome, but these obstacles offer... Continue Reading

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) just issued a Request for Information seeking recommendations and input from the public on how to address any undue impact and burden of the physician self-referral... Continue Reading