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H/R Sexual Discrimination Policies

Focus on Transgender Staff Members Although transgender individuals represent less than 1% of the population, HR policies to protect expanding sexual discrimination rights are something that should be considered....

Prescription Drug Abuse

HHS is very concerned with prescription drug abuse. In July they released a plan on hhs.gov to combat abuse of opioid painkillers: "The opioid crisis is affecting communities across the country. Deaths from drug...

Monthly Refresher Webinar " Website Management Overview

Augusts' Monthly Refresher Webinar will be a Website Management Overview. This is an excellent webinar to attend for anyone who is currently managing an HCP compliance program and who wishes to brush up on their...

NIST Guidance for Securing EHR on Mobile Devices

NIST Releases How-To Guide for Securing Electronic Health Records on Mobile Devices Advancing Technology Guidance The National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) National Cybersecurity Center of...

OSHA's Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers

Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Guide to Restroom Access for Transgender Workers. OSHA's Sanitation standard requires that all employers under its jurisdiction provide...

The CMS announces concessions in the transition from ICD-9 to ICD-10

On July 7th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that it is making several critical changes to the transition period to ICD-10. They published a PDF that covers the concessions and how they...

UCLA and CVS two of the latest victims of cyber-attacks

The medical industry is historically one sector of industry that has benefited most from the introduction of technology. But what is the downside what about cyber-attacks? No matter what kind of attack, it is...

Lessons Learned Article Series " Breaches Risks Outages Part 2

All it takes is typing one additional letter or one additional number to send an email to the wrong recipient. For example, Johh.doe@emailprovider.com may be a different person than...

Proposed Update to Physician Fee Schedule

Recently, CMS released "the first proposed update to the physician payment schedule since the repeal of the Sustainable Growth Rate." This proposed update is largely focused on person-centered care, and continued...

Final rules on certain recommended preventative services without cost sharing

Friday, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) announced final rules that make sure women have access to recommended preventative services, including contraceptive services, at no additional cost as...