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OSHA and NIOSH release New Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit

Last week, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) released the Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit, a resource for health...

Meaningful Use Application for Hardship Extension Submission Deadline

Did you know the submission deadline for Eligible Professionals (EPs) to submit an application for a 2016 Medicare EHR Incentive Program hardship extension is 11:59 PM EDT July 1, 2015? The hardship exception...

Part 3: Mobile Device(s) Policy and Procedures

Imagine you are a compliance officer for an average size medical practice. Recently, your practice has transitioned to a cloud-based electronic health record (EHR) platform. The medical providers are happy for...

Part 2: Permissible Disclosures under the HIPAA Privacy Rule

Part 2: Permissible Disclosures under the HIPAA Privacy Rule Last week, in the first part of our multi-part HIPAA article series, we said that under the Privacy Rule policies and procedures must be in place to...

Clearing up the Confusion: A Multi-Part HIPAA Series

Written by Chad Schiffman, MHA, MSHI @Chad_HCA Last week while attending a conference, I was asked about my responsibilities as a Compliance Specialist Manager. I briefly provided an overview, and...

Are you prepared for a Medicare Audit?

To help your organization prepare for a Medicare Audit RAC, MAC, ZPIC, CERT and/or Meaningful Use, we have created a new Form that has been uploaded to our Forms section. Highlights from the Prepare for an Audit...

Is Medical Assistant Credentialing part of Stage 3 Meaningful Use?

In both Stage 1 and Stage 2 Meaningful Use, regardless of what stage of meaningful use the provider is attesting to, medical assistants are required to be credentialed. What is important, as we discussed in previous...

Don't Forget: Today is the IRS Tax Filing Deadline

This is just a quick reminder that today is April 15, 2015 the IRS tax filing deadline commonly referred to as "Tax Day" in the United States. Although taxes are due by April 15th, you have an option to request a...

April is National Workplace Violence Prevention Month

Did you know that health care and social service workers are almost four times as likely to be injured as a result of violence as the average private sector worker? In 2013, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported...

Last Call to Update: OSHA PPE Tool being replaced by OSHA

We have pushed back the replacement of the OSHA PPE tool untilApril 3, 2015. You have a few more days to transfer your PPE information from the OSHA PPE tool over to the new OSHA Hazard Risk Assessment. HCP now...