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Paid/Unpaid Break Time

Acme Corporation's longstanding policy is to give non-exempt employees two 10-minute rest breaks each workday. It treats these breaks as paid work time. Management recently realized that, over the years, most of the...

4.5 Million Records Stolen in Hospital Network Breach

On Monday, it was reported that Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals across the United States, had a data breach that affected an estimated 4.5 million patients. According to the statement filed by...

CMS Restarts Limited Number of RAC Audits

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services informed congressional health staff members on August 4, 2014, that the Recovery Audit Contractor (RAC) Program is restarting in August. According to the CMS...

OSHA: Helpful Reminders

Recapping Fill Needles Q: What guidance does OSHA give on recapping fill needles? A: OSHA is pretty blunt about recapping needles. They don't recommend it! The Bloodborne Pathogens standard section (d)(2)(vii)...

Tip of the Week: Branding Your Compliance Training

Wouldn't you agree that adding your company logo to your HCP training is a great idea? We want your HCP compliance program to be as unique to your practice as possible. With that in mind, we encourage you to feature...

Health Information Exchange Basics

For many of us, Health Information Exchange (HIE) has been a hot topic. HIE has been mentioned in articles, podcasts, trainings, and for some us, as a topic of everyday conversation. In this article we will provide...

Safeguarding Confidential Information is not just a HIPAA Obligation

Throughout your career you may be asked questions about your job duties and about the organization you work for. Think about conversations you may have outside the workplace such as a conversation over lunch with...

Tip of the Week

This week's article is about confidentiality and non disclosure agreements. Your HCP compliance Program includes a Confidentiality and Non-Disclosure Agreement. We thought it might be helpful to give you instructions...

OSHA Standards Require Study and Interpretation

Imagine you have a physician who does not want to use safety needles. He feels hypodermic needles work better with his patients. Is he allowed to use hypodermic needles? OSHA's standards require a tremendous amount...

Patient's Right of Access

This week we had a question submitted to us asking about the patient's right to access their medical records. A patient contacted their medical provider asking for a recording of a conversation that took place...