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Proposed New OSHA Rule

Last week OSHA proposed a new rule that affects the way workplaces will report workplace injuries. It won't change the fact that you have to report injuries that occur on the job, but it could change the way you do...

The Security Risk Analysis: An Essential Step Towards HIPAA Compliance

There are many important elements to implementing an effective HIPAA Program, but none are more important than completing a security risk analysis. Conducting a risk analysis will give your practice an accurate and...

Free ICD-10CM Primer Now Available to Clients

ICD-10 will be here in 2014. What are you doing to prepare for this massive change? ICD-10 will be here on October 1, 2014 and we will be going from 17,000 ICD-9 codes to 68,000 ICD-10CM codes. These new ICD-10CM...

Important Payment Adjustment Information for Medicare EPs

Eligible professionals (EPs) participating in the Medicare EHR Incentive Program may be subject to payment adjustments beginning on January 1, 2015. CMS will determine the payment adjustment based on meaningful use...

HIPAA Audits Need Documentation

Keeping risk assessment documentation and other compliance evidence in a centralized repository is a good way to prepare for any HIPAA audit or investigation. Office for Civil Rights (OCR) officials have said...

The Sunshine Act: An Overview

The following is a brief overview of the Sunshine Act and how it affects covered entities: As part of the Affordable Care Act of 2010, the Sunshine Act was implemented in order to provide important ownership...

Veteran's Administration Privacy Breaches

Veteran's Administration (VA) employees or contractors are responsible for 14,215 HIPAA privacy violations at 167 facilities from 2010 to May 31, 2013.The violations affected at least 101,018 veterans and 551 VA...

Proposed New Disclosure Rule

At an online hearing Sept. 30, federal advisers heard concerns from healthcare providers, electronic health records system vendors and others about the cost and impracticality of a proposal to require giving patients...

Idle CDC Worries Experts about the Spread of Flu

The fall flu season in the U.S. is unfolding largely unobserved. TheCDC's labs and surveillance programs are idle, thanks to the government shutdown, and outside experts are worried that essential data is being lost....

HIPAA and the Government Shutdown

At the heart of the federal budget stalemate in Washington is the effort to pull the plug on Obamacare. The resulting partial government shutdown is derailing other important healthcare efforts that not only impact...