The Compliance Insider 

The New York state office that investigates Medicaidfraudhas suspended one of its own workers after the individual allegedly sent 17,743 records of Medicaid beneficiaries to the employee's personal e-mail account.... Continue Reading

The new HCS changes many things for manufacturers and distributors of hazardous chemicals, and fewer things for other employers who merely use hazardous chemicals in the workplace. A "hazardous chemical" is "any... Continue Reading

The CDC updated the guidelines for how facilities should manage healthcare providers with hepatitis B so as to reduce the risk of transmitting the virus to patients. The goal is to promote patient safety while... Continue Reading

The Obama administration caught the U.S. business community by surprise when it announced a one year delay, until Jan. 1, 2015, in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA or ACA) mandate that employers... Continue Reading

The new HIPAA Omnibus Rule includes the final regulations on breach notification. While some organizations may not need to change their incident response plans to comply with the final breach notification rule, many... Continue Reading

OSHA revised its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to reflect the Globally Harmonized System (GHS) of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals, the international standard for hazard communications. That means... Continue Reading

The $275,000 settlement concerning potential HIPAA violations between Shasta Regional Medical Center (SRMC) in Redding, Calif., and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) originated when senior management impermissibly... Continue Reading

A major Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Incentive Program deadline is approaching for both individual eligible professionals (EPs) and group practices participating in the Group Practice Reporting Option (GPRO). If you... Continue Reading

Eligible professionals (EPs), eligible hospitals, and critical access hospitals (CAHs) that cannot demonstrate meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) could soon face Medicare payment adjustments. But CMS... Continue Reading

In a time when so much attention is focused on issues such as cyber security and the dangers posed by evolving technology, it's easy to forget the HIPAA basics such as the need for workforce members not to gossip or... Continue Reading