The Compliance Insider 

Do you have your Risk/Gap Analysis completed for your practice, which is required to achieve "Meaningful Use" for the CMS EHR Incentive Program? The Risk Analysis provided by Healthcare Compliance Pros is the... Read More

The following are some comments from EEOC (Equal Opportunity Employment Commission) about how mediation works and what its benefits are: An EEOC representative will contact the employee and employer concerning... Read More

Breaches involving more than 500 patients reached 385 affecting 19,016,807 individuals, according to an analysis by Health Information Privacy/Security Alert of OCR statistics from Dec. 17 through Jan. 17. That... Read More

The Office for Civil Rights says that it makes sense to audit healthcare organizations of all shapes and sizes. After all, one goal of the audit program is to spur across-the-board compliance with the Health... Read More

Which is more effective: alcohol-based gels and hand rubs, or disinfectant alcohol-based wipes? Researchers at Special Pathogens Laboratory in Pittsburgh, PA, wanted to figure out just that. Their study found... Read More

Q. Is a power of attorney still effective after a patient's death? I was told that a woman whose husband died was not allowed to get a copy of his medical record. She had his power of attorney, but the hospital told... Read More

As 2012 begins, it is important to keep your focus on compliance with Version 5010 and begin to plan for the transition to ICD-10. The Version 5010 deadline was on January 1, 2012; however, because of the 90-day... Read More

Q: May we use the non-safety needles that come with pre-filled vaccine syringes provided by the pharmaceutical company without violating OSHA standards? A: No. Manufacturer-supplied pre-filled syringes... Read More

Employment law attorneys aren't allowed to just say "document." They always say "document, document, document," and there's a good reason for using those famous three words because documentation is that... Read More

Some healthcare organizations are using social networks (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram), some not, but either way it is a good bet your employees are using these sites to connect with and expand their social... Read More