The Compliance Insider 

If you have a lab at your office, you must provide protective clothing, and face and eye protection. You must equip your employees with protective items appropriate for the risks inherent in all tasks they... Read More

Q: We have had an employee request leave to care for an adult daughter who is pregnant. Is this leave covered by the FMLA? What if an employee wants to take time off to provide childcare for the adult daughter's... Read More

OSHA might be looking closely at more dental practices as a result of the announcement to study bloodborne pathogens compliance in dental practices. The Organization for Safety, Asepsis, and Prevention (OSAP)... Read More

Q. A large specialty medical group with a nonprofit research foundation allows the foundation to use its patient database for its annual giving campaign mailing. Does this practice violate HIPAA? A. This is... Read More

An OSHA whistleblower investigation has a dentist squirming in the regulatory exam chair, so to speak. It is also a reminder that workplace safety violations aren't the only way that dental and medical practices can... Read More

Q: What is the recommendation for dealing with medical records contaminated with dried blood? A: First, determine whether there is a work practice shortcoming that is causing medical records to become contaminated... Read More

Hospitals and physicians that qualify for Stage 1 of the HITECH Act electronic health record incentive program this year will have extra time to comply with Stage 2 requirements, which are expected to include tougher... Read More

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently announced that it will extend the deadline from Jan. 1, 2012, to March 31, 2012, for enforcement of HIPAA Version 5010, a more robust set of claims... Read More

If you haven't started working on it, there is no time to waste! Your revenue will be at great risk! The compliance date for implementation of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Edition, Clinical... Read More

Non-fatal occupational injuries among healthcare workers are too high, says OSHA; and nursing homes are the first places the agency is going to scrutinize. According to data released by the Bureau of Labor... Read More