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Interview: Caroline Cook, Privacy Consultant, GDH Government Consulting Services

HIPAA Journal

HIPAA Journal is conducting interviews with healthcare professionals and service providers to find out more about their compliance journeys, how the HIPAA Rules have affected their working lives, and the successes and challenges they have faced with HIPAA compliance. Tell the readers about your career in the healthcare industry.

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What Year was OSHA Created?

HIPAA Journal

The government agency OSHA was created in 1971 as a result of the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. 2002: Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans Standard. 2002: Exit Routes, Emergency Action Plans, and Fire Prevention Plans Standard. 1972: the first OSHA State Plans are approved.

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Beneficiary inducements…don’t cross that line

YouCompli

However, some key words and phrases should at least pique the interest of a conscientious compliance officer. “Co-pay The government contended the inducements were in the form of free blood glucose testing supplies and waiver of co-payments and deductibles for insulin. The government also said the company routinely waived co-payments.

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MedTrainer Tapped as Exclusive Healthcare Content Partner for Absorb Learning Management System

MedTrainer

LAS VEGAS , May 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — MedTrainer , healthcare’s leader in credentialing, training, and compliance management, announced today that it has become the exclusive healthcare content partner for Absorb Software’s global learning management system (LMS).

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What is HIPAA?

HIPAA Journal

Title III: Tax-related health provisions governing medical savings accounts. Title V: Revenue offsets governing tax deductions for employers. Further Rules have reinforced the importance of HIPAA compliance. Title II: Preventing health care fraud and abuse; administration simplification; medical liability reform.

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OIG Approves Cash Equivalents Paid to Patients Participating in Contingency Management Program Offered Through Digital Health Technology

Health Care Law Brief

As early as 2002 and as highlighted in recent guidance , OIG has explained its longstanding concerns relating to the offering of incentives intended to induce beneficiaries to obtain federally reimbursable items and services when those incentives have been cash or cash equivalents. at 77790, 77791.

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SQA Regulatory Surveillance Summary 1 | Monthly Update 2021

SQA

Compliance with UDI requirements will now be enforced for the first batch of devices in the agency’s phased implementation plan. Since the introduction of the exemption in 2002, the technology and manufacturing processes used to produce medical devices have changed dramatically.