Authored by Steve Burt, President, HCRDudley Woody, Attorney, Woods Rogers The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires most employers with 10 or more employees to track and report all work-related injuries… Read more

Healthcare Compliance Resources (HCR), led by industry veteran Stephen A. Burt, has been a compliance resource for local and national healthcare facilities since 1994. HCR provides on-site consulting services and… Read more

Breach Notification Rule The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule requires healthcare providers and certain health plans to notify the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights… Read more

Not Having One Just Cost A Florida Physician’s Group $500,000! The requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, as amended by the Health Information Technology for… Read more

SST-16 Inspections: Who’s targeted, why, and how to prepare. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s new program triggers comprehensive inspections based on employers’ electronic submissions. The new Site-Specific Targeting 2016… Read more

Effective today, civil penalties in federal states for violations of OSHA standards and regulations increased to adjust for inflation. In the Federal Register issued January 2, 2018, the U.S. Department… Read more

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), which had issued a rule requiring the electronic posting of OSHA 300 Injury and Illness Summaries for most employers in May 2016, announced… Read more

The HIPAA Breach Notification Rule, 45 CFR §§ 164.400-414, requires HIPAA covered entities and their business associates to provide notification following a breach of unsecured protected health information. As part of the… Read more

Phishing Alert from the Office of Civil Rights OCR Alert: Phishing Email Disguised as Official OCR Audit Communication The Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights has… Read more