by Donna Grindle | May 28, 2015 | HIPAA
An iconic symbol of on-the-job hilarity is the I Love Lucy episode in the candy factory. The vision of Ethel and Lucy shoving candy in their mouths, tops, and hats as the conveyor belt moves past can’t help but make you laugh. Vivian Vance and Lucille Ball ham it up...
by Donna Grindle | May 7, 2015 | HIPAA
Someone once said that an optimist is a person who knows if they take one step forward and one step back not to be discouraged, they are just doing the Cha-cha-cha. I have been trying to take that advice and cha-cha-cha my way through recovery. As I do so, I realize...
by Donna Grindle | Mar 3, 2015 | HIPAA
Just after the first of the year, I had surgery on my right hand. I have spent the weeks since then adapting to not having full use of that hand for several months as it heals. That is definitely a challenge for someone who is fiercely right-handed. Most of my friends...
by Donna Grindle | Dec 10, 2014 | HIPAA
Takeaways: The latest OCR resolution makes specific points on what OCR considers reasonable and appropriate technical safeguards of the Security Rule. If you aren’t up to date with all of your software, it does matter very much once malware finds you. There are...
by Donna Grindle | Dec 4, 2014 | HIPAA
Takeaways: Yet another notice that HIPAA enforcement and liability is not something to keep putting off until later. The web of liability means it is no longer just yourself you have to worry about being caught up in audits or breaches. And the hits just keep on...
by Donna Grindle | Nov 25, 2014 | HIPAA
Takeaways: HIPAA keeps getting more important to the business for CEs and BAs but who is going to have to learn the hard way for your office to take note? The Connecticut case of Emily Byrne vs. Avery Center for Obstetrics and Gynecology involves a patient who sued a...
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