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OCR Stepping Up HIPAA Security Enforcement

Health Data Management (HDM) reported today, May 12, that the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is going to strengthen HIPAA Security Rule enforcement, based on statements made on Tuesday, May...

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OCR Issues Draft Guidance on Security Risk Analysis

The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) issued on May 7, 2010, Security Rule Draft Guidance on Risk Analysis. This is the first in a “series of guidance documents [that] will assist organizations...

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Parker Alumni Association Makes Final Payment to Largest Donation in History

Parker Chiropractic News May 6, 2010 (Dallas) — The Parker Alumni Association presented a check of 5,000 dollars to Parker College of Chiropractic to fulfill its final payment of the 25,000 dollar pledge made in 2008. Not only was the...

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Chiropractor Career Report May 2010

By Michael Dorausch, DC It’s an interesting time of year for chiropractors and those that own chiropractic practices. Tax month is over and looking back since the beginning of the year, I’ve spoken to plenty of chiropractors about...

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Chiropractor Career Report May 2010

By Michael Dorausch, DC It’s an interesting time of year for chiropractors and those that own chiropractic practices. Tax month is over and looking back since the beginning of the year, I’ve spoken to plenty of chiropractors about...

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Chiropractor Career Report May 2010

By Michael Dorausch, DC It’s an interesting time of year for chiropractors and those that own chiropractic practices. Tax month is over and looking back since the beginning of the year, I’ve spoken to plenty of chiropractors about...

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On Buying Chiropractic Domains

By Michael Dorausch, DC Depending on goals with your chiropractic websites, you can do a 301 or 302 redirect. What? That was from a conversation I had yesterday with a chiropractor in Southern California regarding a situation where he owns more...

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Prison Time for Privacy Breach of PHI; OCR Breach List Continues to Grow; More Training Needed

Health Data Management reported in its April 29, 2010, online HDM Daily that “[a] former researcher at the UCLA School of Medicine has been sentenced to four months in federal prison for violations of the HIPAA privacy rule.” You...

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Los Angeles Southwest Chiropractic District CCA Meeting May 2010

By Michael Dorausch, DC The CCA Los Angeles Southwest Chiropractic District is hosting a four course dinner with expert personal injury attorney, Shawn Steel, in Redondo Beach California on May 19, 2010 beginning at 7 PM. The event is taking...

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Right Biometric Technology Being Selected by HIPAA Compliance

The key agenda of the HIPAA is to protect the privacy of the patient health information and simplify health insurance transactions between different service providers and patients. To accomplish this, it lays special emphasis on conversion of...

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