BILL DEANE, Manager, Licensing and Development
On Friday October 8th, the State Legislature passed a budget for the fiscal year beginning July 1st, at exactly 100 days late. This surpassed the previous longest impasse at 85 days in 2008. The Legislature spent 20 hours in the marathon session writing portions of the $87.5 billion budget and arguing out the details. (more…)
In the world today we naturally link the words identity theft to different types of financial institutions. This is no longer true with the advent of the Red Flag Rule. In January 2008 the Red Flag Rule went into effect. The rule requires businesses (including healthcare) to develop and institute a plan that will detect and deter the red flags that often can be the telling signs of identity theft. Healthcare is further impacted by this regulation due to its responsibility to protect and safeguard against Medical identity theft. (more…)
