Prior to the HITECH Act in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), HIPAA audits were only initiated when a complaint was filed against a business. This reactionary audit trigger no longer stands alone, additionally the HITECH Act calls for a minimum of 150 random HIPAA audits by the end of 2012. (more…)
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2012Mentoring At HFS
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011HFS Consultants has integrated the concept of “social responsibility” into its company culture and empowered us with PTO hours and the creative latitude to pursue this standard. My name is Michael Davis and I’ve been the IT Director at HFS for the past ten years. Inspired by the HFS social responsibility team, I advertised my desire to mentor on several popular social networking sites.
This summer I was contacted by SPARK, a youth development program whose mission is to inspire middle school youth through workplace-based apprenticeships. The organization was founded in 2001 to help address the astounding 20% nationwide high school drop-out rate.