This post, How OSHA’s HazCom Standard Protects Both Employers and Employees, first appeared on http://www.digitaljournal.com/. New York, NY – May 15, 2017 – (Newswire.com) First adopted in the U.S. in 1983, the Hazard Communication standard is meant to protect workers who work with or around hazardous chemicals. While some employers may view the HazCom standard as a hassle, it protects employers just as much as it does employees, according to Msds Catalog Service LLC. First […]
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This post, Two HIPAA Mistakes Lead to Fines from OCR, first appeared on http://www.natlawreview.com/. Monday, May 1, 2017 It was a busy April for the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) (see our prior post on a settlement from earlier in April). On April 20, OCR announced a Resolution Agreement with Center for Children’s Digestive Health, S.C. (“CCDH”) related to CCHD’s failure to enter into a business associate agreement with a paper medical records storage vendor. The cost of that missing agreement? $31,000. Then, on April […]
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