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HIPAA and Patient Information Privacy: What You Need to Know

Due to the massive amount of personal data and information stored electronically today, everybody is concerned about their patient information privacy. That is why you may find yourself questioning what your doctor is doing to ensure the protection of your healthcare information. Health plans, health care providers, health care clearinghouses, and their business associates have to abide by set industry standards when it comes to the storage and transmission of your healthcare information. However, some entities don’t have to follow these regulations. These include: •    State agencies such as child protective services •    Law enforcement agencies •    Life insurance companies •    Schools •    Employers •    DTC (direct to consumer) genetic testing companies •    Alternative medicine practitioners •    Workers compensation carriers • ...

New Legislation and Court Cases in Employee Payments

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"Paying employees from the time they are hired to the date of termination" Paying employees in compliance with federal and state wage and hour laws doesn’t just happen. It takes knowledge, planning and careful execution. It starts the day the employee is hired by determining if there are any notices concerning payday that must be furnished or personal notices that the employee must receive concerning their pay amount and deductions and finishes when the final check is cut and deciding whether or not vacation pay must be included.  In this webinar expert speaker  Vicki M. Lambert  will discuss from new legislation and court cases its whether or not vacation pay must be paid out when an employee terminates. Speaker will explain company’s policy or do we need a new policy for all employees or just ones in certain states. These and many more topics will be discussed in this webinar.  Session Highlights:  Required payroll notices for new hires  ...

Navigating the Family and Medical Leave Act

The Family and Medical Leave Act is probably one of the most difficult leave laws to navigate.  Understanding the various terms, calculating the leave to which an employee is entitled, determining what benefits you must provide to employees while on leave can be a legal landmine. This presentation will walk you through this legal landmine and provide with the nuts and bolts of what the Family and Medical Leave Act.  FMLA leave for family of military personnel buy these reference materials and receive the information needed to guide you through the maze of family and medical leave laws. You will learn how these old and new rules interplay with each other and ensure that your policies and practices are in compliance.  In this webinar expert speaker Susan Fahey Desmond, will sort out all the different types of medical leaves, clarify the associating factors between them, and give you a solid toolbox of best practices for understanding leaves, using them safely...

The Impact of New FSVP & Third Party Accreditation Rules on Your Food Business

The wait for final FSMA Rules is quickly ending and the implementation periods have begun. On November 10, 2015 the FDA published the final rules for the  Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) and Third Party Accreditation programs  and is now preparing guidance documents that extend the requirements previously published under the final rules for cGMP, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food. Most businesses have less than one year for full implement compliance implementation.  Since the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules rely heavily on new rules for HARPC, Environmental Monitoring, Validation and Validation of Preventive Controls. In this webinar expert speaker  John Ryan  will review earlier final rules and he summarize the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules. It is critical to begin to understand how the FDA has interwoven the FSMA into more of a compact and focused set of rules than proposed rules ...

The Impact of New FSVP & Third Party Accreditation Rules on Your Food Business

The wait for final FSMA Rules is quickly ending and the implementation periods have begun. On November 10, 2015 the FDA published the final rules for the Foreign Supplier Verification (FSVP) and Third Party Accreditation programs and is now preparing guidance documents that extend the requirements previously published under the final rules for cGMP, Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human and Animal Food. Most businesses have less than one year for full implement compliance implementation.  Since the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules rely heavily on new rules for HARPC, Environmental Monitoring, Validation and Validation of Preventive Controls. In this webinar expert speaker John Ryan will review earlier final rules and he summarize the final FSVP and 3rd Party Accreditation rules. It is critical to begin to understand how the FDA has interwoven the FSMA into more of a compact and focused set of rules than proposed rules might have led us to be...