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ocument destruction companies that handle protected health information for healthcare providers may face greater scrutiny — and hefty mandatory fines — in the coming year as the government steps up enforcement of privacy and security rules under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). New rules to be announced soon are expected to make business associates — such as document destruction companies or other service providers — subject to the most substantive provisions of HIPAA, as well as all of its Security Rule, rather than allowing them to rely on their business associate agreements. Also expected are automatic mandatory fines for violations of “willful neglect” by either the healthcare industry or business associates of $10,000 to $50,000 per record, up to a maximum annual cap of $1.5 million. That maximum figure applies only on a per provision basis; violations of separate provisions are capped separately, not cumulatively. A document destruction company involved in a data breach that is subsequently found not to have trained its employees and to not have any written policies in place could be cited for willful neglect. “So whatever the data breach was, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is going to hold them to the highest standard, the highest level of fines, because they’re finding it inexcusable that any organization touching data would not have written policies in place and employee training in place,” notes Bob Johnson, chief executive officer of NAID (National Association for Information Destruction). Health and Human Services reports that business associates have been responsible for 62 percent of the total number of patient records breached, according the Association of Corporate Counsel, a global bar association.
Another major issue to impact healthcare providers and their business associates will be an audit program anticipated in the coming year. The audits are mandatory under HITECH (the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act). HITECH was passed by Congress as part of the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, more commonly known as the “Stimulus Bill.” “Health and Human Services has announced there will be a formal unannounced auditing program of both covered entities and business associates,” Johnson says. Covered entities include healthcare providers, health plans and healthcare clearinghouses. Although it is not known how many resources will be devoted to the audit program, “everybody’s on notice that they’re going to be checked by Health and Human Services at some point or they stand the possibility of it, and you never know where it’s going to come from,” he says. Leon Rodriguez, director of HHS’ Office for Civil Rights, has confirmed that
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Inside This Issue
4 Using ARMA’s GARP Principles to Create a Compliant Records Management Program
6 Chicago Election Board Confirms 1200 Personnel Files Exposed 10 NAID Acquires Shred School 13 Easing of Medical Record Restrictions Ensures Post-Sandy Patient Care
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enforcement of HIPAA’s privacy and security rules information (ePHI) that was stolen from the vehicle would be stepped up in 2013. His agency has been of a department employee. It was OCR’s first HIPAA conducting the pilot audit project; an estimated 115 enforcement action against a state agency. covered entities are expected to be audited with a In another case, Minnesota settled for $2.5 permanent compliance audit program which could million an action against a business associate that be launched in the coming year. alleged numerous violations of laws including “This audit program has exposed vulnerabilities HIPAA, Johnson reports. and issues that we can’t find any other way,” Rodriguez And in yet another case, the Massachusetts Eye says. “I think it will be good policy for us to really and Ear Infirmary and Massachusetts Eye and Ear keep this audit program going.” Associates Inc., agreed to pay $1.5 million to settle The audits in the pilot program, conducted by potential violations of the HIPAA Security Rule. consulting firm KPMG, do not involve business Although the president’s budget for fiscal associates such as document destruction companies year 2013 cuts the OCR budget by about or cloud computing providers, $2 million, it is not expected but those service providers to have much impact on “But now we’re seeing enforcement efforts. and others are expected to be included in future audits, “We will be able to, given where virtually every according to Linda Sanches, the pace we’ve already had senior adviser and health of monetary recoveries — contract has a clause in and this is just the opening information privacy lead in the Office for Civil Rights (OCR). threshold of our work — the it that says the service monetary recovery is really “A s t h e O C R a u d i t program moves from pilot to what will provide us a pretty a fully enforced program in provider will be liable for decent way of keeping our 2013, the number of surprise investigative capacity up audits and fines are expected any financial damages or and perhaps adding some,” to skyrocket,” predicts Mike Rodriguez said in an interview breach notification costs with HealthcareInfoSecurity. Klein, president and chief operating officer of Online “If Health and Human that they cause.” Tech in Ann Arbor, Mich., Services or state attorneys a provider of co-location, general receive a credible report managed servers and private cloud services. “While of an incident that could rise to the level of willful no one enjoys the threat of a government-sponsored neglect it’s mandatory that they investigate,” says audit program, and even worse, the possibility of NAID’s Bob Johnson. “They have to investigate if multimillion dollar fines, the U.S. government is they get such a report.” demonstrating that they are taking HIPAA law He stresses that service providers need to train enforcement seriously . . .” their employees and have policies and procedures in The Office for Civil Rights enforces the place to address privacy and security concerns. Any HIPAA Privacy Rule, which protects the privacy employee who finds the slightest discrepancy that of individually identifiable health information; the suggests a customer has a potential data breach, for HIPAA Security Rule, which sets national standards example, must report it to management. Management for the security of electronic protected health must then report it to the customer. information; and the confidentiality provisions of “A service provider doesn’t have to inform the the Patient Safety Rule, which protect identifiable authorities,” Johnson notes. “A service provider’s information being used to analyze patient safety only responsibility is to inform their customer. The events and improve patient safety. service provider will never have to do the data breach Increased enforcement efforts also involve notification. It’s always going to be the customer. state attorneys general, who have been trained to It’s going to be the primary data custodian that enforce HIPAA. At least four states have pursued has to clean up the mess, even if it’s caused by the HIPAA enforcement actions since July, according service provider.” to Elizabeth Johnson, a lawyer with Poyner Spruill Because of that, however, customers are now in North Carolina. looking at having service providers indemnify them “Covered entities should anticipate the trend of for damages they cause. In the past, this wasn’t much increased state enforcement will continue as reported of an issue in the document destruction industry, security breaches, HHS audits, and individual Johnson says. complaints continue to uncover compliance problems “But now we’re seeing where virtually every that reaffirm to government agencies their pursuit of contract has a clause in it that says the service such enforcement is often fruitful,” she says. provider will be liable for any financial damages or How fruitful that enforcement is can be seen in breach notification costs that they cause,” he says, cases such as one against the Alaska Department of noting that NAID offers its certified members an Health and Social Services. That agency agreed to pay insurance policy to cover them. $1.7 million to settle a HIPAA case involving a USB Elizabeth Johnson says business associates should drive possibly containing electronic protected health Continued on page 5
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Using ARMA’s GARP Principles to Create a Compliant Records Management Program — A Guide to Assist with the Proper Implementation of a Records Management Program —
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eveloping a compliant records management program is essential for a productive, organized business, but it can be a challenging task. With numerous file labels, retention schedules and varying points of contact, organizing a system that achieves specific business goals while keeping operations compliant can leave records managers and IT professionals frustrated and confused. “In the insurance industry, there are multiple types of files and varying file requirements for each state in which we operate,” said Cathy Marsh, Assistant Vice President, Corporate Services at Ohio National Financial Services. “While it took us awhile to develop a consistent and streamlined records management program, it has been an integral step in keeping our business running smoothly.” To assist businesses with the creation, organization, security and maintenance of a records management program, ARMA International published the eight Generally Accepted Recordkeeping Principles (GARP®). As an authority of education on information management issues, ARMA International developed the principles with the help of individuals fully involved in recordkeeping. The eight key principles upon which GARP was developed can provide a framework for a successful records management program. These principles include:
1. Principle of Accountability. Appoint an appropriate person to oversee
the entire records management program. This person will be responsible for structuring the program, delegating tasks and assigning appropriate contacts within departments.
2. Principle of Integrity. Ensure records are authentic, unaltered and accurately
reflect the represented organization. Be able to prove an acceptable audit trail and creation of the record.
3. Principle of Protection. Implement standards to protect records and information that is confidential, privileged, secret or essential to business continuity.
4. Principle of Compliance. The records management program follows the
standards, laws and other binding authorities set by legal organizations or company standards.
5. Principle of Availability. Records are stored and organized in a manner that allows for timely, efficient and accurate retrieval of requested information.
6. Principle of Retention. The records management program follows a
retention schedule that was developed considering legal, regulatory, fiscal, operational and historical requirements.
7. Principle of Disposition. The organization takes secure measures to properly dispose of records at the end of their lifecycle.
8. Principle of Transparency. The records management program is easily understandable to employees and outside parties, including government authorities, auditors and investigators.
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y using these eight principles as a framework, records managers can begin building their own program that reflects their specific business processes. It is important to understand how each principle applies to the organization. For example, when establishing the principle of accountability, records managers should consider the size of their business. For a small organization, it may be acceptable to have one person in charge of the records management program. This setup, known as a centralized system, appoints one individual who handles all information and decisions related to the program. This person is also responsible for implementing and executing all activity relevant to the records management policy. However, a large business with multiple departments and types of records will require additional oversight. This system would benefit from a decentralized records
By Chad Bevington
management program where a lead records representative oversees the activity of several departmental records representatives who assist with the implementation and execution of the program in specific areas of the business. These individuals manage the retention schedules, employee training and day-to-day functioning of the program. With this system, records representatives meet on a regular basis to discuss program successes or challenges, changes in the principles and ideas to further develop the system. This system helps delegate responsibility and ensures individual employees can easily contact a records representative when necessary. Similarly, records managers should consider the size and scope of their business when evaluating the principle of retention. Developing and following a retention schedule can be a challenge if an organization operates in multiple states with different regulations and laws and/or if they receive payments from customers in multiple states. To simplify the program and avoid multiple retention requirements, implement a retention schedule based on the state or region with the strictest regulations and longest longevity for retention. Using this method, the organization will meet all legal and regulatory requirements while streamlining the records management process and eliminating the need to separate files by state. To ensure compliance, decide the appropriate retention period for each type of record with the help of an attorney. “In our situation, we reviewed all the state recordkeeping requirements and found that Pennsylvania had the most rigorous standards,” said Marsh. “We used this as our benchmark and developed our program around that. It made the program a lot easier rather than negotiating around the legal requirements of several different jurisdictions.” When considering the availability and transparency principle, records managers are encouraged to review how documents are titled and create a standardized labeling system throughout all departments. Most employees will label records according to personal preference; however, as convenient as this is for individual employees, it results in an unorganized system. This can create a problem if an audit requires proof of a certain type of record and that record is unable to be retrieved. To create a streamlined system and reduce the amount of time spent filing and retrieving items, implement standards for labeling and storing records that can be integrated throughout all departments. “When we conducted an audit of our system, we found that we had more than 3,000 different records names,” Marsh advised. “For a journal voucher record, they were titled ‘JV’ or ‘J Voucher’—we had more than 100 different names for the same file. By setting a standard for titling documents, we were able to reduce the number of files to just 120 record names.”
Purging Old Records
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hen paper records reach the end of the pre-determined lifecycle, GARP recommends secure and appropriate disposal. To ensure the highest standards of security are met, records managers should partner with an AAA NAIDcertified shredding provider that destroys documents on a scheduled basis and provides a certificate of destruction for a legal audit trail. While sometimes daunting, the task of organizing a company’s records is not an impossible task. By using GARP as a framework, records managers can develop a compliant and effective records management program that meets the specific needs of the business and ensures that documents are readily available—or destroyed—at pre-defined points in the process. Chad Bevington is Regional Business Director of Cintas Document Management. For more information, visit www.cintas.com/DocumentManagement.
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“carefully review any business associate agreements provided to them by clients, because those contracts are much more likely now to include unfavorable terms for the business associate regarding breach notification, security obligations, liability and indemnification. “Business associates also should focus efforts on implementation of the Security Rule, which has been a special focus of HHS’s audits this year,” she advises. As liabilities for customers go up, service providers now will have those same liabilities, Bob Johnson says. “They’re in lockstep,” he says. Elizabeth Johnson agrees, noting that new rules, including the HIPAA Security Rule, will now apply directly to business associates, not just covered entities. “Under prior rules, business associates were only required to abide by the terms of their business associate agreements, not the rules directly,” she explains. “As a result, HHS can take enforcement actions against business associates and, due to a 60-fold increase in their fining authority, can seek a maximum monetary penalty of $50,000 per violation.” Although the government stresses the importantance of security and privacy for protected health information, it provides no specific information about destruction of that material. “Nowhere in any of the five HIPAA rules does it say a word about data For the right solution, contact: destruction, particle size, or anything about how or where PHI has to be www.jakeconnorandcrew.com destroyed,” Johnson wrote in a recent blog on the NAID website. or call 1-877-565 -JAKE (5253) Health and Human Services does say that proper disposal methods for paper records may include, but are not limited to, “shredding, burning, pulping Jake, Connor & Crew’s containers are We don’t just protect documents, recyclable, comply with LEED and CARB II or pulverizing the records so that PHI is rendered essentially unreadable, we protect your reputation. regulations and are JCAHO compliant. indecipherable and otherwise cannot be reconstructed. “Depositing PHI in a trash receptacle generally accessible by the public or Info Request #105 other unauthorized persons is not an appropriate privacy or security safeguard,” the agency says. “Instead, covered entities must implement reasonable safeguardsJCAC_SSSN_QuarterPgLockItAds.indd 2 12-08-30 to limit incidental, and avoid prohibited, uses and disclosures of PHI. Failing to implement reasonable safeguards to protect PHI in connection with disposal could result in impermissible disclosures of PHI.” Bob Johnson says the fact that document destruction is not addressed under HIPAA rules is not an issue. “Even though data destruction is not specifically required in writing by HIPAA, it is a requirement,” he says. “Like every other data protection law on the books, HIPAA is based on the reasonableness principle. No one could ever say it was ‘reasonable’ to discard information without destruction and still meet the requirement to prevent unauthorized access to PHI. “It is still important that destruction professionals know the distinction and talk about it correctly in the marketplace,” he adds. “To say HIPAA requires data destruction is not accurate. It is better to say HIPAA requires the prevention of unauthorized access to PHI, which, in turn, necessitates destruction. “It remains to be seen whether clearer requirements for destruction will Opt instead for the most effective solution for TOTAL DESTRUCTION emerge in the long overdue HITECH Final Rule,” he says. of electronic storage devices – the Allegheny Hard Drive Shredder! For both covered entities and their business associates, complying with Built with impact-resistant tool steel cutters HIPAA is no easy task. and an extremely powerful drive train, these Shred Nations, a network of more than 500 shredding companies across babies are the most rugged in the industry! North America, offers one solution. Make the smart choice–and spare yourself “What’s the best way to avoid a problem with the HIPAA police,” the any collateral damage! Lakewood, Colo.-headquartered company asks on its website. “Release nothing without a release, employ a certified contractor 800-245-2497 and shred everything as soon as permitted, get incontrovertible “Our Allegheny Hard Drive Shredder can proof, and make sure the world knows it. ■ Complete destruction with no shred 1500 hard drives in half a day – “Prescription: Take two aspirin, and call your shredder retrieval possible it’s already paid for itself tenfold.” ■ Destroys 25–45 hard drives per min. tomorrow morning.” TIM EARLEY - Advantage E-cycling
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n recent NAID Canada elections, Kevin Perry of Shred Guard in St. Johns, New Brunswick, Canada was elected to a two-year term as chairman of the NAID-Canada Board of Directors. Additionally, Greg Olynyck of EnviroShred based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada was elected to serve a two-year term as a director. Perry replaced Dave Carey of Iron Mountain as NAID-Canada’s chair, who will now assume the post of past chair. Wendy Banting of Secural Datashred in Vaughan, Ontario, Canada continues her term as director and Krisjan Backman of Phoenix Recycling in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada continues his term as secretary/treasurer. Both terms will expire November 2013. The chair of NAID-Canada also serves as a director on the NAID Global Board of Directors, which Perry will assume in March. NAID-Canada has experienced dramatic growth over the past few years, and currently boasts 120 member locations, 63 of which are NAID Certified.
Chicago Election Board Confirms 1200 Personnel Files Exposed
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hicago, IL—According to an article on ChicagoTribune.com, 1,200 job applicant files were exposed inadvertently on the Chicago Board of Elections website recently. The information security company, Forensicon, which discovered the mistake, alleges that the breach also may include personal information of up to 1.7 million registered Chicago voters. An election board spokesman said the voter information is normally publicly accessible and no sensitive data was involved. However, for approximately one week in November, the names, addresses, driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of social security numbers of some 1,200 poll work applicants were displayed on a publicly-accessible page. The Board of Election Commissioners had the page removed immediately after being notified by Forensicon, and each of the job applicants whose personal data had been exposed was contacted. The breach occurred when a temporary website was created on November 6 to accommodate increased site traffic caused by Chicagoans searching for their new polling places. In 2006, the board had to correct a breach that involved the sensitive information of some 780,000 registered voters.
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olumbus, OH—The Columbus Dispatch reports that patient privacy may be compromised through popular marketing strategies that are being used by hospitals. Often administered under the rubric of “customer-relationship management,” the strategies employ predictive methodologies involving patient files. Patient data is used in this way to deliver specific promotional messages. For example, new mothers or patients with diabetes and heart conditions may find themselves receiving customized mailers and reminders. Attendees of health fairs and seminars, as well as health screening participants, may receive notifications promoting other hospital events and services. Hospitals such as OhioHealth and Mount Carmel say their marketing communications are largely educational and useful in developing preventive healthcare programming. They stress that that individual patient data is not revealed in ways that violate HIPPA rules. Both health systems say they use thirdparty companies to process their patient data, which is encrypted. In addition, they say such business associates are bound by health data privacy laws. Medseek, a provider of patient data processing services, reports that electronic health records make it possible for some 25 percent of U.S. hospitals to identify and reach such target audiences. Read more: http://www.ihealthbeat.org/articles/2012/11/13/some-hospitalsusing-patient-data-to-boost-marketing-campaigns.aspx#ixzz2EdGgr8vX.
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In the News Iron Mountain Announces Appointment of New CEO
Richard Reese to Retire from the Company after 31 Years
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ron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), the information storage and management company, recently announced that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to appoint William Meaney President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board, effective Jan. 7, 2013. He will succeed longtime Executive Chairman and CEO Richard Reese, who announced his intention to retire after 31 years at the Company. Meaney, 52, comes to Iron Mountain with more than 20 years of experience successfully overseeing diverse businesses in the United States, Europe, Asia and Africa. According to the Company, Meaney’s track record reveals a proven ability to drive growth even in challenging environments and maximize returns on investment in capital intensive businesses. Most recently, Meaney served as CEO of the Hong Kong-based Zuellig Group, a $12 billion, primarily businessto-business conglomerate that saw sales triple during his eight-year tenure from 2004-2012. Iron Mountain’s Board also announced that Al Verrecchia, lead independent director, will succeed Reese as Chairman of the Board effective in March 2013, when Reese will also retire from the Board. According to the Company, their Board believes that separating the chairman and CEO roles at this time represents the best leadership structure for the Company and is consistent with best practices for corporate governance. Verrecchia joined Iron Mountain’s Board of Directors in March 2010. He has also served as Chairman of the Board at Hasbro Inc. since 2008. Reese served as CEO from December 1981 to June 2008 and returned as CEO in April 2011. He also served as Chairman beginning in 1995 and as Executive Chairman since June 2008. During his tenure, he grew the business from a regional provider with $3 million in annualized revenues to a global leader in information management and storage with more than $3 billion in sales.
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AID recently announced it has acquired the rights to the trade name Shred School® from Total Training Services, Inc. “As far as we were concerned, it was a no-brainer,” said NAID President Scott Fasken. “Shred School was a strong brand with a good reputation and a mission that aligns perfectly with NAID’s mission.” Regarding the transition, Total Training’s former President Ray Barry said, “It was very important to me that Shred School had a good home. The acquisition of the brand by NAID ensures it will. I can think of nothing better for it.” NAID intends to use the Shred School as a platform for providing advanced training for the association’s growing list of sales and marketing programs as well as traditional secure destruction sales techniques and regulatory issues. “We’re in the process of retooling the Shred School list of services and events,” said NAID CEO Bob Johnson. “In February 2013, we will reintroduce the program with a new website and a full explanation of new member benefits offered under its name.”
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his season’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade was colorful for more than just the floats. The confetti – consisting of recycled shredded paper – represented an embarrassing security breach. According to an article posted on SecurityManagement.com, the confetti was sourced from legal documents involving several financial institutions. Nassau County Police Department officials immediately began investigating the data breach when a parade watcher brought in a strip of paper showing a Social Security number. The shred used for the confetti was traced to the police department itself. As NYPD was reviewing their document destruction policies, news of the incident prompted comment from the CEO of the National Association for Information Destruction (NAID), Bob Johnson. According to Johnson, documents that are outsourced for destruction are pulverized in massive volumes, commingled with the papers of hundreds of other businesses, and sent to a paper mill for destruction and recycling. This ensures that no identifiable information remains. All the links in the chain of custody are important because mistakes can happen. Last May, Boston’s South Shore Hospital was fined $750,000 when boxes of unencrypted computer tapes that contained protected health information were lost on the way to the document destruction company. In 2009, after the New York Yankees won the baseball World Series, shredded pay stubs, trust fund balance sheets, and financial information as confetti were showered on the team as it paraded up Broadway.
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olumbia, SC—According to an article on GreenvilleOnline.com, the hacking of South Carolina’s Department of Revenue database is one of the nation’s biggest electronic heists. The tax returns database holds 3.6 million unencrypted Social Security numbers and 387,000 mostly encrypted credit and debit card numbers. Thought to be at risk are individuals who filed returns going back to 1998. Officials termed the initial intrusion, which occurred in August, a “scouting mission.” That was followed by two browsing hacks. The actual data theft happened on September 13. The breaches went undetected until October when a computer crimes office of the U.S. Secret Service made the discovery. Since then, security surrounding the breach has been tight. Details, other than the dates and acknowledgment that the hacker was foreign, have been out of bounds to the media while the investigation unfolds. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley ordered an assessment of all the state’s computer systems, but specifics about that investigation are being kept under wraps. What’s more, officials can’t (or won’t) tell whether the state’s computer system is still vulnerable. The Department of Revenue has contracted Mandiant, a computer security firm recommended by the Secret Service, to fix the leak. Questions remain as to whether the files in the hacked database were removed or copied and whether the state had paid a ransom to the hacker to retrieve the data. Officials say that all but 16,000 of the credit and debit cards were encrypted. Whether Social Security numbers in the state’s system can be encrypted is not known. Affected individuals have been notified and the state is paying for a year of credit-protection service to monitor any identity thefts that occur. The international investigation is further complicated because South Carolina’s computer system is decentralized. As is with many states, the boards, agencies, universities and commissions operate their own systems.
Employees Fired for HIPAA Violations in Ohio Hospital Shooting
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kron, OH—Federal privacy rules under HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, prohibit healthcare workers from looking at patient files unless the information is needed to do their jobs. A violation of these rules occurred at Akron General Medical Center in Ohio last August, according to a report on Ohio.com. Hospital management learned that an unspecified, but “small” number of employees had viewed the electronic medical files of a patient who was shot while in the hospital’s intensive care unit. The employees, who weren’t involved with the patient’s care, were terminated. The employees had accessed the records after John H. Wise, 66, fatally shot his wife, Barbara. Hospital spokesman, Jim Gosky, said the recent violations were “isolated incidents,” and the patient information was not shared by the employees with others. He added that the closed system limits who can access patient files. “It doesn’t happen a lot, fortunately, because employees know, but you can’t let the curiosity get the better of you,” Gosky said. “That’s human nature and we understand that, but it still doesn’t justify the fact that the policies were violated.” The Professional Staff Nurses Association, which represents about 800 nurses at Akron General, has not confirmed whether any nurses were fired. Privacy violations in high-profile criminal cases have happened elsewhere. Thirty-two employees were fired last year at a Minnesota hospital for unauthorized viewing of medical records involving a mass overdose. In 2010, a California hospital was fined $95,000 by state health regulators for allowing unauthorized employees to view medical records that sources told the Los Angeles Times were the files of Michael Jackson. A survey of patient privacy breaches by technology security firm Veriphyr found that the majority of such violations involve fellow workers, friends or relatives who are curious to see the medical records.
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In the News Lock America International CEO Frank Minnella Announces Lock America Reorganization
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rank Minnella, CEO of Lock America International, Inc. of Corona, California announced recently that he will be stepping back from daily involvement in company operations to move to an advisory strategic role. “I’ve been active in the security lock business for over thirty years, and it’s time for a new generation to take over operations and marketing for Lock America. Watson Visuwan, who is moving up from Sales Manager to Vice President of Marketing, has proven himself in many roles at Lock America over the last 15 years. With the promotion of Dan Walsh to Sales Manager, and the development of the rest of our team, Watson has the resources to take the company into new markets while building on our success in our present businesses,” says Minella. Lock America International has developed and marketed a wide range of innovative locks and security products for many industries, including amusement, coin-op, information destruction, newspaper distribution, recycling, self-storage, propane and vending.
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nline registration for the National Association for Information Destruction’s (NAID) annual conference opened Monday, Nov. 26. The 2013 NAID Annual Conference will be a three-day event in Nashville, Tenn., at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Convention Center. “We’re so excited to be coming to Nashville this year,” said NAID CEO Bob Johnson. “The location is easy to get to, and Nashville has a charm and atmosphere that will strike a chord in NAID members around the world.” Joe Calloway, author of the bestselling book “A Category of One” will be the keynote speaker at this year’s conference, NAID in Nashville: Tune in for Success. There will be sessions about social media, expanding residential markets, sales and marketing techniques, the current state of the destruction industry and much more. Those individuals who register for the conference before Feb. 1, 2013, will receive a 25 percent deep saver discount. Register at https://www.etouches.com/ NAID2013AC and learn more about the speakers, sessions, and venue. For questions about the event, contact NAID Director of Events and Programs Jamie Steimer at jsteimer@naidonline.org.
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lbany, NY—According to a report on BloombergNews.com, New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo asked the federal government to temporarily waive certain medical records privacy restrictions. He took this action to help expedite care for patients affected by Hurricane Sandy. Waivers required by Medicare, Medicaid, the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act were approved for New York and New Jersey by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius under Section 1135 of the Social Security Act. Emphasizing good faith inherent in the easing the restrictions, the changes that Cuomo requested affect administrative and recordkeeping rules, including documentation, patient relocation, billing and reimbursement requirements. Patient care and billing now can be provided even where standard documentation is missing. Patients can be relocated from damaged facilities to more secure settings. The changes also help streamline procedures for acceptance of new patients and approvals for relocating provider operations. For more information: The New York Section 1135 waiver is available at http://www.cms.gov/About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Downloads/ Hurricane-Sandy-PHE-Declaration-and-Section-1135-Waiver-for-NewYork-10-31-12.pdf. The New Jersey Section 1135 waiver is available at http://www.cms.gov/ About-CMS/Agency-Information/Emergency/Downloads/Hurricane-Sandy_ PHE-Declaration-and-Section-1135-Waiver-for-New-Jersey-11-1-12.pdf.
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In the News Analysts Predict $14 billion in US Government Security Spending by 2017
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