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Have you reviewed your HIPAA policies, training, and compliance lately?
HIPAA PRIVACY ENFORCEMENT ON THE RISE
In February 2009, as part of the economic stimulus legislation known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress enacted the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH). HITECH not only provided federal incentives for medical care providers to accelerate implementation of electronic health records systems, but also broadened the categories of those responsible for protecting the patient health information contained in those records and significantly increased the penalties for HIPAA violations.
The original HIPAA Privacy Rule finalized in 2002 applied only to “covered entities” such as health care providers, health plans, health care clearinghouses and later, sponsors of drug discount cards under Medicare. The Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is responsible for civil enforcement of HIPAA privacy regulations. Under the original Privacy Rule, OCR lacked direct enforcement authority against the “business associates” of covered…
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Fire Your Company! Employee Benefit News
Despite national economic and employment uncertainty, many American workers who identify themselves as top performers are thinking about changing jobs. In line with research showing the recent uptick of voluntary turnover in the workplace, the 2012 Aflac WorkForces Report revealed nearly half of U.S. workers 49% are at least somewhat likely to look for a job this year. More troubling for employers, a majority of those who say they are extremely or very likely to leave their jobs describe themselves as the kind of workers companies need to retain to remain competitive in a tight economy.
via Aflac offers insight to how employers can retain top talent – Articles – Employee Benefit News.
No surprises to this underwriter. Take a SWAG at what the most popular tags and categories are on this website. This is the kind of stuff that keeps managers awake at night.
More Ambien!
What Captures Your Attention Controls Your Life – HBR
A few years ago, DisneyWorld executives were wondering what most captured the attention of toddlers and infants at their theme park and hotels in Orlando, Florida. So they hired me and a cultural anthropologist to observe them as they passed by all the costumed cast members, animated creatures, twirling rides, sweet-smelling snacks, and colorful toys. But after a couple of hours of close observation, we realized that what most captured the young children’s attention wasn’t Disney-conjured magic. Instead it was their parents’ cell phones, especially when the parents were using them.
via What Captures Your Attention Controls Your Life – Kare Anderson – Harvard Business Review.
How many people are not really where they are but someplace else?
Italy’s Generali Board Ousts Chief Executive – WSJ.com
The board of Assicurazioni Generali SpA ousted the insurer’s chief executive on Saturday, the company said in a statement, in a management coup that leaves a question mark over the future strategy of one of Italy’s most important companies.At the hastily-called meeting, 10 out of Generali’s 17 board members approved a motion of no-confidence against Giovanni Perissinotto, according to the statement and a person briefed on the vote tally. The board also named Mario Greco, chief executive of Zurich Insurance Group as Generali’s new CEO, the statement added.
via Italy’s Generali Board Ousts Chief Executive – WSJ.com.
Mr. Perissinotto said the reason for his ouster was political.
Really?
Is Your Staff Sleeping with Their Smartphones?
This Graph Is Disastrous for Print and Great for Facebook—or the Opposite!
Teleworking Triples Over the Last Decade
In its report, “The Incredible Disappearing Office: Making Telework Work,” The Conference Board finds that the advancements in home networking over the last decade have been accompanied by teleworking gains among a number of these technology-reliant professions, including insurance underwriters 4.5 percent, up 275 percent since 2001-2003 and computer software developers 6.1 percent, up 127 percent.
via Teleworking Triples Over the Last Decade – Insurance Networking News.
GEICO Hiring Hundreds
GEICO Hiring Hundreds – Insurance Networking News.
Finally some good news on the insurance employment front.
You Are Not A Computer – HBR
The Internet, and all it has come to include, is the most powerful interruption technology ever invented. It slices and dices our focus, fractures and distracts it, gives us less and less of more and more. It prompts us to skim, scan, and skip rather than immerse ourselves in any one thing.
Technology has no business setting our agenda, but it has turned into our dominatrix. Masochistically — but all too willingly — we submit to it. Emailing, texting and tweeting, searching Google, checking Facebook, and surfing websites not only consumes our time and energy, it also diminishes our capacity to pay attention to anything for very long — or to resist the next digital temptation.
via You Are Not A Computer (Try As You May) – Tony Schwartz – Harvard Business Review.
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