Northeast Diesel Fuel Price Rising
SecurShred continues to monitor the diesel fuel price while managing truck routing, no idling policy and truck maintenance programs that reduce its carbon footprint. Over the past year, the average Vermont diesel fuel price has risen approximately twenty percent. In order to assist with the added fuel cost that SecurShred will incur in the future, SecurShred will implement a relatively small fuel surcharge starting January 1, 2011. Read Full Article >> |
State Attorney General's to Undergo HIPAA/HITECH Training
Health and Human Services has asked the General Services Administration (GSA) to contract with approved specialists to develop "training courses and related materials to educate staff from the offices of State Attorney General's and others about the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules."
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Last month, the University of Tennessee Medical Center had to inform some 8,000 patients that the hospital had discarded records without shredding them first. While a hospital spokesperson put forth some garbage (excuse the pun) about waste disposal itself being "secure," it still had to comply with HIPAA/HITECH's health data breach notification provision. Read Full Article >>
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