RELEASE March 13‚ 2012 Contact: HHS Press Office (202) 690-6343 HHS settles HIPAA case with BCBST for $1.5 million First enforcement action resulting from HITECH Breach Notification Rule Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee (BCBST) has agreed to pay the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) $1‚500‚000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) Privacy and Security Rules‚ Leon Rodriguez‚ Director of the HHS Office for Civil
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The HIPAA Privacy and Security Rules benefit and support the integrity of the healthcare industry‚ patients‚ and physicians by supplying the patient with the Notice of Privacy Practices before care is administered. It gives the patient all the pertinent information on how the information in their medical records will be used and shared along with the rights they have to the record. If there are any questions or if the patient feels like the confidentiality of their protected health information has
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ask the driver for the reason behind the violation‚ but that is more or less to figure out the circumstances and to determine if any further investigations are warranted. Although I am not primarily based in the US I do remember a few occasions where I was stopped for traffic violations and got away‚ saving once that I was issued a citation that remained in the system for six months. I have not had any other traffic violations other than parking violations‚ which have all been fully paid‚ so my records
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this month. Now we have 20 managed services clients that add up to $120‚720.96 per year. As you know this is the most valuable part of our business. Our HIPAA compliance solutions and networking with
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1.0 Year 2012 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Inc. (USA) Online ISSN: 2249-4588 & Print ISSN: 0975-5853 Global Journal of Management and Business Research A Case Study of Siemens’ Violation of Business Ethics in Argentine Based On Stakeholder Theory By Zhu Wenzhong & Fu Limin Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) Abstract - Hand in hand with prosper of International business brought by globalization‚ many ethical problems
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the protection of our individual rights as citizens of the United States. In the 2007 State of New York v. Oliver‚ Isnora‚ and Cooper case‚ it was appropriate to prosecute the five police officers for assault‚ wrongful death‚ various civil rights violations‚ and negligence of duty. When the case first started‚ the police officers disregarded the fourth amendment which states that if a police officer has reasonable suspicion to believe that a crime may be afoot‚ he can briefly stop the suspicious person
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Ethics Essay: Political Activity Violations R. Salvadore Miletello Senior Enlisted Academy Class 201 Brown Political Activity Violations Poor choices with regards to politics in the work place can lead to punitive counseling. Political ideologies and ideas are inappropriate in the work place. Senior leadership should understand that unethical political choices pose a negative impact to those around them. Utilizing the Navy Cores Values and Navy Ethos as a guide will curve the behaviors to
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Rod Blagojevich Criminal and Ethics Violations By Ora Major Introduction Rod Blagojevich (Blago) persuaded a path of unethical behavior and misconduct that caused national media attention and an indictment on multiple counts and seat as the Governor of Illinois. Blagojevich was involved in a large scheme to rob the people of Illinois of honest and transparent government. A federal grand jury handed down a 19-count indictment that included 16 felonious or felony counts that included racketeering
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Norm Violation In today society social norms are little things in life that make people feel comfortable and help them to go through everyday activities. Social Norms are beliefs about what is acceptable in society. They are rules that a group uses for appropriate and inappropriate values‚ beliefs‚ attitudes and behaviors. These rules may be explicit or implicit. People often associate the most memorable behavior with the majority behavior and hence the rules about that is normative in that social
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Disparate treatment means unequal behavior toward someone because of a protected characteristic‚ and it is protected under Title VII of the U.S. Civil Rights Act. A disparate treatment violation occurs when an individual of a protected group is shown to have been singled out and treated less favorably than others in a similar situation on the basis of a characteristic that is protected under Title VII. For a disparate treatment claim to be upheld in court it must be plausible and shows that the employer
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