HIPAA, PHI, and Law Enforcement in 2023

HIPAA, protected health information (PHI), and law enforcement 2023

When can you share protected health information (PHI) with law enforcement? There are certain circumstances when the law allows you to share PHI. You should always keep the “minimum necessary” rule in mind whenever you are giving out information. New HIPAA rules proposed by Health and Human Services (HHS). On April 11, 2023, the HHS […]

Our Online Human Resource Courses Have Been Refreshed!

Online Human Resource Courses

TMC is always looking for the latest information to ensure that our clients have the most up-to-date and relevant tips, tricks, and material available for your practice. In light of that, we are excited to reintroduce our online Human Resource courses that are available for you now! Our most popular and relevant online courses have […]

Total Medical Compliance and EmergeOrtho partner to provide OSHA compliance for North Carolina healthcare practices

EmergeOrtho compliance with TMC

Indian Trail, NC – March 2, 2023 /EINPresswire.com/ – Total Medical Compliance (TMC), a leading provider of healthcare compliance solutions, is pleased to announce their partnership with EmergeOrtho. This partnership will provide and enhance EmergeOrtho’s OSHA compliance training to support their healthcare network in federal and state compliance regulations. “We’re excited to bring EmergeOrtho into […]

U.S. Department of Labor announces annual adjustments to OSHA civil penalties for 2023

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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Labor announced changes to Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) civil penalty amounts based on cost-of-living adjustments for 2023. In 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act to advance the effectiveness of civil monetary penalties and to maintain their deterrent effect. Under the Act, […]

What’s New in Online Training for 2023?

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Thanks to your feedback, we have made our online training even better! We made our first 2023 functionality improvement to our online training! In the past, we have not saved certificates year after year. We changed that with your feedback in mind. Past certificates for each user will sit under “Reports” in All Subscriptions. Current […]

Security Scout on Holiday Phishing Scams

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Be on the Lookout for Holiday Masqueraders! The holidays and end of the year rush makes you more likely to fall victim to a phishing scam and the bad guys know that. It’s important to know hat to look out for at work and at home to keep you, your family, and your workplace safe. […]

OCR Right Of Access Enforcements – A Message to Dental Practices

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The HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) recently settled three more investigations in the Right of Access Initiative it started in 2019. All three of the new enforcements involved dental practices, bringing the total number of access initiative enforcements to 41. The enforcements also come with a message directly to all dental practices from the […]

OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS)

Two laws were enacted last week that affect healthcare facilities of which you should be aware. Both revolve around COVID-19 vaccination of employees. One is the new OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Temporary Standard and the other is the Centers for Medicare + Medicaid Services (CMS) Omnibus COVID-19 Health Care Staff Vaccination Interim Final […]

Tennessee adopted Occupational Safety and Health Standards Covid-19 Emergency Temporary Rule

TMC is providing this information for healthcare workers in the state of Tennessee. Tennessee has adopted Chapter 0800-01-12 Occupational Safety and Health Standards Covid-19 Emergency Temporary Rule. Many outpatient medical + dental practices, will be exempt from the requirements of this rule. Non-hospital-based ambulatory care settings will be able to claim the exemption by demonstrating […]

FDA Alert – Medtronic Recalls Paradigm and 508 MiniMed Insulin

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The FDA has identified this as a Class I recall, the most serious type of recall. The use of these devices may cause serious injuries or death. Recalled Product All MiniMed Remote Controllers (model MMT-500 and MMT-503) are used with a Medtronic MiniMed 508 insulin pump or the MiniMed Paradigm family of insulin pumps. Reason […]