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Of the many over-arching concerns a business of any sort must attend to, one of the main concerns is that of claims of harassment by employees against other employees or managers. Claims of harassment must be handled with the most urgent and utmost concern, not only to rectify a situation where in an employee has been potentially harmed, but also because of the impending legal issues that could arise from claims of harassment within the workplace.
With the changes to the HIPAA law, as with when any law changes, there can be many people who do not fully understand the new law or who do not understand how it can affect them. This valid ignorance of the new regulations surrounding HIPAA can be excused by those individuals who do not work directly in the fields and industries that use HIPAA the most, such as medical offices and insurance providers.
His heart was failing him. He knew he could do a lot more with his life but he just didn't have the guts to go to grad school. There were just too many loopholes to jump through and he was tired of it all. The bureaucracy, the lies, all of it was wearing him thin and he knew he wouldn't last much longer.
How long had it been since he had smiled when he came home? Why was he letting this job get the best of him? These were questions he asked himself every day. He knew he didn't belong in an office doing stupid marketing but he also knew that deep down what he wanted would never pay the bills.
The new changes to HIPAA are more likely to affect those businesses and entities who are covered by HIPAA, including health care providers, health care planners and implementers, and the health care insurance plans of most self-insured employers and clearinghouses. The new changes will likewise affect the business associates of the above mentioned organizations who access the organization's protected health information, known commonly by its acronym of PHI.
While it is wrong to dismiss any claim of harassment as fraudulent before taking all the investigative steps, it has happened before that employees file false claims to be awarded money or some other form of compensation following a lawsuit. To protect against false accusations and increased liability, as well as to protect against the possible cases of harassment from possibly being feasible to accomplish, owners and managers should consider instituting the open door policy within their organization.
The open door policy is exactly what it states itself to be-all doors in the office should remain open as much as possible with the obvious exception to restrooms or designated mother's rooms or similar areas. Doors to managers offices, conference rooms, or other offices in the building should remain open at all times so that transparency and openness can be visible to all, therefore mitigating and all but eliminating the possibility of harassment taking place behind closed doors.
With the changes to the HIPAA law, as with when any law changes, there can be many people who do not fully understand the new law or who do not understand how it can affect them. This valid ignorance of the new regulations surrounding HIPAA can be excused by those individuals who do not work directly in the fields and industries that use HIPAA the most, such as medical offices and insurance providers.
His heart was failing him. He knew he could do a lot more with his life but he just didn't have the guts to go to grad school. There were just too many loopholes to jump through and he was tired of it all. The bureaucracy, the lies, all of it was wearing him thin and he knew he wouldn't last much longer.
How long had it been since he had smiled when he came home? Why was he letting this job get the best of him? These were questions he asked himself every day. He knew he didn't belong in an office doing stupid marketing but he also knew that deep down what he wanted would never pay the bills.
The new changes to HIPAA are more likely to affect those businesses and entities who are covered by HIPAA, including health care providers, health care planners and implementers, and the health care insurance plans of most self-insured employers and clearinghouses. The new changes will likewise affect the business associates of the above mentioned organizations who access the organization's protected health information, known commonly by its acronym of PHI.
While it is wrong to dismiss any claim of harassment as fraudulent before taking all the investigative steps, it has happened before that employees file false claims to be awarded money or some other form of compensation following a lawsuit. To protect against false accusations and increased liability, as well as to protect against the possible cases of harassment from possibly being feasible to accomplish, owners and managers should consider instituting the open door policy within their organization.
The open door policy is exactly what it states itself to be-all doors in the office should remain open as much as possible with the obvious exception to restrooms or designated mother's rooms or similar areas. Doors to managers offices, conference rooms, or other offices in the building should remain open at all times so that transparency and openness can be visible to all, therefore mitigating and all but eliminating the possibility of harassment taking place behind closed doors.
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