...It’s important as members of the Gainesville Community Hospital to understand what HIPAA is, how it operates, and how it affects us as healthcare providers in many ways. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in 1996 by congress to ensure the protection and privacy of patient health information whether that be in a clinic, hospital, nursing facility, or dental office. The major focus of HIPAA is making sure that as patient information that is being shared whether by mail, phone, or electronically that information that is disclosed is protected. There is information that as healthcare providers we need to know to protect our patient rights and ourselves as the providers. HIPAA has implemented some new rights concerning health information of a patient called Protected Health Information (PHI). The privacy rule calls all “Individually identifiable health information”, PHI. We should also be aware that there is the possibility of being fined if there is a violation or breach to comply with the rules and regulations whether they are violated accidentally or purposely. If an employee violated a HIPAA regulation without knowledge of doing so than that employee can be fined 100 per violation with a maximum amount of 25,000. The maximum penalty is 50,000 per violation with an annual maximum amount of 1.5 million. No one wants to find themselves owing this kind of money and more importantly,...
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...Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper Leah Smith HCS/341 March 21, 2011 Norman Greene Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper The human resources department in every organization is responsible for ensuring that the organization follows all legal, safety, and regulatory requirements when dealing with the employees of the organization as well as with the clientele that the organization serves. Throughout the HR processes a main priority is the examination of the employment laws and the effects of how they are used. Divisions that house the employment laws such as the US Department of Labor (USDOL), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), etc. are important divisions that all HR departments must maintain up-to-date information from to ensure that the processes are staying in line with the regulatory requirements such as the Americans for Disability Act of 1990 (ADA). All of these laws, acts, divisions, regulations, and requirements are what led to litigation between employees, clients served, and the organization. These types of litigations bring to mind whether or not common sense and compassion in the workplace has been reduced by this type of litigation. Effects of Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements on HR Processes Laws, acts, and regulations have been placed for organizations to follow throughout history. These laws, referred to as HR laws are the main reason that...
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...HIPAA Regulatory Paper Amanda Burns HCA/210 July 7, 2013 University of Phoenix HIPAA Regulatory Paper The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) was passed in 1996 by congress to ensure the protection and privacy of patient health information whether that be in a clinic, hospital, nursing facility, or dental office. The major focus of HIPAA is making sure that as patient information that is being shared whether by mail, phone, or electronically that information that is disclosed is protected. There is information that as healthcare providers we need to know to protect our patient rights and ourselves as the providers. HIPAA has implemented some new rights concerning health information of a patient called Protected Health Information (PHI). The privacy rule calls all “Individually identifiable health information,” PHI. We should also be aware that there is the possibility of being fined if there is a violation or breach to comply with the rules and regulations whether they are violated accidentally or purposely. If an employee violated a HIPAA regulation without knowledge of doing so than that employee can be fined 100 per violation with a maximum amount of 25,000. The maximum penalty is 50,000 per violation with an annual maximum amount of 1.5 million. No one wants to find themselves owing this kind of money and more importantly, we should care about our patient’s privacy enough to constantly be aware of how we handle their personal information....
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...Regulatory Agency Paper Lori Lewellen HCS 430 Throughout this paper I will discuss and explain the application as well as how the Family and Medical Leave Act, which is also known as FMLA is implemented, as well as Worker’s Compensation Occupation and Safety and Health Act, which is also known as OSHA. I will also discuss the regulatory laws in which are implemented by organizations to make sure that these acts are adhered to and mandated while still providing employees with a working environment that is safe. Most of all organizations and agencies are forced to make sure that all of the governmental along with all city laws, are implemented to protect employee safety, welfare, health, and also to make sure that commitment is maintained to people within the community in which that it serves. The Family Leave Act, also known as FMLA, is an act in which each and every working employee, whether it is a male or female, a non-union or a union member, is allowed to take a leave of absence from their place of employment in which is a part of their employee benefits in accordance to the law for the following reasons: Employee gives birth to a newborn and needs to care for them; Employee fosters or adopts a child; Employee needs to care for an immediate family member such as their parent, their spouse, or their child that has a serious condition and needs constant care; or if an employee has a serious medical condition where a leave is needed ("Encyclopedia Of Everyday...
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...,2 Recognizing and Minimizing Tort Paper Jorge A Cuellar University of Phoenix LAW/531 Business Law November 08, 2010 Loi-Natalie Laing, Esq. Recognizing and Minimizing Tort Paper Alumina Inc. is a company that makes aluminum automotive components and manufacturers all packaging materials like bauxite mining, alumina refining, and aluminum smelting. The company uses some chemicals that are necessary for the process and these chemicals contain and produce carcinogen effluents that can affect the environment and the people’s health in certain ways. The company is locating near to a lake and a small town, therefore the environmental regulations are very strictly in order to prevent any type of contamination that could affect the wildlife and the people surrounding the company. It is necessary to implement an operational system that will control and minimize the impact of the company’s waste toward the environment. The purpose of this paper is to recognize and minimize tort and regulatory risk plan for a company such as Alumina Inc. and explain how regulatory risks may be identified and managed through preventive, detective, and corrective measures. This plan has to be implemented according to the process and the technology employs within the company, in order to be efficiently and at the same time comply with the purpose of protecting the environment and meet the governmental regulations. Tort law imposes a duty on persons and businesses agents to prevent intentional...
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...Regulatory and Compliance Issues Paper During the late 1990s and early 2000s there were a lot of companies in the USA that were involved with fraudulent activities. These are companies that were trusted by both the public and their investors. Just to mention a few of these companies like Stanford financial, WorldCom, Enron, Tyco and Madoff that intentionally and fraudulently misled their shareholders and the public. The US congress in an effort to curtail the financial scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was enacted in 2002. The Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act was enacted by the United States congress to protect shareholders and the public from fraudulent accounting practices and errors. The SOX help to regulate, improve standards and also straighten corporate governance. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act facilitated the creation of an oversight company called the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB). “The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (also known as the PCAOB) is a private-sector, nonprofit corporation created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to oversee accounting professionals who provide independent audit reports for publicly traded companies” (http://www.sec.gov). Do you think that the creation and work of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) has resulted in greater independence of auditors of public companies? As the SOX help the establishment of the PCAOB, the US congress gave the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) the explicit oversight authority...
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...Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper HCS – 341 Human Resources in Healthcare Instructor John Hulsebus, MBA, SPHR We define compassion as an empathetic emotional response to another person’s pain or suffering that moves people to act in a way that will either ease the person’s condition or make it more bearable (Lilius, 2003). The legal, safety, and regulatory impact on the human resource department greatly vary by which type of business and which type of employees. The rights of both employer and employee are covered by several different entities such as the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. These have been set in place by the United States so as to protect both employer and employee from unfair acts on either’s part. In the few following paragraphs the effect of legal, safety, and regulatory requirements on the human resource process, an insight into the statement “Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigation”, and a brief look at the impact of the Department of Labor, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, The American’s Disability Act of 1990 on the human resource processes. The individuals within the human resource department must be well versed in all the laws and regulations as set by the United States as they are expected to abide by these laws and rules. Once the potential employee has signed an employment contract...
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...Legal, Safety and Regulatory Paper Name Institution Legal, safety and regulatory paper It is important that legal, safety and regulatory requirement be considered by human resource departments to ensure that a company secures the best employees for their advertised jobs. A great number of individuals across the globe qualify for various job positions but one thing that determines how best fit they are is their level of commitment and the skills they have (Mathias and Jackson, 2010). A company has to ensure that an individual fit for the job conforms to the legal requirements as it is stipulated in the country’s constitution, thus acknowledging his or her rights as an employee. With the above in mind, common sense and compassion has been replaced by litigation because most companies do not consider the importance of their employees having the right to legal, safety and regulatory requirements when carrying out the recruitment process. It is common sense that people need to work as a nation and not bonded by employment discriminative lines whereby issues such as race, sex, color and religion are given an upper hand. Under title four of the Civil Right Act of 1964, the constitution of the United States America prohibits employers from discrimination anyone while carrying out their recruiting process (Renckly and Renckly, 2004). The market available consist of people who are willing to put their races, sex and color away and focus on achieving the same goal for the betterment...
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...VISY PULP AND PAPER PTY LTD ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT FOR A MAJOR PROJECT TUMUT MILL EXPANSION 436 Gadara Road, Tumut, New South Wales January 2007 H:\Environmental\VPP9 Stage 2\Stage 2\FINAL EA SUBMISSION\Main Report\Visy Tumut Final Env Assessment Main Report.doc Environmental Assessment Submission Under Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 Statement by Authors Environmental Assessment Prepared By: Name Ms Leanne Hayes Company Visy Pulp and Paper Pty Ltd Position Project Environmental Engineer Qualifications BSc Environmental Biology Address 436 Gadara Road, Tumut, New South Wales, 2720 Co-authored and Reviewed By: Name Ms Alison McRae Company Peter J Ramsay and Associates Pty Ltd Position Associate Qualifications Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental), Bachelor of Commerce Address 3/538 Gardeners Road, Alexandria, New South Wales, 2015 Project Under Part 3A: Application Number 06_0195 Development Visy Pulp and Paper Tumut, Mill Expansion Development Location 436 Gadara Road, Tumut, New South Wales, 2720 Proponent Visy Pulp and Paper Pty Ltd PO Box 98 Tumut, New South Wales, 2720 Certification: I certify that I have prepared this Environmental Assessment report and that to the best of my knowledge: it has been prepared in accordance with Part 3A of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act and Regulations; and the information...
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...Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper In examining the effects of legal, safety, and regulatory requirements, and its impact on the human resource department process as they relate to many different parts of operations within an organization it was found that these entities impact the human resource department by ensuring the rights of the employer and employees are covered by the National Labor Relations Broad; its purpose is to protect the rights of the employee and the employer. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; it is a protection which there cannot be no discrimination that is based on race, color, national organ, religion, sex, age, and disability. Safety and Health Administration; has the role in which issues standards in controlling employees that are exposed to health and safety hazards that are in the work place. According to the Bureau of Labor, statistics show that more than 4.1 million people were hurt or injured on-the-job in 2006 and 5,488 were killed in 2007 (Gomez-Mejia, Balkin, & Cardy, 2010). Laws and regulatory requirements are currently in place to standardize and promote workplace safety. Organizations with extensive safety programs have reduced number of accidents, decreased workers’ compensation claims and lawsuits and fewer accident-related expenses (Gomez-Mejia, 2010). Many Human Resources experts and managers have implemented human resources strategies to comply with federal regulations to supervise efficiently...
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...Texas Department of Public Safety Regulatory Services Division www.dps.texas.gov TEXAS PRESCRIPTION PROGRAM For DPS Use Only PRESCRIPTION PAD MAIL-IN ORDER FORM 0 $ 0.00 # OF PADS PAYMENT AMOUNT Order Submission Prescription pads are $9 per pad (100 prescriptions). Payment or online payment receipt must accompany order. No refunds or credits. Allow 30 days for delivery. Online Payment Trace Number PRACTITIONER (Mid-Level Practitioners: Please use RSD-19A) Last Name: CSR Number: Current Board License Number: Current Federal (DEA) Registration Number: Online Transaction Date First Name: Middle Name: (IF ANY) Suffix: Degree: Expiration Date: Expiration Date: State State: Name, address and registration numbers are printed exactly as they appear on your current DPS Controlled Substances Registration. Enter your primary practice address information below, only if the information has changed. Business Address: (Physical Address required, if using PO box.) City: Business Phone: State: State ZIP Code: County: Print on Prescription Pad Yes No I verify the information provided above is true and correct, and I understand any required fee is non-refundable. I also understand this is an official government record and any missing information and/or false statement made on this document or any other supplement provided to DPS may result in criminal prosecution. Date: Authorized Signature of Registrant , ...
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...Legal Safety and Regulatory Requirements Paper Legal Safety and Regulatory Requirements Human resources was created to make sure the organization reaches its goals, which is to maximize returns on investment from the organization’s human capital and minimize financial risk, providing the organization with well trained and motivated employees, to ensure all reconciliation of individual goals with those of the organization, developing overall personality of each employee in its multidimensional aspect, and ensuring effective utilization and maximum development of human resources. Along with these responsibilities the human resources department also have regulations they have to follow such as the Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This commission established on July 2, 1965, and is listed under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA),[7] the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, and the ADA Amendments Act of 2008.The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person's race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information. It is also illegal to discriminate against a person because the person complained about discrimination, filed a charge of discrimination...
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...Packages limited Packages Limited was established in 1957 as a joint venture between the Ali Group of Pakistan and Akerlund & Rausing of Sweden, to convert paper and paperboard into packaging for consumer industry. Over the years, Packages has continued to enhance its facilities to meet the growing demand of packaging products. In 1968, with IFC participation, Packages integrated upstream by establishing a Pulp and Paper Mill with a capacity of 24,000 tons per year based on waste paper and agricultural by-products i.e. wheat straw and river grass. With growing demand the capacity was increased periodically and in January 2003, total capacity was nearly 100,000 tons per year. In 1982, Packages modified a paper machine to produce tissue paper in response to growing awareness and demand for hygienic and disposable tissues. The “Rose Petal” brand name was launched with facial tissues and was later expanded to include toilet paper, kitchen roll, and table napkins. In 1986, the Company established a flexible packaging unit to cater to the increasing demand from consumers for sophisticated packaging used primarily in the food industry. In 1993, a joint venture agreement was signed with Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan for the manufacture of Polypropylene films at the Industrial Estate in Hattar, KPK. This project, Tri-Pack Films Limited, commenced production in June 1995 with equity participation by Packages Limited, Mitsubishi Corporation, Altawfeek ...
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...Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper Abstract The workplace can be a very dynamic place; there are so many different people with all kinds of personalities. Because there are so many different personalities, there are different needs of safety which can create obstacles in the organization. This is where the Human Resource Department comes into play, they make sure that the needs of all employees are met and that they are working in a safe environment. Litigation has taken the place of common sense and compassion within organizations over the past years. Litigation has become a main priority and the Department of Labor, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and also the Department of Homeland Security all have been regulating this. Although some may disagree that litigation has created a more structured work environment, there are a lot that would say it has. Litigation has balanced out the differences in the workplace. U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission There once was a time when common sense and compassion were used to decide what to do with issues, but now that there are laws put in place to ensure that legal, safety, and regulatory requirements are obeyed there are less issues. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) is one of those regulations. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission enforces federal laws which make it illegal for any organization to discriminate against...
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...India's pulp and paper sector PESTLE Analysis PESTLE analysis is a useful tool for understanding the industry situation as a whole, and is often used in conjunction with a SWOT analysis to assess the situation of an individual business. PESTLE stands for “Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal and Environmental” factors. The questions to ask are: § What are the key political factors likely to affect the industry? § What are the important economic factors? § What cultural aspects are most important? § What technological innovations are likely to occur? § What current and impending legislation may affect the industry? § What are the environmental considerations? Political Factors The Political factor refers to the governmental policies which are much influenced by the economic situation in a country. It is a macro aspect of analyze which deal with major changes to the government policies of a country. It has great influence to the business outlook and confidence. Political factors often comprises of - Current taxation policy - Future taxation policy - The current and future political support - Grants, funding and initiatives - Trade bodies - Effect of wars or worsening relations with particular countries Economic factors The Economic factor is an area where macro economic environment can affect the outlook and competitiveness of any business sectors in the country. Economic factors comprises of - Overall economic situation - Strength of...
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