One way to spend less time worrying about the new HIPAA provisions is to outsource your shredding service. Yes, outsourcing shredding service tends to be more cost effective, but it’s more than that. With the mandatory fines up from a maximum of $25,000 to $1,500,000 (a 6,000% increase if you’re keeping track), it makes sense…
Our mission at HV Shred, Inc. is to use this blog to keep the public up to date on the latest in identity theft news and prevention. Compiled by the FTC, the following information should help raise awareness about a form of identity theft many do not realize could affect not only their finances, but…
HV Shred is proud to sponsor the April After Hours for the Dutchess County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The event is set for this Wednesday, April 27th from 5pm-7pm and is being hosted by Dutchess Stadium. As a special attraction, HV Shred is offering to help attendees jump start their spring cleaning–all attendees are invited…
In another round of “HIPAA enforcement is amping up and the penalties can be very costly” this week’s blog details another recent action taken by the US Department of Health &Human Services Office for Civil Rights. A recent press release announced that the Organization issued a Notice of Final Determination finding that Cignet Health of…
On December 14, 201o Governor Paterson signed the Wage Theft Prevention Act into law. Embedded within the new law is an update to payroll records management. To be in compliance with the new law, employers disposing of records containing personal identifying information must follow one of these procedures: Shred the record before disposal; Destroy the…
HIPAA enforcement is amping up and the penalties can be very costly. In a February press release from the US Department of Health & Human Services, the Organization announced that Massachusetts General Hospital has agreed to pay the U.S. government $1,000,000 to settle potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996…
Thanks to Vanacore CPA’s for raising this topic in their recent newsletter. We wanted to share it with our supporters: Fraud prevention and detection is the not the most comfortable of topics to address with your team, but it is crucial to cost efficiency. Just setting the right tone of doing business with character and…
In a recent press release, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the government agency that works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them, reported that for that for the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint […]
In a recent press release, The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the government agency that works for consumers to prevent fraudulent, deceptive, and unfair business practices and to provide information to help spot, stop, and avoid them, reported that for that for the 11th year in a row, identity theft was the number one consumer complaint…
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-Fla.) said he intends to introduce privacy legislation that would empower the Federal Trade Commission to oversee a five-year self-regulatory program. In a recent speech, Stearns also said that consumers should have access to the information amassed about them online and be able to opt out of the data collection. “We might…