by Gary Pritts | Feb 19, 2014 | DD Boards
OCR Investigators Wandah Hardy and Jeffrey Dunifon, both from Office of Civil Rights Region 5, presented today to approximately 70 representatives from Ohio Developmental Disability (DD) Boards at a special program organized by the Ohio DD Board Tech Alliance. We will... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Jul 22, 2013 | DD Boards
We all know that new HIPAA regulations – with a compliance deadline of September 23, 2013 – affect all of Ohio’s County Boards of Developmental Disability. Hopefully, policy development and other compliance activity is well underway. In most cases, the... Read More
by Gary Pritts | May 16, 2013 | DD Boards
The HIPAA Omnibus Rule – with a compliance deadline of September 23, 2013 – updated the definition of the term “Business Associate”. The definition includes a laundry list of business functions and services that cause a vendor to be a HIPAA Business... Read More
by Gary Pritts | Feb 28, 2011 | DD Boards
All of Ohio’s County Boards of Developmental Disability have received a beautifully bound set of freshly updated HIPAA policies from the County Board Association. These changes are based on the new HIPAA law enacted in 2009. Don’t give into the... Read More