Can your business afford a major HIPAA violation? Few can. HIPAA violations and enforcement are the purview of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights. OCR has imposed more than $116 million in fines due to HIPAA violations, as of spring 2020. Individual fines can be in the six or seven...Continue Reading
It’s a sad reality that some businesses will not survive the COVID-19 crisis. Others will have to reinvent themselves to stay afloat, moving to less expensive facilities to cut costs. Some businesses, having let their employees work from home during the shutdown, may find that setup sustainable and need to downsize their physical offices in...Continue Reading
The spread of COVID-19 happened so quickly that businesses of all sizes and across all industries had to scramble to respond. Some non-essential businesses had just hours to prepare their employees before everyone headed home to work remotely for the foreseeable future. Setting up the technology to support temporary remote work may have been relatively...Continue Reading
How long will your company keep a former employee’s W2? What about 1099s? Do bank deposit slips get saved for a few years, or saved forever? How should old receipts and expense reports be handled? These are just some of the questions that can be answered by a company’s record retention policy. A clearly-defined and...Continue Reading
If you need to install new lights in your workplace, do you call on a local electrician for expert help? When you need office supplies, do you have a vendor you can call? Does an accounting firm help you file your taxes? Do you trust other companies to handle your landscaping, snow removal and office...Continue Reading
Remember when you were in school and all the urban legends you heard from other kids were about ghosts, killers and spiders? The myths that adults circulate tend to be a lot more mundane. Ever heard the one about how getting magnets near your hard drive will destroy it? This rumor is why some people...Continue Reading
Another year is nearly over. No matter what victories and challenges the year held for your business, one thing is certain: You accumulated a ton of stuff. How many sheets of paper were added to your files this year? How many devices broke down and had to be replaced? If your year was busy, there’s...Continue Reading
Issuing ID cards and access badges can be a bit of a pain. New employees need them created, forgetful employees need them replaced, and departing employees need to be made to give theirs back. There’s a lot of administrative work around creating and maintaining these cards. But it’s all worthwhile, right? Badges and ID cards...Continue Reading
Running a successful business is a little like being a circus performer at times. Specifically, a plate spinner: someone who balances and spins a dozen plates, then rushes across the stage making sure that each one stays in motion. You have so many critical and time-sensitive matters to attend to each day. It’s understandable that...Continue Reading
It’s not a distinction worthy of celebration, but this year is on track to be the worst on record for data breaches. There were 54% more data breaches reported by midyear 2019 than were reported by midyear 2018, according to research done by Risk Based Security. Thousands of breaches have occurred already this year. The...Continue Reading
