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How To Update Your Compliance Risk Assessment

How To Update Your Compliance Risk Assessment

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Compliance Risk Assessments are critically important in healthcare practices. When utilized correctly, they can save entities from fines, problems, and consequences. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). While almost everyone is familiar with a HIPAA Risk Assessment, many practices have not completed a full Compliance Risk Assessment. A Compliance Risk Assessment is a process for healthcare entities to determine what risks exist, evaluate potential risks and focus resources to address the most significant risks. Compliance Risk Assessments…
Is Cancer on the Rise?

Is Cancer on the Rise?

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Yes, researchers say that various types of cancer are increasing in people under 50. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). Reasons are not totally clear for the increase in cancers, however, changes in lifestyle and environment may be partially to blame. Young adults are getting breast, colon, esophagus, kidney, liver, stomach and pancreas cancer at increasing rates. Some doctors think that diets are to blame. Heavily processed foods have been linked to colon cancers. Now, colon cancer…
Tulsa gas prices spike 20 cents per gallon overnight

Tulsa gas prices spike 20 cents per gallon overnight

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Gasoline prices at Tulsa-area convenience stores and service stations spiked 20 cents overnight Wednesday, the same day OPEC announced a big cut in oil production. Prices at many Tulsa-area locations went to $3.59 per gallon Wednesday from $3.38 a day earlier. Through spokeswoman Aisha Jefferson-Smith, Tulsa-based QuikTrip declined to comment on OPEC’s announcement that it will cut oil production by 2 million barrels a day. Check out our latest digital-only offer and subscribe now Energy ministers cut production by a larger-than-expected 2 million barrels per day starting in November after gathering for their first face-to-face meeting at the Vienna headquarters…
Former eBay execs get prison time for ‘extreme’ harassment campaign against couple

Former eBay execs get prison time for ‘extreme’ harassment campaign against couple

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Two former eBay Inc security executives were sentenced to prison on Thursday for carrying out a campaign to harass and intimidate a Massachusetts couple through threats and disturbing home deliveries after their online newsletter drew the ire of the company’s then-CEO. Jim Baugh and David Harville were sentenced to 57 and 24 months in prison, respectively, for their roles in an extensive harassment campaign that involved sending the couple cockroaches, a funeral wreath and a bloody Halloween pig mask. US District Judge Patti Saris, who imposed the sentence during hearings in Boston, called it a “hard-to-imagine” scheme fuelled by a…
Do Cyberattacks Increase Mortality?  – Rickard & Associates

Do Cyberattacks Increase Mortality? – Rickard & Associates

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Yes, according to a recent study. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). A recent study found that over 20% of healthcare organizations hit with ransomware attacks had an increase in mortality rates. Cyberattacks and breaches continue to be a constant stressor on healthcare entities, with no end in sight. Common attacks against healthcare entities include: Ransomware Phishing Cloud breaches Supply chain interruption Ransomware tends to cause the most issues with patient care, as it can lead to…
Michigan: What Happens to Your Assets When You Don’t Have an Estate Plan?

Michigan: What Happens to Your Assets When You Don’t Have an Estate Plan?

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While many people fail to update their estate plans or even have an estate plan, they often don’t know what this means for their assets. We can help you stay on top of the latest news that affects your everyday life. Subscribe to stay up to date. (To subscribe to our blog click here). In Michigan, if a person dies intestate (without an estate plan), then their estate passes according to the law. The law says that if you are married at the time of death and don’t have living parents, children or grandchildren, your spouse receives your entire estate.…
China manufacturing weak, adding to economy pressure

China manufacturing weak, adding to economy pressure

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BEIJING (AP) — Growth in Chinese factory activity was weak in September, export orders fell and employers cut jobs, two… BEIJING (AP) — Growth in Chinese factory activity was weak in September, export orders fell and employers cut jobs, two surveys showed Friday, adding to pressure on lackluster economic growth. A monthly purchasing managers’ index released by business news magazine Caixin fell to 48.1 from August’s 49.5 on a 100-point scale on which readings below 50 indicate activity contracting. A separate PMI by an official industry group rose to 50.1 from 49.4. “The surveys suggest that China’s economy continued to…
How to lose weight fast and easy

How to lose weight fast and easy

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We may earn money or products from the companies mentioned in this post. Do you wonder how to lose weight fast and easy without the headache of counting calories day in and day out? As you navigate a healthier lifestyle you will definitely find that losing weight and staying fit is much easier when you have the proper motivation and tools to do so, which is why I wanted to search through Amazon and help outline the best health products for people trying to live a healthier lifestyle. Finding the best products for your weight loss journey can be challenging…