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Court: HIPAA Violations are Grounds for Termination

HR Daily Advisor

The Kentucky Court of Appeals recently upheld the termination of a nurse who unintentionally disclosed a patient’s confidential health information while she was conducting a procedure. On May 7, 2013, Michelle and a technician were assisting a physician who was performing an echocardiogram. Court’s Ruling.

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Anti-Vax Nurse Leaks Measles Diagnosis, Leads Texas Hospital to Say No Social Media Privacy

HR Daily Advisor

From Roseanne Barr to James Gunn, the list of people with online mishaps runs long and deep. It came too late to save her job, however, as the hospital promptly fired her, citing breach of private health information. Off-duty social media conduct has always posed a unique and complex challenge for employers and employees.

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RChilli Adds Vietnamese to its List of Languages Supported

TalentCulture

This ensures the accurate extraction of vital candidate details, such as contact information, educational background, skills, work experience, etc. This ensures the accurate extraction of vital candidate details, such as contact information, educational background, skills, work experience, etc. Inder Pal Singh, Sr.

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Plan Must Cover Room, Board for Residential Mental Health Treatment

HR Daily Advisor

The permanent final rules ultimately issued in 2013 do require parity in this context, but the facts at issue in this case occurred when the interim rules were still in effect. Catholic Health Initiatives , No. 16-35609 (9th Cir., June 6, 2018). After exhausting the plan’s administrative remedies, Danny P. Circuit Court of Appeals.

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Who says employee behavior change is hard? Here are 20 easy ones.

Quizzify

This is not to say that these experts are right or wrong and that all fats are equivalent, but rather that all nutrition and other information provided by wellness vendors must be beyond reproach , rather than controversial at best. This is the third in a three-part series, but you don't have to link to the others. Yoplait's got company.

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9th Circuit Faults Retiree Plan’s Disclosure of Lifetime Maximum

HR Daily Advisor

Because the SMMs were not cumulative, nor was the 96-page SPD amended to reflect them, a plan beneficiary would have to read the relevant SPD section plus each SMM to learn the current language for a given benefit provision. The case is King v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Ill., 15-55880 (9th Cir. Plan disclosures. Linda King’s claim.

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A Conversation with Ardy Arianpour, CEO & Founder of Seqster

Thrive Global

As a key player in the 2013 landmark SCOTUS decision scrapping gene patents, Ardy played an instrumental role in expanding genetic testing access with the launch of the first next-generation sequencing BRCA tests, benefiting patients and family members across the country. Thank you so much for doing this with us! So I told him “try it”.