Thursday, April 26, 2012

Environmental Training Options

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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Environmental Training- Getting Certified Online

When you are looking for environmental training resources, you can find them just about everywhere. One of the best and most convenient types of training programs will be found online. The providers that offer career training over the internet have created a way for more people to get the professional careers that they have been looking for with less effort and time spent on training. This provides people with a variety of benefits and advantages over taking traditional training courses, allowing them to get to work faster and spend less time on their...

Monday, April 23, 2012

ICD-10 Deadline Is On October 1, 2014

HHS Announces One-Year Delay for ICD-10It’s now official—well, almost. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced this April that it’s proposing a one-year delay in the compliance date for the new ICD-10 diagnosis coding system. The new deadline is October 1, 2014. The delay gives more time for many in the medical community—mostly medical facilities and practices, but also providers of medical coding training—to prepare for ICD-10.  In a statement, HHS emphasized that "some provider groups have expressed serious concerns about their ability to meet the October 1, 2013...

Cleanup Operations with OSHA in Texas, one Ohio Automotive Company Fined

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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

OSHA Penalizes Poultry Processor, Contractor for 11 Safety Violations

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was certainly no chicken when it proposed a whopping $187,100 in penalties for 11 safety violations by poultry processor KD Acquisition I LLC (Coleman Natural Foods). The agency launched an investigation after receiving a complaint in September last year over safety concerns. Although OSHA courses, such as OSHA 10 training and OSHA 30 course (both online OSHA training), are now pre-employment requirements, many workers are still exposed to unnecessary worksite hazards because of negligence or ignorance. OSHA cited KD Acquisition for two...

Survey Shows Reactions for ICD 10 Benefits, More Medical Coding Jobs and Salary Adjustments

It’s full speed ahead with the ICD-10 implementation plans of many hospitals—and of providers of medical billing and coding training programs—even though the compliance date has been moved back. And hospital CIOs are saying the delay is actually warranted. A recent survey of hospital CIOs found that 72 percent of the respondents believe that the ICD-10 implementation delay is good for their organizations and that 84 percent plan on moving ahead with their preparations. A number of the CIOs, however, indicated that once the new compliance date is set, they will reassess their positions. Some...

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

ICD 10 Implementation Delay, Push for ICD 11 - SNOMED

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