Health And Finance Article

HIPAA, Administrative Simplification (AS) provisions, defines rules and requirement on privacy and security practices of health care information. In Title II, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) outlines regulations for the use and dissemination of individual health care information.These rules apply to covered entities, including health plans, health care clearinghouses, such as outsourced [...]

National Association of Professional Background Screeners – NAPBS The National Association of Professional Background Screeners was founded in 2002 as a U.S. based non-profit trade association. According to Robert Capwell ,Background Screening Expert and one of the organization’s founding members and Past Board Co-Chairs, “NAPBS was founded to unite background screening firms with a national [...]

Throughout the historic 2008 presidential campaign, much attention has been given to the personalities of the candidates. Many know that John McCain survived a horrific ordeal as a POW in Vietnam. Many know that Obama was raised by a single mother in Hawaii, who sometimes had to go on welfare to support her children. And [...]

The 2008 election has brought the topic of “affordable health care” and “affordable health insurance” to the forefront and, along with it, a slew of misconceptions. So, what is true and what is false? The purpose of the following article is to dispel some of these myths and misconceptions and provide information to make a [...]

In 2009, the Black Book APO Industry user survey investigates over 500 contracts held by 1500 of the top spending organizations and conglomerate corporations globally.18 Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) or criteria are employed, scored on each respective vendor by client type and ranked on a 0-10 scale per KPI.Key FindingsKey Finding: Most Important Customer Satisfaction [...]

IntroductionThe Drinks MarketWatch contains the latest news, analysis and opinion, covering all the month’s major issues including mergers and acquisitions, marketing and regulatory issues. It covers the period from November 15 – December 14 2009.Scope*Geographic coverage: global*Category coverage: drinksHighlights Drinks MarketWatch provides monthly insight into the key events in the drinks industryReasons to Purchase*Gain monthly [...]

Though the recent campaign for presidency brought affordable health care into the limelight, many small business owners and their employees felt this struggle long before it gained public attention. One of President Obama’s campaign calling cards is his plan for affordable health care. Intertwined within the general theme of affordable health insurance was the more [...]

While telecoms and media have not featured as campaign issues, they will nevertheless be hot political topics in the near term following the election. Given the way in which the Digital Economy Bill was rushed through Parliament there are some issues which naturally must form action items for the next government. In this report we [...]