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How Long Should You Retain Insurance Records?
Should you keep it or toss it? Tossing out that document too soon can end up costing you and your business. Depending on the type of insurance records you have, you’ll want to follow specific...
Patient Portals for Records Retention
Patient portals save administrative time and improve patient care in a variety of ways. They empower patients to take a proactive approach to their healthcare, although there are many in-office...
4 Benefits of Medical Record Scanning
Scanning your medical records doesn’t just help your medical practice go paperless, but is also key to the success of your document retention policy. Scanning past and present records also saves...
How to Navigate HIPAA in the Electronic Age
As digital and medical technologies continue to evolve, healthcare organizations and physician practices face continuous pressure to protect and secure patient privacy. Simultaneously, technology...
Document Hoarding: A Case for Business Records Retention Schedules
Several organizations have initiated a business records retention schedule to counter the continuous accumulation of data. Nonetheless, many businesses still believe that data hoarding is a useful...
So, You Want to Develop a Global Records Retention Schedule?
More and more corporate clients have expressed interest in developing a global records retention schedule. After years of implementing retention schedules that just included the United States or...
Records retention
Why IRCH for Your Record Retention Needs?
Many of today’s commonly-accepted principles for records retention have been developed by Mr. Skupsky and disseminated to the industry. Through the years, other companies have tried to provide records retention products and services that compete with Information Requirements…
The Skupsky Method
The Skupsky Retention Method includes the same components found in traditional records retention programs. It differs more in the process than the appearance. Legal retention periods represent the period you keep records for legal reasons. User retention periods represent the period record users need records…
What You Need to Know and Do in Response to Changes in the Law
I am generally horrified by what is being written by attorneys who know absolutely nothing about records management issues. The presentation of the webinar, What You Need to Know and Do in Response to Changes in the Law, with transcript and presentation PDF, is available for viewing…
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Record Retention Schedule for Tax Records
With tax season upon us, many small business and self-employed individuals have questions regarding how long they need to keep and maintain tax documents as part of their record...
Best Practices for Record Retention
Popular questions that many business and organizations have regarding their document retention surround record retention laws and regulations. Having a document retention schedule in...
Guidelines for Establishing a Records Retention Schedule
Those entrusted with organizing and maintaining records retention for an organization have no small task. Numerous factors must be taken into consideration that will help to determine...