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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
Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI, MIT
Complete presentation by Donald S. Skupsky JD CRM FAI, President of Information Requirements Clearinghouse. Presented at the ARMA 2014 International Conference in San Diego, October, 2014. The...
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…
Law and records management
Why create and maintain a Retention Schedule?
by Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI All companies create records in the regular course of business. These records may be created to meet business needs, comply with existing legal...
Destruction of Records – Your Legal Obligations!
by Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI All organizations destroy records. Preferably, records are destroyed under a records retention program when they are no longer needed for any legal,...
Determining Litigation and Statutes of Limitation Requirements for Records Retention Programs
by Donald S. Skupsky, JD, CRM, FAI Traditionally, lawyers have advised their clients to "retain records forever in case we are sued". As a result, the development of effective records...