The Marrell Group

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Content developers and instructional designers working on projects in cooperation with TMG Employees and retirees from local companies working with knowledge capture tools Professionals receiving one-on-one training or coaching Participants in research projects, along with those providing project support services If you have any questions or want to make a site visit, please contact Mark Riddell, mriddell@ marrellgroup.com.

In effect, intermediaries make sure that relevant information is flowing to the right destinations ; that its original meaning is preserved; that it is contextual to the work of individual users; and that appropriate performance measures are in place. These are high level tasks that involve working with executives and unit and department managers, and with users and defined work groups, to make sure there is alignment between company objectives and the practical needs of workers. To the extent that intermediaries can create these alignments and maintain the flow of useful information, they can become the key to KM success.

TMG has developed the background and resources needed to assist organization in their efforts to design workable KM solutions centered on existing business processes and the needs of individual users and communities of practice. Using technical communication theory and practices, and years of experience in project management, we are able to synthesize the multi-disciplinary expertise needed to make a KM project successful throughout the project design, planning, and execution process.

The new HIPAA regulations were published in the Federal Register on January 25, 2013 and there have been some substantial changes requiring updates to provider procedures for handling protected health information (PHI), and new procedures for associates who may also have access to PHI. This new rule is effective on March 26, 2013 with a subsequent 180 day compliance period for most of the provisions. Significantly, HHS has sought to extend the protection of PHI to anyone working with a covered entity (provider) in just about any capacity. While it was always implied that anyone accessing PHI would follow HIPAA guidelines, the new rule explicitly states that business associates (contractors who create, receive, maintain, or transmit PHI), and subcontractors, who work with the covered entity, are also covered. This means that anyone working with a covered entity, and who has access to PHI, is now also exposed to very substantial (increased) penalties for breaches of the HIPAA regulations. Associates will also be required to have current HIPAA policies and procedures, risk management plans, and risk analysis in order to be in compliance.

For healthcare providers, insurers, and consumers, the November 6th presidential and Senate election results should insure that the current implementation path for the Affordable Care Act will continue as planned. There will be State level actions to block or slow the implementation of certain aspects, but HHS will accelerate its implementation of new rules and regulations, possibly at an overwhelming pace over the next two years. Together with the concomitant implementation of EHRs, the next two years will present business challenges that will dwarf the pace of change over the last two years. As of now, the 2014 implementation of health insurance exchanges, and the formation of ACOs with the necessary infrastructure to support quality reporting, will accelerate but there are also many obstacles that could impact and change the implementation timeline. In spite of the election clearing the path for implementation, the practical result will be more complexity and continued uncertainty about exactly what will happen and when.

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