RE: Paper Disposal

[Ribelin, Donald]

Our disposal vendor delivers locked, empty, opaque, plastic bins to the facility.  House keeping staff places the bins on the units, in the offices etc.  Bi-weekly the vendor sends their truck for pick-up.  Bins are delivered to the loading dock by our staff.  Bins are unlocked and contents are dumped into the truck via a mechanical system.  The shredder is part of this system.  All documents are shredded (to a chaff) on site.  The vendor’s employee never sees the bins contents.  The chaff is transported to the vendors warehouse for recycling.    Donald L. Ribelin HIPAA Project Manager Firsthealth of the Carolinas (910) 215-2668 [EMAIL PROTECTED]   -----Original Message----- From: Beth Kranda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 6:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: dale pocklington; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Paper Disposal   ditto, but we believe pick up is inappropriate - recall scandal of 3 yrs ago when the dump truck got in an auto accident and claims flew all over the highway.  We require an on-site, cross cut (little diamonds rather than long strips that can be put back together) shredding service. "Noel, Linda A." wrote:    We have a contracted shred company that picks up on a regular basis.  We have provided locked shred bins to all departments throughout our facilities.  Linda Noel Corporate Privacy Officer Corporate Compliance Orlando Regional Healthcare 321-843-8693 -----Original Message----- From: dale pocklington [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2002 3:30 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Paper Disposal     I am curious as to how others are handling the destruction of Paper claims and associated records under both HIPAA and their individual states laws. I am aware of the rules for retention, I am more interested in disposal of paper records no longer needed and the best way to handle them. Dale W. Pocklington, MS, MHA, CCA, CDIA   Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs, a Yahoo! service - Search Thousands of New Jobs The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited. The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited. -- M. Beth Kranda Privacy Director ACS Healthcare Solutions t- (317) 614-2139 f- (317) 614-2007 e- [EMAIL PROTECTED] info- www.acs-inc.com CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information.  Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited.  If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message.   "I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific." --Lily Tomlin   The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited. The WEDI SNIP listserv to which you are subscribed is not moderated. The discussions on this listserv therefore represent the views of the individual participants, and do not necessarily represent the views of the WEDI Board of Directors nor WEDI SNIP. If you wish to receive an official opinion, post your question to the WEDI SNIP Issues Database at http://snip.wedi.org/tracking/. Posting of advertisements or other commercial use of this listserv is specifically prohibited.