Diane Evans

Are you prepared? Design an emergency preparedness plan!

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At the recent annual conference of the Association of Professional Developmental Disability Administrators (APDDA), we had the pleasure of hearing from administrators from facilities in Corpus Christi and San Antonio, Texas and Miami, Florida who spoke about their experiences preparing for and recovering from Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma last fall. Part of building an […]

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Privacy rules pose special challenges to I/DD providers

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Because of familiar relationships that develop within home settings, I/DD providers may be especially prone to innocent disclosures of private health information that can lead to costly fines and unwanted publicity.  Like ignorance, federal enforcers of privacy rules won’t accept innocence as an excuse. Currently, DD providers are among 364 organizations currently under federal investigation

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