Carlsbad Paper Shredding Event

October 10th, 2011

I’ve been working with (American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants) AALNC ever since they called me out of desperation the day prior to a scheduled shredding even when some other company backed out at the last second.

Since then we’ve built a strong relationship, I’ve still give them the price of $5.00 per box for watch while you wait shredding! If you’ve been down to our paper shredding facility lately, you know the price we charge for watch while you wait shredding is now $6.95 per box.

Here’s the details:

Price: $5.00 per standard file box
Who: AALNC
When: Saturday October 15, 2011 10am to 1:30pm
Where: Tri City Wellness Center
6250 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92009


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This event is being held up in Carlsbad. I get a number of calls asking if we have anything up in North County.

Well, here’s your chance!

Our big shredding truck will be on the scene to shred your documents while you wait. Normally this event is open to just members of AALNC, but this year they were nice enough to let me invite the entire world!

Hope to see you there!

Your Friend,

Mike
Head Shredding Guy

P.S. Did you see the incredibly low price I mentioned above!

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Coronado Paper Shredding Event

October 5th, 2011

We have a Paper Shredding Event this coming Saturday that I think you should know about.

A portion of the proceeds go to the Coronado Women’s Group College Fund that provides college scholarships to Senior Girls attending Coronado High School.

Here are the details:

Price: $7.00 per standard file box
Who: Coronado Women’s Group
When: Saturday October 8, 2011 9am to 12pm
Where: Union Bank of California Parking Lot
800 Orange Ave
Coronado, CA 92118


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If you happen to be anywhere near Coronado Island, this is a great opportunity. Instead of coming down to us and paying $6.95, you can stay on beautiful Coronado Island and watch your documents get shredded, just like at our facility, for just a nickel more!

Best yet, HALF of the proceeds are going to charity. This is a Win, Win, Win situation!

I hope to see you there.

Your Friend,

Mike
Head Shredding Guy

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Paper Shredding Events – October 2011

October 3rd, 2011

Hey Folks,

I just wanted to let you know about a couple of Paper Shredding Events we have planned over the next couple of Saturdays.

EVENT #1: Coronado Women’s Group

The charge per box is $7.00 and you get to watch your documents get shredded while you wait.

A portion of the proceeds go to the Coronado Women’s Group College Fund that provides college scholarships to Senior Girls attending Coronado High School.

Here are the details:

Price: $7.00 per standard file box
Who: Coronado Women’s Group
When: Saturday October 8, 2011 9am to 12pm
Where: Union Bank of California Parking Lot
800 Orange Ave
Coronado, CA 92118


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EVENT #2: San Diego Chapter of American Association of Legal Nurse Consultants (AALNC)

I’ve been working with AALNC ever since they called me out of desperation the day prior to a scheduled shredding even when some other company backed out at the last second.

Since we’ve built such a long relationship, I’ve still give them the price of $5.00 per box for watch while you wait shredding! If you’ve been down to our facility lately, you know the price we charge for watch while you wait shredding is now $6.95 per box.

Also,  this event is being held up in Carlsbad. I get a number of calls asking if we have anything up in North County. Well, here’s your chance! Our big shredding truck will be on the scene to shred your documents while you wait. Normally this event is open to just members of AALNC, but this year they were nice enough to let me invite the entire world!

Here’s the details:

Price: $5.00 per standard file box
Who: AALNC
When: Saturday October 15, 2011 10am to 1:30pm
Where: Tri City Wellness Center
6250 El Camino Real
Carlsbad, CA 92009


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If you happen to be on my email list, I’ll be sending out a few email reminders this week and next about these events.

If you have any questions, please feel free to give me a call (619) 295-5474

Until next time, Keep Totally Secure,

Your Friend,

Mike
Head Shredding Guy

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Doctor Fined $40,000 for Record Dumping

September 16th, 2011


Don’t think people are paying attention at the recycling center?

It appears a Charlotte North Carolina doctor recently had to pay out $40,000 for dumping patient files at the local recycling center.

This makes it pretty clear that recycling is not the same as shredding.

1,000 records in 25 boxes containing the personal information of 1,600 patients were dumped by the doctor’s sons in mid-June of 2010.

This comes to a whopping $1,600 per box of records!

Kind-of puts the cost of shredding in perspective doesn’t it? Especially when you could drop off these boxes at a secure shredding facility, such as Total Secure Shredding (for instance), and only pay $4.45 per box. I’d say the total cost of $111.25 for the secure shredding of these 25 boxes pales in comparison to this $40,000 fine.

I’ve personally seen records just dumped off at the recycling center here in good old San Diego. I have to say, not only is this irresponsible with regard to patient information, it also just doesn’t make any sense when you now consider the hefty fines that are being handed out by Attorney Generals.

My rule is simple when it comes to deciding whether to shred or not: When in doubt, shred!

After all, why take a risk with your own identity theft or the identity theft of a patient, client, or employee?

As always, if you have any questions about whether you should shred, please feel free to give me a call.

And until next time… Keep Totally Secure.

Your friend,

Mike
Head Shredding Guy
(619) 295-5474

P.S. Here’s the full article if you’d like to check it out: Doctor pays $40,000 fine for dumping 1,600 patients’ medical records

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Who’s Going to Audit the HIPAA Auditor

August 18th, 2011

Is anyone overly surprised when big multinational auditing firms and big bureaucratic government agencies get together the public they are charged with protecting end up worse off?

The Federal Department Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is apparently responsible for implementing and policing a couple of Congressional monstrosities know has HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) and HITECH (The Health Information Technology for Economic & Clinical Health Act).

Just that last sentence is enough to let you know there is “no good” afoot!

But in any event, these new laws have been put in place to hold health care providers and those who handle personal health information accountable to protecting client data. We all agree that protecting this data is important. However, only time will tell if  this new bureaucracy will succeed in protecting patients – I for one have my doubts.

With that in mind, the auditing firm KPMG has won the “OCR’s $9.2 million contract for HITECH-required HIPAA audits in June 2011…”

KPMG is assisting the government to implement the statutory requirement to audit covered entity and business associate compliance with the HIPAA privacy and security standards as amended by HITECH.

KPMG will end up auditing 150 entities varying in size by December 31, 2012. HITECH requires “periodic audits” of covered entities and business associates to ensure HIPAA compliance.

Unfortunately, it has come out that KPMG has is itself under investigation for a potential breach that may have affected “3,630 patients at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston NJ, and 956 patients at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center in Neward, NJ…”

Here’s the whole article if you’re interested: http://www.healthleadersmedia.com/page-1/PHY-269480/HIPAA-Auditor-Involved-in-Own-Data-Breach

Not to worry… I’m sure it will all work out for the best. After all, the government is in charge of this!

Until Next Time… Keep Totally Secure,

Mike Krauss
Head Shredding Guy

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