In this issue:

- Document Retention in a Long Term Care Facility

- Medicare RAC Program Improvements Delayed Until 2016

- “Bring Your Own Device” To Work Programs

- NLRB Upends Legality of Employer Email Policies

- Hail To You, Nicaragua

- Excerpt from Document Retention in a Long Term Care Facility:

Deciding how long to hold on to specific records in your facility can be a challenging task, especially when so many different types of records cross your desk every day. If you’re a pack rat like us, it’s tempting to hold on to everything indefinitely – an option we know can be space and cost-prohibitive, especially within the nursing home environment. Our reluctance to dispose of records is also driven by several critical questions, such as: What if I need this record to defend our facility in a lawsuit? What if a state or government agency audits or investigates our facility for issues contained within this record?