Have you ever found yourself paying the penalty for a rule you didn’t even know you were breaking? Like getting a ticket for speeding when you didn’t realize the speed limit had changed? Or paying a work-related travel expenses out of our own pocket because you didn’t realize your firm’s travel policy had a restriction that you didn’t know about? It stinks, right? The stock answer of “ignorance of the law is no excuse” — though we probably agree with it on one level — seems like a tremendous injustice when we’re the ones on the receiving end.
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HITECH Could Catch Healthcare Service Providers With Their Pants Down
Posted by: Ed Moyle February 3, 2011 08:00 AMHave you ever found yourself paying the penalty for a rule you didn’t even know you were breaking? Like getting a ticket for speeding when you didn’t realize the speed limit had changed? Or paying a work-related travel expenses out of our own pocket because you didn’t realize your firm’s travel policy had a restriction that you didn’t know about? It stinks, right? The stock answer of “ignorance of the law is no excuse” — though we probably agree with it on one level — seems like a tremendous injustice when we’re the ones on the receiving end.