Perhaps believing they’re simply too small for the government to consider, some smaller healthcare providers will choose to either fly under the radar or hope that regulators of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) won’t notice their lack of correct processes and controls. However, this likely won’t work—in fact, over 55% of HIPAA fines in 2022 were levied against small practices.

TAMPA, Fla. – April 16, 2024 – Schellman, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services and a top 50 CPA firm, is pleased to announce that the firm is now able to support Australia’s Infosec Registered Assessors Program (IRAP) assessments. This milestone marks a significant advancement in the firm’s global capabilities, enabling it to provide comprehensive cybersecurity evaluations tailored to the needs of organizations with an Australian presence.

On February 23, 2024, ISO (along with the International Accreditation Federation (IAF)) published short amendments to all standards aligned with its Harmonized Structure. In the form of new requirement language and one additional note, ISO has now adapted climate change concerns as considerations for a wide range of popular certifications.

As part of the fight against the effects of climate change, a global effort has been kickstarted to reduce the use and production of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) due to their high global warming potential (GWP). For their part in this HFC phasedown, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking organizations to report their HFC allowance, and the deadline to do so is May 31, 2024.

TAMPA, Fla. – March 19, 2024 – Schellman, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services and a top 50 CPA firm, today announced the appointment of Christopher Kouzios as the company's new Chief Information Officer. With his exceptional expertise in information security initiatives, Kouzios is set to spearhead Schellman's technology initiatives including advancing the firm’s Artificial Intelligence endeavors.

Back on March 21, 2022, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposed rules that would enhance and standardize climate-related disclosures provided by public companies—two years and unquantified lobby and legal dollars later, the final SEC Climate Disclosure Rules were announced today.

TAMPA, Fla. – March 5, 2024 – Schellman, a leading provider of attestation and compliance services and a top 50 CPA firm, is pleased to announce that the firm has received accreditation for France’s Health Data Host (HDS) certification services, the first US-based firm to receive such accreditation by COFRAC.