Okay, it’s almost true… damn close anyway!

Yours truly took a long needed mini-vacation last weekend to Yosemite National Park – my first-ever visit to spectacular Yosemite. My 55th birthday was last weekend, and the idea was to get away from the pressures, the meetings, the calls — away from HIPAA — for a few days to clear my head.

So there I was, driving into Yosemite valley in the rental car, awestruck at the raw beauty, the magnificence, the splendor… the ARRA (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act)?

Yes readers, in the midst of the Yosemite wilderness, imagine my surprise when I rounded a curve in the steep road and saw this…

ARRA at Work in Yosemite

I was dramatically reminded, as people in the HIPAA world easily forget, that the ARRA is accomplishing much more than expanding HIPAA. There, in the wilds of Yosemite, was the ARRA, funding road and infrastructure improvements to one our greatest national parks!

So the next time somebody asks you what the ARRA has achieved, point to HIPAA expansion, breach notifications, tougher sanctions… and yes, Yosemite!

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