Glossary of Compliance

Compliance Glossary

Our list of curated compliance glossary offers everything you to know about compliance in one place.

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DHS

The Department of Human Services, or DHS, provides and sponsors many types of health and social services as well as determines persons’ eligibility to receive those services. They collect personal and health information about you and/or your family, which is kept private and called “protected health information.”

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