Peter Cass, Author at Practice Performance Partners

How Social media works to help or hurt your practice

by Peter Cass | Apr 17, 2024 | HIPAA, Practice Management, Security

Whether you are participating in social media related to your practice or not, your patients are. The average person spends about 145 minutes on social media every day. 90% of users follow at least one brand on social media. Facebook, with 2.9 billion monthly active...

Update on Federal Pregnant Works Fairness Act

by Peter Cass | Apr 15, 2024 | HR

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act was signed into law by President Biden in December 2022, and the law went into effect in June 2023. The law requires all employers to provide reasonable accommodation to all employees for pregnancy and related complications as long...

United Healthcare Breach Update

by Peter Cass | Apr 6, 2024 | Billing, Fraud & Abuse, Insurance, Security

By now, everyone is aware of the UHC breach and its massive impact on most healthcare providers. The resolution of this problem has proceeded at a snail’s pace. Some, but not most, systems are back in operation, but specific clearinghouses, payers, and EMRs remain...

Removing Reviews from Google

by Peter Cass | Mar 13, 2024 | IT, Practice Management

Sometimes a review may be inappropriate, or you may disagree with it. You can ask Google to remove or delete an inappropriate review from your Business Profile and in certain circumstances, Google can remove reviews that violate Google’s policies. You can read...

The United Healthcare Breach

by Peter Cass | Mar 6, 2024 | Billing, Fraud & Abuse, Insurance, IT, Security

WHAT HAPPENED? Most are aware of the massive cyberattack on United Healthcare (UHC) revealed over the past few weeks. The breach has been traced to an employee download that allowed cybercriminals access to huge amounts of the database. The impact of this breach is...