by Practice Compliance Solutions | Sep 23, 2023 | Practice Management
Unfortunately, if you see patients, you will encounter difficult and or rude ones. Good customer service skills will usually help you deal with almost all of them but occasionally a situation will arise where you need to “fire” a patient. While Dr. DeLoach...
by Practice Compliance Solutions | Sep 22, 2023 | HR
Here we go again. Over the past two years USACIS has issued proposed or impending changes to the I-9 system of employee verification. Most of these were recalled. Now we have another somewhat last-minute change in the I-9 system that WILL go into effect. In general,...
by Practice Compliance Solutions | Sep 2, 2023 | HIPAA, Legislation, Security
Once again, PCS is getting calls from clients about certain companies providing inaccurate information regarding the Federal HIPAA program. These “sales/scare” tactics are unfortunately nothing new. If you are contacted by companies and their high-pressure...
by Practice Compliance Solutions | Jul 16, 2023 | IT, Legislation
USCDI, MIPS, QPP, CURES, CDS…it can all be quite confusing, but let’s try to simplify it: USCDI stands for United States Core Data for Interoperability (USCDI) and it is just a way to standardize information in an EHR system so it can be shared with others (kind of...
by Practice Compliance Solutions | Jun 19, 2023 | HR, Legislation
Congress has passed a law regarding pregnant workers that will go into effect June 27, 2023. While short notice, an explanation will show that the impact of this law is not as far-reaching as some blogs and HR “specialists” have reported. What Does The Law Say? The...