On March 20th, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued its Stage 3 proposed rule to the Medicare and Medicaid Electronic Health Records Incentive Program. To qualify for the Program incentives, and to avoid negative payment adjustments absent […]
Each of you repair your customer’s equipment every day. Although this work is a profitable addition to your dealership’s business, you inevitably deal with customers that can’t or won’t pay for your services.
I get many calls from dealers in this […]
Business owners nationwide have been scrambling to find ways to adhere to the rules and regulations set forth in the Affordable Care Act (ACA),which was enactedin 2010. Of course, many of the provisions regulating small businesses and theirowners did not […]
The farm equipment industry has been riding a wave of strong farm income over the last several years, leading to positive results for most in the industry. But with commodity prices falling, relatively high used inventory levels, and reduced sales […]
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) encouraged doctors, health care providers, and other medical professionals to participate in Accountable Care Organizations(ACOs), which are groups of medical professionals and healthcare providers that voluntarily unite to offer comprehensive treatment to Medicare beneficiaries.Specifically, the Medicare […]
In order to provide the highest quality of care, and to ensure patient safety on the premises, hospitals throughout the country use a system of peer reviews to assess medical staff. Specifically, a group of employed medical professionals,acting as a professional review […]
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), a government agency tasked with protecting consumers’ rights in the U.S., recently exercised its power in a case filed in Idaho, asserting that a healthcare acquisition within the state threatened competition, and pushed for the divestiture […]
It seems like every week a company makes the news regarding theft of credit card data from millions of customers, concerns about the collection of call data by the National Security Agency and countless other stories about privacy. You understand how […]