Maintaining Patient Confidentiality
Patient confidentiality breaches pose a significant risk in the healthcare industry. All healthcare providers and their team members must be awar…
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Follow-up of Missed or Cancelled Appointments
It is no secret that missed or cancelled appointments, and the failure to follow up with or contact the patient may result in a serious delay in…
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Management and Documentation of After-Hours Telephone Calls from Patients
The failure to properly handle and document after-hours telephone calls can adversely affect patient care and lead to potential liability exposur…
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Terminating the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Once a doctor-patient relationship is established, healthcare providers across all disciplines have a legal and ethical obligation to provide pat…
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How to Handle Patient Complaints
Patient satisfaction is an important part of providing quality healthcare, and dissatisfaction with medical care may be a starting point for medi…
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4 Major California Employment Law Changes for 2023
Pay transparency SB 1162 takes effect January 1, 2023, and requires employers with 15 or more employees to provide pay ranges when they announce,…
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EEO – New Posters
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released an FAQ guidance to accompany its newly revamped “Know Your Rights” poster, a wo…
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Employee Policy - National Labor Relations Board Update
In a memo dated October 31, 2022, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced her intention to protect emplo…
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Proposed Joint Employer Rule May Increase Employer Liability
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is proposing to change the standard for when two (2) employers that do business together (joint venture…
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IRS Delays Additional Amendment Deadlines for Major Retirement Legislation
The IRS has extended additional deadlines for required retirement plan amendments, similar to the extensions we discussed last month found here.…
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How to Rescind a Job Offers
Companies big and small, in a wide variety of industries are rescinding job offers, which generally occurs in economic decline. A job offer lette…
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Preventing Harassment in the Workplace
In today’s business environment, harassment of any kind is a huge concern. Between fiscal year 2018 and 2021, harassment charges, including tho…
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