Archive for the ‘In the News’ Category
Thursday, December 29th, 2011
The delay is at the request of the Washington D.C. federal court, due to the court currently hearing a legal challenge regarding the rule. Challenges such as this one are not unusual regarding new federal posting requirements. The NLRB states that postponing the effective date will facilitate the resolution of ...
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Friday, September 30th, 2011
There is a new labor law posting requirement that may affect your practice.
The National Labor Relations Board has recently issued a rule that requires nearly all U.S. businesses to post a notice to employees communicating their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. Covered employers must replace their federal poster ...
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Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
Every year in the U.S., more than 300 million used ink and toner cartridges from printers, copiers and fax machines are tossed into the trash, destined for a landfill. Because these cartridges are made of plastic, they require petroleum to produce and can take up to 1,000 years to decompose. ...
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011
The State Surgeon General's issued a supplemental order to the State's Declaration of Public Health Emergency order issued on July 1, 2011. This supplemental order suspends the implementation of this requirement for 60 days from July 1, 2011, unless the Declaration of Public Health Emergency is amended, rescinded, or renewed ...
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Friday, September 10th, 2010
Tamper-resistant prescription pad law
Starting October 1, 2010, all practitioners will be required to use prescription pads which comply with guidelines by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). This deadline is approaching rapidly and prescribers need to stock up on the new tamper-resistant prescription pads. This law will ...
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Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
by Lori Becks, RHIA
There are approximately 129 new valid diagnosis codes that will become effective on October 1, 2010. Many of these new additions are found in Chapter 14 among the codes for congenital anomalies of female genital organs, in Chapter 16 under symptoms involving the respiratory and digestive ...
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