Please Rate This Article: Electrical Safety in the Workplace: What are you Obligated to do?
The maze of regulations and rules surrounding businesses can be blinding at the best of times, but the last thing you want to do is break a rule that is easy to put in place. Whether you’re a new business owner, or manager of an established business with new equipment, electrical safety in the workplace is one requirement that can be easily fulfilled.While the law does not require electrical testing to be carried out, it does require your electrical equipment to be safe at all times. Electricity will always find the easiest path to earth. Any faults or weaknesses within your electrical installation or portable appliances can go undetected. In the event of another fault developing, this could lead to serious risk of fire, electrocution or death. For example, a 13-amp ring-main without earth continuity could render all metal parts of appliances plugged into it “LIVE” if one item on the ring developed a fault to earth.In 1989 The Electricity at Work Regulations came into force, which clarifies the need to maintain electrical systems safely. Regulations require that “all electrical tools and equipment used by construction workers must be safe to use” and that “any electric tools hired out to end-users must be safe to use”. In the workplace the regulations specify that employers take steps to limit the risk of harm from electricity and electrical systems, and this includes both electrical installations and electrical equipment. These regulations apply to most electrical equipment – consumer, commercial and industrial – operating between 50 volts and 1,000 volts AC or between 75 volts and 1,500 volts DC.The only way to ensure every effort is ma

Please Rate This Article: Finding New Patients: Grow Your Practice with Integrity
What’s stopping you from getting all of the patients you desire? Is it your technique? Your office staff? Your reputation?The answers are most probably no, no, and no.What is it then?Let’s look at the historic facts that most people live with: they hate dentists. Historically, dental work has hurt – especially for us older folk who grew up with a very limited choice of care. So we either don’t go to the dentist regularly, or go only when there is an emergency – and then don’t return.There are several issues here: finding patients, getting patients to return, and having referring dentists choose you to refer their patients rather than their other dentist friends.PATIENTS DECISION FACTORSSince patients don’t like coming to dentists, they have to make a decision to visit one at some point – hopefully prior to having a dental emergency. And, while you can connect with referring docs, or place ads, or have a web address, the patient still has to choose you.How do they choose? How do they know it’s time to go to a dentist when they are not having pain? How do they know to choose one dentist over another if they don’t have a regular dentist?It’s a choice they must make. What criteria do they use? Is it money? Is it pain? Is it proximity?How do you find your target audience? Through current patient referrals? Through clicks on your website?Here are a couple of Facilitative Questions you might use – on your site, in phone calls, in marketing materials - to help people choose you over your competition:How do you know when it’s time to visit a dentist? How do you know which dentist to choose?Reme

Please Rate This Article: The Devastation of Over Regulation
Small, medium and large businesses across America have been burdened almost to the point of extinction due to the miss management of our regulatory bodies. I have been to every city in the country over 10,000 population and I have seen the destruction that regulatory agency regulations cause through unintended and unanticipated consequences, what is wrong with reducing your regulations and helping the common good, the rural towns in America, the people who care most about this great nation? The Federal Trade Commission although a small agency is one of the culprits as they regulate the franchising industry and the franchise industry is involved in all levels of business; small, medium and large; both private companies and corporations. Recently in a report on franchising the FTC claimed that franchise disclosure was cost effective.It is unfair for the Federal Trade Commission to make a misrepresentation of facts, falsehood or bogus assertion when they either knew or should have known that such statements will cause irreprehensible consequences to free markets and further violate the right to free contract afforded to us by the United States Constitution. Stating that these disclosure documents are somehow “Cost Effective” is such a falsehood. Whether or not such claim was made out of malice or ignorance; neither alleviates the cause and effect or lets the Federal Trade Commission off the hook. If it was made in spitefulness it is dishonest and the problems created can never be fully remedied, if it was out of ignorance, it clearly spits in the face of the very “Truth, Justice and American Way” that we as citizens expect from that branch of the Department of

Please Rate This Article: Window Cleaning Tip- It's Window Cleaning, NOT Window Washing
Whether you already own a window cleaning company or you are looking at starting your own window cleaning business. One of the first things you need to get squared away in your head is that you are a ‘window cleaner’ and in the window ‘cleaning’ business, NOT a window washer in the window washing business. You may think that the distinction is silly, but I guarantee you it is important.While some people may think that “Wallys Window Washing” is a cute name, many people associate window washers with the guy who jumps on the hood of your car at a stop light with a squirt bottle and a rag offering to wash your windows. This is not the image I want to cultivate around my business.The image you want to present to your customers is one of professionalism, legitimacy and competence. Whether in your business name or while talking to people, always use ‘window cleaning’ or ‘window cleaner’. Window cleaning sounds more professional and people associate it with educated, more refined people…the kind you would trust in your house.Now window washing on the other hand sounds more common, less educated, and very fly-by-nightish. Think of it this way; If someone was looking through the phone book for a window cleaner and they see two companies:Wallys Window WashingOrReflection Window CleaningWho do you think that person is going to choose? Well statistically 9 time out of 10 that person will choose the more reputable sounding name.The choice is ultimately up to you, but I promise you this little detail will make big a difference in your window cleaning business. Anyb

Please Rate This Article: Medical Billing - Rental Modifiers
One of the most confusing things to medical billing personnel is rental modifiers. Most billers don't even know what a modifier is unless they have at least had some experience with rental billing. Hopefully, after reading this installment, you'll have a decent idea of what modifiers are, how they work and what you have to be aware of when doing your medical billing duties.Rental items are a strange breed in the world of medical billing. Unlike a purchase item that is sold and then that's the end of it, a rental item is kind of like the gift that keeps on giving. It is a medical billing agencies main source of income, especially if they do a lot of oxygen billing which requires patients to have an oxygen concentrator for many months if not years.Because of this, insurance carriers need to know, every step along the way, just how long a piece of equipment has been rented. Why? Well, this has to do with certain regulations. See, once an item has been rented so many months, usually 12, it then goes on what is called maintenance billing. Maintenance billing is usually cheaper than regular billing because by the time the 12 months have passed, the supplier of the equipment has already gotten their due profit from the item and because of this, the insurance company begins to pay less starting with month 13. What does all this have to do with modifiers?From months one through 12, the modifier for the particular rental item will be one set of letters, usually beginning with the letter K. When month number 12 hits, the item is then transferred to a different status called maintenance. While this is happening, the modifier that is stored with the

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