by sjw on February 1, 2012
April 15th, the deadline to file your personal income tax, will be here before you know it. As a small business owner however, you will have filed tax reports and paid all sorts of taxes already.
Most small businesses operate on a calendar year. And even though tax events happen throughout the year, they are reported at the end of the business year and quarter, when they get submitted to different taxing authorities.
Paying attention to those timelines is critical. Countless business owners have lost their business by ignoring the IRS and other taxing authorities.
Remember that you, as the owner of the business, are responsible that taxes are filed, paid on time and reported accurately. It does not matter who will do the work for you, the ultimate responsibility rests with you.
This is the reason you MUST have some basic knowledge about your tax obligations as a business and as the business owner. [click to continue…]
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by Barbara C. Phillips, NP on January 30, 2012
Medscape recently posted the results of a survey where physicians rated insurance companies in terms of best and worse to work with and the factors that lead into those ratings.
This got me to thinking about us. Insurance reimbursement for NPs and other Advanced Practice Nurses is all over the board. Some companies recognize Nurse Practitioners and reimburse them for the work they do, other companies seem to be ignorant of the work we do. Then it also varies by state and region. [click to continue…]
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by sjw on January 18, 2012
Most health care providers who have a clinical practice, or any type of business where they rely on clients, will need to market in order to sustain and grow that practice and business. While knowing how to market is essential, it’s also just as valuable to know what you should not be doing when you are marketing. It goes without saying that that most common problem is just not marketing, but today let’s focus on the 5 of the most common marketing blunders I see health care providers make.
1. Religion and Politics: It’s often been said that religion and politics don’t mix with anything. I tend to agree. While we can all acknowledge that a persons faith does play a part in health, in most cases you are better off leaving these topics out of our marketing. When is it appropriate? If your business is specific to a certain group based on religion/faith, and these are the specific folks you are offering your services to, then feel free. Just be aware, that you’ll potentially lose patients that have other feelings. [click to continue…]
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by Barbara C. Phillips, NP on January 11, 2012
Like many health care providers, after years of schooling and continuing education, I have a fairly extensive reference library. So much so that I have been running out of space.
My question to all of you is this…what do you do with your outdated reference books? I’m almost embarrassed to say how far back some of this goes (though not as far as the Tabers I posted about earlier).
Do you just put the books in the recycle bin? Do you donate them (and to whom)? Do you past them off to your children who are following in your footsteps (though I venture to guess they need NEW reference material)? Maybe you turned your 1993 drug reference book into vintage art?
Share with all of us…what are you doing with your old reference books?
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