General Practice Information

Hopkins & Carley, Law Corp.

EAC of the EDD invites lawyers from this law group to give seminars in Santa Cruz.  If you attend you can sign up to be on their email newsletter list.  As items that affect or of interest to Santa Cruz medical offices come along, they will be posted here.

• New California Family Rights Act Regulations
• "Comp Time" is Attractive but Could be a Trap for the Unwary
• Employee Expenses Reimbursement
• Workplace Wellness Program
• Paid Sick Days Required
• Use of Employee's Personal Cell Phone for Business
• Exempt Employee's Partial Day Absence can be Deducted from Vacation
• Calculate Overtime Pay Based on Your Employees’ “Regular Rate of Pay”
• Can An Employer Ban Negativity in the Workplace? Not According to the NLRB
• Are Your Wage Statements Compliant Under Labor Code Section 226?
• Is Your Standard Severance Agreement Subject to Challenge by the EEOC?

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Medical Waste Management

Have you had an inspection by the County of Santa Cruz Health Service Agency Environmental Health office recently? If not, it may be to your advantage to have an inspection done. Celia Brown is the county person is charge of this area. She is very nice & knowledgeable but, most of all, she is out to help you save money! One of our members' office recently had an inspection and was VERY pleased both with Celia and the money she saved the practice.  See these 6 pages of information then call Celia and make an appointment.

CMA's Best Practices Toolkit

This is a wonderful 139 page document aimed at solo/small group practices.  This is a member only benefit.  Any physician member can login to this web site or the CMA web site to download this fantastic toolkit.

Vacation v PTO

Do you understand the difference between vacation/sick leave time and Personal Time Off (PTO)?  Melissa Irwin, from TPO-HR, wrote a 1 page article to explain the differences so you can choose which type of benefit is better for your medical practice to offer the employees.

Vacation PTO article

Records Retention Chart

One member of our Practice Mangers group teaches in the Medical Assistant program at Cabrillo College. This chart is from the program's textbook, Insurance Handbook for the Medical Office. The chart is a guideline; perhaps your physician's specialty organization has more specific information on certain types of files.

Records Retention Chart

Legal Compliance Regulations

Both Federal and State laws require compliance based on employer size. The following list sets forth those laws and the employee level for coverage. In most cases, both full-time and part-time employees should be counted in determining coverage.
 
Legal Compliance Requirements by Employer Size
Chart is courtesy of Melissa Irwin from TPO-HR.

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