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Water group to keep study secret until final plan OK’d Gainesville Times Not wanting to get caught in the middle of legal wrangling between Georgia and Florida, a private tri-state water group has decided to clamp down on … Will water shar
Which Medical Fee Schedule Applies in Georgia and Surrounding States?
There are several instances when a Georgia workers’ compensation claimant may receive authorized medical treatment from an out-of-state provider in non-emergency scenarios. For example, an authorized treating physician may make a referral to
Social Media Dangers
As a dentist running your own practice you must be concerned about not only your own online personality, but also that of your staff. Just to give you an idea: Twitter estimates 120,000 tweets and 1475 photographs every minute and Facebook est
Attorney Jo Jagor to Present at the Hinman Dental Meeting 2014
Attorney Jo Jagor, along with Dr. Mitchell Gardiner, will be speaking at the annual Hinman Dental Meeting on March 27th and 28th, 2014 at the Georgia World Congress Center and Omni Hotel. The following are the times and topics they will be pr
Workers’ Compensation and the Teleworking Employee
Teleworking or telecommuting, allows employees to perform their work remotely, either from home or other locations outside of the traditional office. While telecommuting has become a popular option for employers and employees alike, there are
Information Regarding the Visa Waiver Program for Certain Foreign Nationals
In order to facilitate tourism and short term business visits to the United States, Congress passed legislation in 1986 to create the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). The VWP allows citizens of participating countries to travel to the United States wi
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Gainesville agreement on Glades won’t raise water fees Gainesville Times Gainesville residents may not pay water rate increases to help fund the planned Glades Reservoir in Hall County, but they could still wind up on the hook down … No fu
How Long is a Dentist Required to Keep Patient Records?
We all know that good record keeping can be essential to the overall quality of a patient’s dental care. However, a lot of dentists don’t realize that proper record maintenance and retention is a requirement of their dental license, not to
Even the Best Employer/Employee Relationship Can Decay
No employer relishes the idea of having to terminate an employee. However, the ramifications of severing an employment relationship can be magnified for a small dental practice in a tight-knit community. Not only does the dental practice have to
What Are You Doing With Your Old Data?
As businesses accumulate more and more data, the chances are that a lot of this data becomes old, inaccurate, inactive, stale, or just plain not needed. The recent data breach at Adobe™ is a good lesson in why we should have specific procedu