Category Archives: Business Management

Are you doing a quarterly retirement plan loan checkup?

With a down economy, many employers are seeing an increase in loan requests from retirement plan participants.  With an increase in loan requests comes an increase in loan administrative concerns.  In fact,IRS officials have informally stated that they are seeing an increase both in loan applications and in loan defaults. Read more at Lexology… Continue Reading

New HIPAA regulations will require providers to revise notices of privacy practices

Since the publication of the final HIPAA Omnibus Rule (the “Omnibus Rule”) on January 17, 2013, health care publications have been replete with summaries highlighting changes. What seems to be lacking, however, are practical pointers on what Covered Entities need to do to come into compliance with the new regulations by the compliance deadline, September… Continue Reading

Hackers Are Multiplying and Targeting the U.S.

Editors note: This story mostly focuses on shoring up vulnerabilities of government agencies and large corporations, but small and medium businesses need to take the threat seriously as well. Here’s the story… Dire warnings from Washington about a “cyber Pearl Harbor” envision a single surprise strike from a formidable enemy that could destroy power plants… Continue Reading

Five CEO myths – and what every manager can learn from them

Chief executives today must operate in a more intense, more intricate business environment, and new CEOs are particularly under pressure. During their first months on the job, CEOs will study company structure, immerse themselves in company culture, and develop a plan suited to their vision for the organisation’s long-term success. Continue Reading