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Practice mergers — No detail is too small to consider
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Vital Signs
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 976
Abstract: Many nonmedical businesses use mergers as a means to grow and meet strategic needs. The medical community, however, tends to shrink from mergers for a variety of reasons. This article points out that there are some valid reasons to merge medical practices, though doing so should be approached with great caution and an eye for details.
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Could your practice use an air traffic controller? — Floor controller/managers can maximize exam room profitability
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Vital Signs
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 770
Abstract: An empty exam room with a physician ready to see a patient can cost a practice between $45 and $125 a day in lost revenue. And that’s revenue that the practice may never recoup. This article discusses reasons to consider hiring a floor controller/manager, an employee who acts as sort of an “air traffic controller” to ensure exam rooms are cleaned and turned over in a timely manner.
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Fair value – New accounting standard poses financial statement challenges
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Community Banking Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 416
Abstract: Bankers will be busy measuring the fair value of instruments on their next financial statement as they realize the widespread impact of a new accounting standard. That is because financial statements for fiscal years beginning after Nov. 15, 2007, must comply with FASB’s Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157). If you haven’t started familiarizing yourself with the new rule, it’s time to do your homework on how it will affect you.
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Using your best judgment – Back up qualitative decisions per loss allowance policy
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Community Banking Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 535
Abstract: Bankers setting allowances for loan and lease losses are paying special attention to the documentation that supports the decisions they make. For the past year or so, financial institutions have been grappling with the new accounting requirements in the Interagency Policy Statement on the Allowance for Loan and Lease Losses (ALLL). Here’s what you need to know about the changes.
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Capture the red flags – New rules require a comprehensive identity theft prevention program
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Community Banking Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 1401
Abstract: Costing consumers more than $1 billion a year, identity theft continues to head the list of consumer complaints heard by the Federal Trade Commission. And in the United States a crime of this nature happens every 79 seconds. A full-fledged response to the problem, the Identity Theft Red Flags and Address Discrepancies final rules, requires an identity theft prevention program to be in place by Nov. 1, 2008.
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RDC goes the distance – To compete, consider the punch of remote deposit capture
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Community Banking Advisor
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 923
Abstract: To stand up in the ring against heavier competitors, community banks must take seriously a new technology that is body punching the industry’s deposit side. Even smaller businesses — perhaps enticed by ads from bigger banks — are now starting to request Remote Deposit Capture (RDC), the process that allows a business to post and clear checks electronically with its bank. With demand for this breakthrough technology likely to increase, it may be time to adjust your fight plan to include RDC.
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Accounting rule will affect some financial statements
Spring 2008
Newsletter: Auto Focus
Price: $225.00, Subscriber Price: $157.50
Word count: 613
Abstract: Auto dealerships generally have the rest of this year to figure out how a new accounting rule could affect their financial statements. It’s worth looking into, as the rule applies not only to tax-related decisions you may make in the future, but also to those you’ve made in the past. Read about the possible impact of Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes (FIN 48) on your dealership.