Q: Why would I need a consultant?
A: Health care is constantly evolving with new laws, regulations, standards, documentation requirements, billing changes, and more which makes it increasingly more difficult for the working health care provider to stay current in and comply with. Our job as consultants is to assist you in managing, owning, expanding and operating within these health care guidelines and business and tax laws by providing our expertise, products and services; especially health care providers in private practice.

Q: What services and products do you provide?
A: Please visit our Consulting Services and Products webpage for a list of what is available to you right now.

Q: How much do you charge?
A: Our costs vary from specific prices for products to hourly or flat fee costs for consulting services depending on several different factors. Some of those include: type of services required, location, size of clinic or work setting, etc. We can determine the best pricing for you after we discuss with you your particular needs.

Q: Are your products current, updated and meet health care standards or requirements?
A: We are consistently upgrading materials as necessary. Some of our products are from affiliated vendors who also update and send us their new products when appropriate. The products that we host in our website are those we get the most positive responses and feedback from and are our best sellers. We have other products that we can resource you to if your needs are different then those represented.

Q: Why is your Policy and Procedure Manual so expensive?
A: The extensive Policy and Procedure Manual is comprehensive and intended to meet health care standards and also work in a variety of work settings. When you purchase the Manual, you will receive a hard copy and diskettes which allows you to customize the policies and procedures to your specific setting. We also sell the Policies separately as we understand that single owners with no employees may not need the whole Manual or that many therapists may only need to upgrade their existing Policy and Procedure Manual.

Q: I have heard about HIPAA and privacy standards but could you provide more information?
A: Please visit our References and Links for direct connection into the federal websites regarding information about HIPAA. HIPAA stands for Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (1996) which requires the federal government to adopt national standards for electronic health care transactions. Seven regulatory issues have been passed but only three of those are presently being implemented. The Health Information Privacy standard is required to be complied with by April 14, 2003. It involves promoting higher quality care by assuring consumers that their personal health information will be protected from inappropriate used and disclosures. We have created a Privacy Statement that should be given to all your patients starting immediately. We are also creating a Policy to assist our providers in meeting the standards. Call us to obtain.