Thursday, March 29, 2012

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

March 31, 2012 GA Cosmetology License Renewal Deadline

Calling all cosmetologists in Georgia! The Georgia cosmetology license renewal date of March 31, 2012 is coming up fast. If you have not yet renewed your GA cosmetology license, better make it soon.The Georgia Board of Cosmetology, as with all cosmetology state boards today, mandates that every cosmetologist must be licensed to practice cosmetology in the state. The license must be renewed every two years. To do that the license holder is required to complete five hours of GA cosmetology continuing-education (CE) credit: three hours of health and safety courses developed by the Georgia Department...

Georgia Cosmetology License Renewal Deadline – 03.31.2012

March 31, 2012 Is the Deadline for GA Cosmetology License RenewalsCosmetology schools in Georgia—including Cosmetologycampus.com, an approved cosmetology continuing education online provider—are scrambling to get cosmetologist to finish their mandatory continuing education (CE) in order to renew their GA cosmetology licenses by the March 13, 2012 deadline.The Georgia Board of Cosmetology, as with all cosmetology state boards, mandates that every cosmetologist must be licensed to practice cosmetology in the state. The license must be renewed every two years. To do that the license holder is required...

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ICD-10’s Costly Delay

Survey Says ICD-10 Delay Will Be Costly A recent survey by Washington-based IT vendor Edifecs Inc., a known advocate of ICD-10 (International Classification of Diseases 10th Edition), the new medical code set that was supposed to replace ICD-9 on Oct. 1, 2013 but whose implementation date was pushed back indefinitely, has indicated that a delay could prove financially costly to hospitals, other healthcare facilities, and practices. On the other hand, providers of online medical billing training and medical coding online courses—which had to quickly update enrollees on ICD-10’s 69,000 codes before...

OSHA Going Through Local Emphasis Program Establishment

OSHA Establishes Local Emphasis Program in Wis. and Offers Compliance Assistance The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) may be more popularly associated with safety at construction sites, but actually it affects all sectors because work safety cuts across industries. This March, OSHA put together a local emphasis program to protect workers from the range of dangers on Wisconsin dairy farms, from those involving animal handling to manure storage. "Far too many workers are injured and killed in preventable incidents at dairy farms in Wisconsin," revealed Mark Hysell, OSHA area...

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Burn Hazards Result in OSHA Fines

For failing to provide the simple matter of personal protective equipment, Miniature Precision Components Inc. is looking at a proposed fine by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) of $55,000. The penalty came in the wake of an OSHA investigation at the company’s Richland Center facility which found that employees working mold machines were exposed to very hot temperatures without adequate personal protective equipment. The importance of OSHA training such as OSHAcampus 30 and 10 hour training, and 40 Hour HAZWOPER training cannot be overemphasized in maintaining a safe...

Health IT Community Urges HHS for New ICD-10 Date

The reaction by the health IT community to the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) postponement of the ICD-10 implementation has been a mixed bag, with many leaders fearing that the delay could disrupt their health IT plans and cause the time and money they have already spent to meet the original October 1, 2013 deadline to go to waste. ICD-10, the new and more extensive medical coding set, was to be implemented in the U.S. on October 1, 2013, but the debut was pushed back to an unspecified future date. Medical facilities and medical practices—as well as providers of medical billing...

Cosmetology Schools and the Georgia Cosmetology License Renewal Deadline on March 31, 2012

Cosmetology Schools in Georgia Scramble to Meet March 31, 2012 License Renewal DeadlineCosmetology schools in Georgia—including Cosmetologycampus.com, an approved GA cosmetology CE  (continuing education) online provider—are scrambling to get cosmetologists to finish their mandatory continuing education (CE) in order to renew their GA cosmetology licenses by the March 13, 2012 deadline.The Georgia Board of Cosmetology mandates that every cosmetologist practicing in the state must renew her (or his) GA cosmetology license every two years. To do that she is required to complete five hours...

OSHA Citations for Petrol Explosion and Burn hazards

Petrol Explosion and Burn Hazards Result in OSHA Fines All manner of accidents threaten the American worker, and all are preventable. Sadly, every day across the country these same avoidable accidents cause dire consequences on health, or result in injury, even death. Although most employers now require Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) training, such as OSHA 30 certification and OSHA 10 hour training, and 40 Hour HAZWOPER training, lapses (both unintentional and not) still frequently occur and put in great danger the health and safety of workers. This February, OSHA cited...

Survey Shows Concern for the ICD 10 Implementation Delay

Some Fear Fallout from ICD-10 Postponement Not all have welcomed the postponement of the implementation of ICD-10, the upgrade to the medical coding set currently in use in the U.S. A survey from Edifecs, which develops technologies for regulatory compliance and data exchange, shows that a majority of its respondents said that the ICD-10 postponement does little to improve industry readiness--and can have significant bad effects. ICD-10 was to debut in the U.S. on Oct. 1, 2013, but its implementation was pushed back to a yet-unspecified date. Medical facilities and medical practices—as well...