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Where do things stand with the Change Healthcare ransomware hack? Dan and Dave give you updates and where things stand as of now. There's still much we do not know, so we will stay on this story as it develops.
Please reach out if you've been impacted by it and we may ask to either interview you or use your submission to guide future updates. Find us at protectingyourpractice.com.

Would you like to go to prison and be fined $5000 per day for noncompliance? No? Splendid, please listen to this episode where you'll find out about what the Corporate Transparency Act is and how you can be in compliance with it. Turns out it's really easy to not go to prison (for this. We can't speak to any other crime you may have committed).

Elizabeth (Beth) Jerome Ph.D. joins Dan and Dave to educate us on how her practice finds, screens, evaluates, and retains employees to her practice. She gets into the details about her specific application processes, interview approach, background and reference checks, and contracts. We then address how she and her practice handles it should corrective action or termination be necessary.
Dr. Jerome is the co-owner of Wellspring Child and Family Psychology in Fredericksburg, VA (https://www.wellspringchildandfamily.com).

So you've been subpoenaed. What are you supposed to do now?
Listen to this episode, where Dave attempts to explain what a subpoena is before Dan mocks his ignorance, and then gives us the actual legal answer.
We then get in to how you could respond while staying on the right side of disclosure laws. Get this...you're going to have to hire a lawyer. Who could have guessed that'd be part of our advice?

Dr. Rebecca Howard, a psychologist in Denver Colorado set up her private practice right out of graduate school, starting her own practice as psychologist. Along the way, she made a few mistakes that snowballed into serious tax debt. During this episode, Dr. Howard talks about what went wrong and how she got herself back on track. Join Dave and Dan for this irreverent, yet informative chat with Dr. Howard. Warning: This episode gets weird!
Dr. Howard can be found at drrebeccaihoward.com. She specializes in assessments of Autism Spectrum Disorders, pre-adoption, ADHD, learning disorders, mood, and thought disorders.

Have you ever needed to interact with a best interest attorney as a part of your practice? Have you ever wondered what they do? Or are you like me (Dave) and had never heard of this before?
In this episode, we get into what a best interest attorney is and does, when and how courts call upon them to help advocate for the interests of a minor, and when and how they might need to interact with you the practitioner. We also discuss how you might approach those interactions in ways that cover your liabilities while advocating for your clients' interests.