Please join The Company Corporation as we welcome our guest webinar speaker: attorney, author, professor and business growth expert, Andrew Sherman. During this free, live webinar, Mr. Sherman will discuss strategies and techniques that small and mid-sized business owners can employ while seeking capital to grow their businesses, particularly in the current volatile and uncertain capital markets.

During this session, you will learn:

- Current trends in capital markets
- How to develop an effective capital formation plan and strategy
- Understanding the needs of sophisticated investors
- Current state of angel and venture capital markets
- The latest updates from Washington, DC on crowd funding

This is a can’t miss event for any business owner looking to find and employ strategies for growing capital to help their business thrive.

Register today at The Company Corporation's Website.

The Company Corporation provides incorporation products and services to entrepreneurs and small businesses nationwide including incorporating in Delaware, California, and Florida. The Company Corporation offers corporate kits, business education books, certificates of good standing, and permit assistance, but they do not offer legal, financial, or tax advice.

Managing tax and statutory compliance in an era of rapid globalization, new developments in tax laws, and continuous changes in accounting standards across the globe, is a challenge to corporates. Take a look at the focal issues of taxation and compliance in this one hour interactive seminar presented by Nair & Co. and FEI.

Agenda Covers:
• An overview of International Tax Regimes, which will cover favourable and unfavourable global tax structures, regulations, incentives and penalties.
• Learn about foreign tax credits.
• What are the key compliance and planning issues for international trade and customs issues?
• What are the key global taxation strategies for corporates to balance risk and opportunity?
• Why outsourcing compliance is an Attractive option?

Date: May 23, 2013
Time: 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST

About Nair & Co.
Nair & Co. provides you with your one touch outsourced finance, internal audit compliance, HR and legal department for your international operations. If you are expanding abroad for the first time, our turnkey solution will help you do so with minimal risk, stress and cost. We currently support more than 1000+ client operations in over 50 countries and have core offices in U.K., India, China, U.S., Japan and Singapore. Nair & Co. was named among the top 100 outsourcing services providers in the world by the International Association of Outsourcing Professionals (IAOP). Learn more at www.nair-co.com

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Know more - international business expansion, International accounting services, Global HR services, expat tax advice

"It was just a stupid flashlight app. I only used it once. I had no idea it would nearly ruin my business."

Mobile processing is a convenience not only for merchants, but hackers and data thieves as well. Every day, thousands of malicious apps are downloaded through legitimate software stores, putting numerous merchant smartphones and tablets at risk for payment card theft. Join SecurityMetrics for 30 minutes for a discussion on the growing trend of mobile processing, its potential threat to small businesses, and how to protect merchants from mobile vulnerabilities.

Ready to get your marketing WORKING FOR YOU...
so you can spend time doing the work you love?

Join us for an informative Webinar...

3 Marketing Success Strategies - How To Break Through The Roadblocks To Getting More Clients!

Wednesday, May 22, 2013, at noon PT (3 PM ET, and 8 PM GMT)

Do you work way too hard at getting the clients you want? Ever feel that your marketing just isn't working the way it should?

I bet you've been trying all kinds of different approaches, from networking and advertising to social media and speaking. You spend hours and hours each week on marketing, plus quite a bit of money too, but your results are consistently disappointing. Yet all you really want is to spend more time working with your clients!

What will it take to really get the attention of your ideal prospects - and turn them into clients? You wish you'd find a way to make marketing easier and work better so you can finally focus on doing what you love to do... working with your clients!

I'm Sue Clement, and after working with solo entrepreneurs for the past 13 years, I know how tough getting enough clients can be. I've seen many business owners struggle with their marketing. Even I used to struggle with finding the right marketing strategies that consistently delivered. Sometimes they worked, and other times... not so well. With so many marketing techniques and tactics to choose from, you can run yourself ragged trying to figure out which ones will actually get the job done!

But it's not as complicated as it seems... most business owners are held back by three key roadblocks that keep them from getting enough clients for a thriving business. And chances are, so are you. But there's good news:

You CAN change your results, right now...

Join me for an informative webinar on Wednesday, May 22nd at 12:00pm PT (3:00pm ET, 8:00pm GMT) where I'll share my best tips to get unstuck and on the fast track to more clients and a thriving business.

Ready to move past your roadblocks? Just click below for more information and claim your spot on the webinar right now:

http://www.sueclement.com/ms9.php

Here's just some of what I'll be sharing...

* The 3 biggest roadblocks that hold back most business owners (including you) and how to get past them

* How to get clients to come to YOU so you can finally STOP chasing after them

* Which clients and opportunities you should turn down (Really!) to increase your income

* How to attract (and hold) the attention of your ideal prospects

* The key to getting the edge over your competitors

* The kind of marketing you should skip - and the kind you must do to grow your business (You'll get a much better return on your time and marketing dollars)

* The foolproof way to step off the "feast and famine" rollercoaster and get new prospects and clients consistently

Now it's your turn to break through your marketing challenges, end the struggle, and start thriving!

For more information and to claim your spot on the webinar right now, just click here:

http://www.sueclement.com/ms9.php

If you’re responsible for business license compliance, you want reassurance that all of your locations, products, and services are compliant with constantly changing business license requirements.

All businesses face some risk that licensing requirements have changed over the years since you initially licensed. But auditing the current licensing requirements for an age-old location is the furthest thing from your mind, and seemingly so time consuming and risky to do properly. Whether you’re identifying initial licensing oversights or discovering changes in regulations that have occurred over time, spotting and correcting gaps can help you ensure that your business operations are not disturbed by action or penalties from an affected licensing authority. And give you peace of mind.

Join Business Licenses, LLC audit and gap experts David Singer, Research Specialist, Lorraine Cody, JD, and Doug Starr, VP & Partner for a panel discussion which will walk you through the facts surrounding Audit and Gap Analysis, unfold some examples of high risk license compliance issues, and answer your questions.

You will learn:
• Why maintaining license compliance is critical
• Common business changes that create non-compliance
• Case studies of gradual compliance slippage
• Audit and gap analysis mechanics
• Licensing information resources
• License verification fundamentals
• Remediation tips and advice from our panel of experts

By registering, you’ll also receive a complimentary one-location gap analysis report using our automated License Determination Tool (LDT™). Register today to secure your space!

Sapience welcomes you to a 1-hour complimentary webinar on how to Increase Work Output by 20% - Effortlessly.

Find out why billion dollar global ISVs, India’s Top 10 IT providers, and companies in IT, Engineering, KPOs and Finance have deployed Sapience! Register for our free webinar to Boost your team Output by 20%.

SGS invites you to register for the complimentary webinar "EU Timber Regulation Update" on May 16, 2013.

The objective of this complimentary webinar (45-minute presentation / 15-minute Q&A) is to provide attendees with an update on the current implementation status of the European Union Timber Regulation. Since the last SGS EUTR Webinar in January 2012, the European Commission has published guidance for organizations in scope for the regulation. This guidance has clarified various aspects of the regulation and SGS is now in a position to pass this information to interested parties.

Agenda

The webinar will discuss further information about:
-EUTR Status Update
-Requirements for documentary evidence for compliance
-The role of certification in due diligence systems
-SGS Services to support compliance

For more information and to register, visit our EU Timber Regulation Update Webinar.

Overview: This webinar will discuss the Health Care Quality Improvement Act (HCQIA) in detail, including the standards that must be met to achieve immunity under the act. The HCQIA itself will be reviewed, including a detailed look at the Congressional purpose for the act. The legislative history of the act will be reviewed to gain an understanding of the intent of Congress in passing the act.

Specifically, there are four standards under the act that must be met. We will review each of these with an eye toward court interpretation of what actions an organization must take to achieve the protections granted by the act.
In the reasonable belief that the action was in the furtherance of quality health care
After a reasonable effort to obtain the facts of the matter
After adequate notice and hearing procedures are afforded to the physician involved or after such other procedures as are fair to the physician under the circumstances
In the reasonable belief that the action was warranted by the facts known after such reasonable effort to obtain facts and after meeting the [notice and hearing] requirement

Why should you attend: You should attend this webinar to gain an understanding of how the HCQIA protects your organization and those who participate in the peer review process in your organization, as well as gain an appreciation of the actions that are required to perfect the HCQIA immunity. Failure to take the appropriate actions and to follow the correct protocol can result in a disastrous situation.

Areas Covered in the Session:
The Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Legislative history of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act and the intent of Congress
Immunity under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Standards required to achieve immunity under the Health Care Quality Improvement Act
Review of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act by the courts

Who Will Benefit:
Chief Medical Officers
Hospital Administrators
Physicians
Quality Assurance Staff
Patient Safety Staff
Medical Staffs
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) hosts an online activity evaluation system, certificate and outcomes measurement process. Following the activity, you must link to CFMC’s online site (link below) to complete the evaluation form in order to receive your certificate of credit. Once the evaluation form is complete and submitted, you will be automatically sent a copy of your certificate via email. Please note, participants must attend the entire activity to receive all types of credit. Continuing Education evaluation and request for certificates will be accepted up to 60 days post activity date. CFMC will keep a record of attendance on file for 6 years. Link address to evaluation form: www.yourcesource.com/eval?act=754!05282013

William Mack Copeland MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics.

Copeland is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award in 2007.

Overview: The session will provide an overview of the Federal Civil False Claims Act (FCA) and how it works, the prohibitions of the Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS) and the physician anti-referral law (known as Stark II), and their available safe harbors. It will also show how violation of the AKS and/or Stark II can raise FCA concerns, and it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. In addition, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.

We will start with a review of the Federal False Claims Act and discuss how it works and how it is being used to fight health care fraud. We will discuss how the various health care fraud task forces use the Federal False Claims Act and its whistleblower provisions to identify and prosecute health care fraud. The webinar will take the Federal False Claims Act apart and show step by step how an action is filed, how the government responds and how the courts interpret various elements of the Act. We will discuss proof, damages under the Act and how the whistleblower is rewarded for bringing a successful case. In addition, we will discuss retaliation under the act and how the whistleblower is protected from retaliation. Finally, with regard to the Federal False Claims Act, we will discuss how the Act is being used in the health care arena.

In addition, we will discuss the OIG’s Joint Venture Advisory Opinion, where a hospital expands into a related service line by contracting with an existing provider of that service. The OIG has significant problems with such an arrangement. We will also discuss the recent advisory opinion by the OIG regarding Physician-Owned Entities. OIG views PODs as inherently suspect under the AKS because the opportunity for a referring physician to earn a profit, including through an investment in an entity for which he or she generates business, could constitute illegal remuneration under the AKS.

The focus will then turn to Stark II, with an emphasis on the exceptions and how to fit within and exception. While there are several exceptions, it is important to be able to meet the criteria of an exception. We will discuss these criteria, and the nuances that must be met.

Why should you attend: This session is designed for healthcare executives, physicians and other healthcare providers who participate in and receive remuneration from Medicare, Medicaid, and other federal healthcare programs such as TriCare. The session will provide an overview of the FCA and how it works, the prohibitions of AKS and Stark II, and their available safe harbors. It will also show how violation of the AKS and/or Stark II can raise FCA concerns. In addition, it will provide an assessment of enforcement activities, showing how participants may be at risk. Finally, the session will review recent cases and show how they potentially impact participants.

Areas Covered in the Session:
Federal False Claims Act (what it is and how it works)
Federal Civil Anti-Kickback Statute
Safe Harbors providing protection under the AKS
Federal Physician Self-Referral Law (including a review of the designated health services
Exceptions to Stark II
How the three statutes interface and pose dangers for healthcare providers

Who Will Benefit:
Hospital Executives
Particularly CEOs, COOs, CFOs, CNOs, and CMOs
Nursing home Executives
Physicians
Physician Practice Managers
Other Healthcare Provider Executives
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) hosts an online activity evaluation system, certificate and outcomes measurement process. Following the activity, you must link to CFMC’s online site (link below) to complete the evaluation form in order to receive your certificate of credit. Once the evaluation form is complete and submitted, you will be automatically sent a copy of your certificate via email. Please note, participants must attend the entire activity to receive all types of credit. Continuing Education evaluation and request for certificates will be accepted up to 60 days post activity date. CFMC will keep a record of attendance on file for 6 years. Link address to evaluation form: www.yourcesource.com/eval?act=753!05142013

William Mack Copeland MS, JD, PhD, LFACHE, practices health care law in Cincinnati at the firm of Copeland Law, LLC. He is also president of Executive & Managerial Development Group, a consulting entity providing compliance and other fraud and abuse related services. A graduate of Northern Kentucky University Salmon P. Chase College of Law, Bill is a frequent author and speaker on health law topics.

Copeland is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, American, Ohio and Cincinnati Bar Associations and is a life fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives. He was awarded the American College of Health Care Executives Senior-Level Healthcare Executive Regent’s Award in 2007.

Overview: In its Declaration on Patient-Centered Healthcare, The International Alliance of Patients' Organizations (IAPO) states that the essence of patient-centered healthcare is that the healthcare system is designed and delivered to address the healthcare needs and preferences of patients so that healthcare is appropriate and cost-effective. The Declaration sets out five principles of patient-centered healthcare: respect; choice and empowerment; patient involvement in health policy; access and support and information.

Why should you attend: Patient-centered care replaces current physician centered system with one that revolves around the patient-physician as a team. Effective care is generally defined by or in consultation with patients rather than by physician dependent tools or standards.

It is well established now that one can in fact improve the quality of health care and reduce the costs at the same time. This is exactly the principle behind the growing movement toward patient-centered care. Physicians practicing patient-centered care improve their patients' clinical outcomes and satisfaction rates by improving the quality of the doctor-patient relationship, while at the same time decreasing the utilization of diagnostic testing, prescriptions, hospitalizations, and referrals. Patient-centered practitioners focus on improving different aspects of the patient-physician interaction by employing measurable skills and behaviors. This type of care can be employed by physicians in any specialty, and it is effective across disease types.

Areas Covered in the Session:
Mission of patient centered care
IAPO attributes of patient-centered care
Process priorities
Cultural priorities
Human factors priorities for care givers
Equipment and supplies priorities
Co-ordination of care from the patient perspectives
Obstacles To Patient-Centered Care
Assessment by patients
An example of a patient care survey

Who Will Benefit:
Physicians
Chief Medical Officers
Senior Leaders
Nurses
Department Clinicians such as Radiology, Surgery, Emergency Medicine
Quality Assurance staff
Patient Safety staff
Pharmacy staff
Colorado Foundation for Medical Care (CFMC) hosts an online activity evaluation system, certificate and outcomes measurement process. Following the activity, you must link to CFMC’s online site (link below) to complete the evaluation form in order to receive your certificate of credit. Once the evaluation form is complete and submitted, you will be automatically sent a copy of your certificate via email. Please note, participants must attend the entire activity to receive all types of credit. Continuing Education evaluation and request for certificates will be accepted up to 60 days post activity date. CFMC will keep a record of attendance on file for 6 years. Link address to evaluation form: www.yourcesource.com/eval?act=751!05072013

Dev Raheja, MS,CSP, A respected and sought out expert on hospital safety, author of Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation draws on his 25 years of experience as a risk management and quality assurance consultant to provide hospital stakeholders with a systematic way to learn the science of safe care. He teaches “Quality Improvement Methods in Healthcare” for the BBA program in Healthcare Management at Florida Tech University. He has written over 20 articles on healthcare quality and safety, and is a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives.