IS THE ECONOMIC STIMULUS MONEY REALLY PROVIDING STIMULUS FOR PRODUCTIVITY?

July 19, 2010

We’ve written many articles on our various Silkin Management Group blog sites about the economy, the Administration’s economic stimulus program and how that affects small businesses. As all of Silkin Management Group’s clients are small businesses, we like to keep an eye on this activity.
Silkin Management Group is located in Portland, Oregon. $3.9 [...]

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WHAT IS THE HEALTH OF MY BANK

July 12, 2010

Although Silkin Management Group is not an expert on the status of the banking system, we certainly are interested in the health of the banks we deal with and that our clients use. In fact we do get asked by Silkin clients if we know how to determine the health of banks given the [...]

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MORE MARKETING TIPS

July 1, 2010

In yesterday’s Silkin Management Group blog article, which you can access here http://blog.silkinmanagementgroup.com, we introduced two marketing tips that we use with Silkin Management Group clients (who are primarily single doctor owner/practitioners in a variety of fields such as dentistry, veterinary medicine and optometry). Most of our clients are interested in increasing the number of [...]

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FURTHER DATA ON THE NEW REGULATIONS FOR EXISTING HEALTH CARE PLANS

June 24, 2010

We’ve written recent articles on the problems small businesses may soon experience with existing health care plans as a result of the new guidelines put out by the Obama Administration. You can read these previous articles on two of Silkin Management Group’s blog sites: http://practicemanagementblog.blogspot.com/2010/06/new-rules-for-existing-health-care.html & http://silkinmanagementgroup.blogspot.com/2010/06/more-information-on-new-rules-for.html
The following is a short summary of this [...]

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WHY ARE SOME STATES SUING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVER THE HEALTH CARE REFORM BILL?

June 17, 2010

Anyone who has been reading our various Silkin Management Group blog sites knows that we’ve been writing for months about various aspects of the health care reform bill and its effects on small business. (Silkin Management Group clients are all small businesses.)
Many of you may be aware that some states decided to sue the federal [...]

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WHAT IF AN EMPLOYEE WORE A KNIFE TO WORK?

June 9, 2010

One of the most frequent areas of concern for new Silkin Management Group clients is dealing with employees. Who to hire, how to train them, what should written office policies and job descriptions look like, who do you fire and how, how do you deal with discrimination and harassment, etc. are the common areas [...]

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HOW DOES THE HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION AFFECT GROUP HEALTH CARE PLANS?

June 2, 2010

Part 2
Yesterday, on this Silkin Management Group blog site, which you can link to here: www.silkinmanagementgroup.blogspot.com, we discussed some of the aspects of the new health care legislation relative to how it affects group health plans. All of Silkin’s clients are small businesses and many of them have group plans. Therefore wanted to relay [...]

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MORE INFO ON THE INTRUSIVE PAPER WORK HIDDEN IN THE NEW HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION

May 25, 2010

On several of our Silkin Management Group blog sites, we’ve posted articles about what was once a hidden and unknown portion of the health care legislation that has nothing to do with health care. This hidden stipulation requires all businesses to file 1099’s for every purchase of over $600 with any and every company [...]

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THERE ARE SOME GOOD LAWYERS AROUND!

May 19, 2010

Silkin Management Group has worked with thousands of clients in the health care profession throughout the United States and Canada for close to 30 years. One of the areas that we continually train and consult our clients in is dealing with employees. Hiring the right staff is a technology unto itself. Hiring the wrong [...]

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MARKETING – HOW TO TELL PEOPLE WHO YOU ARE

May 12, 2010

In many of our past articles on various Silkin Management Group blog sites, we’ve presented educational information on marketing, including some articles by Bruce Wiseman, President of On Target Research, a marketing survey company from Los Angeles. Both Silkin Management Group itself as well as Silkin Management Group clients have used On Target [...]

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