It comes naturally to want to help your patients; especially the ones struggling to get by on a meager income or retirement. At first blush, it may make sense to waive the patient portion of a medical bill after the insurance has paid. But before you waive a patient's financial responsibility, consider the legal consequences of doing so.

It comes naturally to want to help your patients; especially the ones struggling to get by on a meager income or retirement. At first blush, it may make sense to waive the patient portion of a medical bill after the insurance has paid. But before you waive a patient's financial responsibility, consider the legal consequences of doing so.

Just how safe is the cloud and can we trust online software to keep sensitive medical billing data secure from a breach? In theory, the cloud is supposed to do little other than make our lives simpler; but in reality it can absolutely drive us nuts (not-so-scary) and leave us open to cyber threats from malicious thugs (very scary).