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Virtual care for surgical subspecialties

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Virtual care for surgical subspecialties

As a 4th-year neurosurgery resident, I’ve tried to sink my heels into every aspect of neurosurgical care in order to harness the skills, the knowledge, and the confidence to know that I’ll be ready to provide exceptional care to my own patients at the end of seven years of training. If you asked me before…

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A Cash-Out Refinance For Quarantine Projects

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on A Cash-Out Refinance For Quarantine Projects

We’re all stuck inside right now.  If you’re looking around the house and deciding that there are parts of it that you want to change, there’s really never been a better time to get it done.  Do-it-yourself projects abound in this situation.  The best way to fund these efforts is with a Cash-Out Refinance. Word…

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Low-Income Workers Without Children May Miss Out On The Coronavirus Rebates

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Low-Income Workers Without Children May Miss Out On The Coronavirus Rebates

To get the coronavirus rebates in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act this year, most people will have to file an income…

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Swiss Re’s Vita Capital VI mortality bond on negative watch on Covid-19: S&P

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Swiss Re’s Vita Capital VI mortality bond on negative watch on Covid-19: S&P

The first catastrophe bond rating action due to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic is unsurprisingly related to one of the few mortality cat bonds left in the market, Swiss Re’s late 2015 Vita Capital VI Limited (Series 2015-1) transaction, which has been put on a negative watch by S&P Global Ratings. The Vita Capital VI excess…

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Doctors in harm’s way: The stage was set for a PPE shortage long before COVID-19

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Doctors in harm’s way: The stage was set for a PPE shortage long before COVID-19

When the COVID-19 pandemic is finally over, health care providers around the world will be asking themselves how we got here. Buying PPE off eBay. Soliciting the public to sew masks. While, as a country, we could have been better prepared, it would not have been practical to stockpile the 3.5 billion masks that HHS…

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Some coronavirus stimulus checks may not arrive until September

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Some coronavirus stimulus checks may not arrive until September

Some people counting on $1,200 stimulus checks from the government may not see the money until mid-September, according to a House Ways and Means Committee analysis. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/some-coronavirus-stimulus-checks-may-not-arrive-until-september

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Leading a 100-percent remote workforce

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Leading a 100-percent remote workforce

For years now, my CPA firm has had the ability to work remotely. Never, though, did I consider a scenario where everyone would be working from home for weeks on end. Original Article Posted at : https://www.accountingtoday.com/opinion/leading-a-100-percent-remote-workforce

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How Pumping Gas Puts You at Risk for Coronavirus

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on How Pumping Gas Puts You at Risk for Coronavirus

Every time you grab a pump handle at the gas station, you could be transferring germs from dozens of other drivers’ hands to your own skin. It’s not the usual blah, blah, blah. Click here to sign up for our free newsletter. Most of the year, you probably give that reality little thought. But the…

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Health care workers are precious jewels. Treat them as such.

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Health care workers are precious jewels. Treat them as such.

An emergency room physician, who I interviewed recently, rented an Airbnb to protect his wife from the virus. He is now separated from his family, alone and fighting to keep safe in New York City, with limited resources and PPE  or personal protection equipment. When we turn what is vital to our physician’s protection into an…

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Bermuda re/insurers pay $19bn of wildfire & typhoon claims in three years

By Angelica | Apr 3, 2020 | Comments Off on Bermuda re/insurers pay $19bn of wildfire & typhoon claims in three years

Insurance and reinsurance firms located in Bermuda have paid a huge $19 billion of claims for losses caused by California or Australia wildfires and Japanese typhoons in just the last three years. The California wildfires of the last three years and the Japanese typhoons of the last two have been some of the biggest events…

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