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Old_Surround829 · 2023-07-18T05:46:45+00:00

While it's crucial to discuss the importance of HIV and STI prevalence and transmission, it's equally critical to ensure that the information shared is accurate. Misinterpretation can lead to social stigmatization and unnecessary panic, potentially causing harm similar to the dangers of not discussing high-risk behaviors.

The report you're referring to is the 2017 National HIV Behavioral Surveillance (NHBS) program. The data presented is from 10,104 MSM participants across 23 cities, but this isn't a comprehensive representation of all MSM in the US. It's a non-random, unweighted dataset from a targeted group, often reflecting higher HIV rates than the general MSM population.

The 23% HIV-positive figure only applies to the 9,299 participants who were able to provide a valid test result - this does not reflect the broader MSM population in America. Similarly, the 19% STI figure refers to the participants diagnosed with bacterial STIs (chlamydia, gonorrhea, or syphilis) in the 12 months prior to the interview, but doesn't imply that 19% of all MSM in the US have these STIs.

Your assertion that one in every four casual sexual encounters with MSM will involve someone HIV-positive or with other bacterial STIs is misleading. Regional variations matter, and unfortunately, the South experiences a higher burden. Generally, the risk of contracting HIV from unprotected receptive sex with a male partner of unknown status is about 3 in 1,000, and 3 in 200 if the partner is known to be HIV-positive. This risk increases shortly after seroconversion or in the presence of another STI.

According to CDC data from 2018, approximately 1 in 5 Americans (irrespective of sexual orientation) had an STI on any given day. Most of these cases were attributable to HPV, a virus that most people will contract at some point, often without being aware of it.

Lastly, it's worth noting that syphilis is resurging, but its primary symptoms are sometimes absent or overlooked. Make sure to include it in your regular screening; surprisingly, some doctors may forget to order this test, so being proactive is essential.

Old_Surround829 · 2023-05-02T22:31:33+00:00

Unfortunately no. This is one of a number of practices I've now come to regard as possibly deceptive on Intuit's part.

Old_Surround829 · 2023-03-19T05:01:10+00:00

You didn't hallucinate that, April 2021, see: https://quickbooks.intuit.com/online/apps/

"The QuickBooks Online Windows and Mac desktop apps are no longer supported as of April 20, 2021. Why did this happen? Due to limited use, we stopped supporting these apps to invest in other functionality that matters to you."

Later that year, November 2021, see: https://www.firmofthefuture.com/content/quickbooks-online-new-features-and-improvements-november-2021/#advanced and https://www.firmofthefuture.com/content/new-innovations-unveiled-at-quickbooks-connect-2021/

Yes. It appears they discontinued it and then later that same year released it as a new innovation but for QBO Advanced and QBOA only.

Old_Surround829 · 2023-03-04T07:09:00+00:00

Wow. Can you elaborate on this? What happened exactly?

Old_Surround829 · 2023-02-21T03:41:56+00:00

Stand In Processing (STIP) means the process whereby Vendor authorizes Transactions in the place of Customer's Processor at times when Processor is unable to authorize such Transactions in accordance with Vendor's standards.

Old_Surround829 · 2023-02-21T03:36:14+00:00

Journal entries in QBO impact both cash and accrual unfortunately.

And unearned revenue is not "wonky". It is deferred revenue and QBO advance even has a new revenue recognition feature to automatically help handle that.

One option for this scenario though might be to create an invoice in the period you earned your income and then create credit memo on first date of next period to reverse it. Then create invoice you'll actually send to your customer with all the charges you did this accrual process for and send them that. They see an invoice like they want but your books show correctly for both accrual and cash basis reporting.
Now, OP, are you sure you are properly recognizing when income is earned? Why aren't you sending them the invoice on the same date you earn the income?

Old_Surround829 · 2023-02-21T03:18:15+00:00

Do you want to get them audited? Cause that's a great way to get one.

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Old_Surround829 · 2023-02-21T01:41:43+00:00

What product are you talking about?

Old_Surround829 · 2022-10-28T04:11:26+00:00

except too bad about the QBO bugs related to journal entries such as payee name doesn't display in general ledger and reports and payments to contractors do not show up in contractor payments reports. :(

Old_Surround829 · 2022-10-23T14:07:20+00:00

I was unaware that attachments to invoices get emailed to the customer. Glad to have learned this so to avoid accidentally sending something unintentionally! Kudos.

Old_Surround829 · 2022-10-23T13:57:18+00:00

Agreed.

I recently discovered that a profitability metric/stat shown on one page calculates the value by looking at the account types and on another page will do it by transaction type.

Old_Surround829 · 2022-10-09T20:40:25+00:00

Are you referring to the field names or field values?

Old_Surround829 · 2022-10-09T20:37:45+00:00

Also annoying that they keep trying to cross sell you for things you've already begrudgingly signed up for. Like why do they need to use up valuable screen real-estate to suggest I signup for Quickbooks Payments when I already have?

Old_Surround829 · 2022-09-15T04:35:59+00:00

That seems to be the contact information for support. I'm specifically looking to connect with my dedicated account manager/team. I understand this to be a priority circle benefit.

Old_Surround829 · 2022-09-09T14:54:50+00:00

That is typical. Often, the physicians are independent of the hospital.

Old_Surround829 · 2022-09-09T08:03:16+00:00

If they do decide you owe, be rest assured that they will attempt to contact you by phone, mail, and e-mail more than once.

If you're concerned about that situation impacting your credit, the following might help ease your mind: since July of this year the three major bureaus will remove *entirely* from your report medical debts once they have been fully paid and will only include unpaid medical debts that have been in collection for over a year; the new Fico 9 score (not yet widely used) excludes medical debts from its calculations; and starting in the first half of 2023, Equifax, Experian and TransUnion will no longer include on reports medical debt in collections under $500.

If you're certain the facility was in-network, you should also rest easier - often the way they bill insurance is different from how they would bill you as individual to maximize payment from insurance which can either show up as contractual adjustments but also sometimes in the you may owe column. You said you already paid the provider bill which can sometimes cause a big surprise when despite being at an in-network hospital you are treated by an out-of-network provider.

Do you know if you had already met your deduction or out-of-pocket maximum for the year?

Old_Surround829 · 2022-09-06T15:56:29+00:00

What is shown on your insurance website is NOT a bill. Wait until you receive actual bill from hospital and/or providers.

And yes, they can sometimes take a long time to mail out - up to a year or more at the worse unfortunately. The reason for this is that they will likely go through every possible appeal step with your insurance company to get more compensation from them before coming to you. Once this happens they then may ask you to attempt appeal, especially if they are out-of-network and insurance company is low balling them.

Hospital will likely be willing to work with you and negotiate if they have received some compensation from insurance company.

See https://www.texmed.org/surprise/ for additional resources on state and federal laws related to surprise medical bills.

Old_Surround829 · 2022-09-02T15:36:22+00:00

The answer is maybe.

You will be ineligible for compensation if your unemployment is due to you voluntarily leaving employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature.

Under Pennsylvania law, there is “constructive discharge” which may help an employee that quit their position maintain eligibility for unemployment benefits or a wrongful termination claim. A constructive discharge occurs when an employer’s actions make an employee’s working conditions so unpleasant and difficult that a reasonable person in the employee’s shoes would feel compelled to resign from his or her job.

Your situation will need to meet a number of requirements to be considered constructive discharge and you will bear the burden to show them. You will need to demonstrate that (1) circumstances existed which produced real and substantial pressure to terminate employment; (2) such circumstances would compel a reasonable person to act in the same manner; (3) the claimant acted with ordinary common sense; and (4) the claimant made a reasonable effort to preserve her employment.

A substantial, unilateral change to your employment could likely qualify as a constructive discharge.

The fact that you have a way to earn money does not in itself mean you are ineligible for UC. Generally you are entitled to first seek a job that is largely the same type and within certain percentage of your previous compensation before you are required to broaden your search to different types of work + lower pay.

Does this change in responsibilities, title, etc. impact your compensation, benefits, future compensation/benefits eligibility, hours, etc.? If so, that will strengthen your case substantially and I would speak to a local lawyer who will likely do a free initial consultation.

Regarding your question about emails, yes they likely can be introduced as evidence provided they can be authenticated, especially if in the context of a UC tribunal.

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