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If You Want to be Happy on Thanksgiving, be Grateful

It is NOT happiness that makes us grateful, it is gratefulness that makes us happy.happy-thanksgiving-nov16

So says David Steindl-Rast in his very cool TED talk especially poignant this Thanksgiving week.

We are all  grateful we have First World problems — like when is my new iPhone 15 arriving?  🙂

We here at Bill Police are definitely happy because we have great clients, committed partners and highly valued employees.  We are extremely grateful for the gift of all of those things from which has come great friends, great memories and lots of laughs.

Still Protecting Your Wireless Rights and Thankful for it—- especially this week.

How Much Data are Your Users Using? Here’s a Few Quick Tips

Data Usage

What are your users doing when they are eating up gobs of data?

Data Consumption — for different types of files — is not created equal. Below is a helpful table to show you what you get from your data usage:

So what is that user who is saying they are using their 35 GB for “business use” must mean they are sending about 12 million emails each month —  or looking at about 21,000 web views.

Perhaps not a big deal if you dont worry about cost or productivity but the user who is using this 35 GB per month with an overage rate of $10 or $15 per GB, these users can be costing you about $500 a month on average.  

To help you gauge what you’re using in a day, here are some additional averages:

..0003 GB = text only email

.002 GB = visiting one webpage

.06 GB  = listening to 60 minutes of music

2 GB = watching 60 minutes of video

.009 GB = using GPS for 60 minutes

Text Usage

For texting, messages are measured as events rather than in kb and are charged per address (recipient) sent or received.

One message sent to one person = one event

One message sent to 10 persons = 10 events

The text messages show up as a tally on the wireless bill as the number sent and received. Wireless plans vary, with some putting a ceiling on the number of texts per month to unlimited options.

By understanding how much data and messaging you use in an average month, it positions you well for selecting the right plan to meet your needs to help you save time and money.

If you have questions about saving your company money through the auditing, optimizing, or managing of your wireless services, please click here to contact The Bill Police.

Still Protecting Your Wireless Rights…

Electronic Visit Verification: What you need to know

What’s new

Electronic Visit Verification (EVV) has been a requirement since January 2020 for personal care services and now will be mandated for Home Health Service by January 2023.

Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 12006 of the Cures Act (Pub. L. No. 114-255) and further amended by Public Law No. 115-222, stipulates that states will be subject to a reduction in Federal Medical Assistance Percentages (FMAP) if they do not implement Electronic Visit Verification for home healthcare services by January 1, 2023, 

Why it matters:

Section 12006 of the 21st Century Cures Act requires all state Medicaid agencies implement an EVV solution for Personal Care and Home Health services. States that do not implement EVV will incur a reduction of Federal funding.

Where can i get more information:

The Medicaid.gov contains all necessary information here. You can find this complete table at the Medicaid site.

Snippet of Medicaid requirements for EVV

How can Bill Police Help?

We have been helping businesses — especially in Healthcare — manage their wireless devices and cost for over 20 years. We can evaluate your wireless process and assist in getting the necessary protocols in place to track and manage visits.

Please contact us here for more information

Beware Verizon Business Customers: a new “Economic Adjustment Charge” is coming to a device near you

Whats New?

Verizon has just helped itself to some new revenue sponsored by……YOU! They have added a new Administrative charge to help their bottom line and you will be the one paying for it.

How much will it cost?

Starting in June 16th 2022, Verizon will be adding $2.20 per Smartphone and $.98 for Tablets or Data only devices.

What are the details?

Verizon will implement a new “Economic Adjustment Charge” of $2.20 per line/per month for smartphones and/or data lines on plans that have recently been activated or upgraded, completed a “contract-based line term,” or have 12 months or less remaining on a device payment plan. For business accounts, tablets and non-smartphones will cost .98 cents per month. Both changes come into effect on June 16, 2022.

The new surcharges are only applicable to existing lines (lines activated before 5/16/2022) that meet the following conditions;

• If the line existed BEFORE 5/16/2022 AND is currently out of contract: line contract has expired, no current device installment, or line was activated without a contract (BYOD)

• If the line existed BEFORE 5/16/2022 AND has a current device installment agreement, and has 12 months or less remaining on the agreement.

• Lines that existed prior to 5/16/2022 and are currently in contract (or have more than 12 months remaining on their existing installment agreement) will not be charged the surcharge. However, once the line is upgraded – it will start to be billed the monthly surcharge.

• Lines that are activated on 5/16/2022 and moving forward will be subject to the surcharge, regardless of the contract status.

Why is Verizon doing this?

Verizon states, “From time to time, we review and make adjustments to fees to defray some of Verizon’s administrative and telco expenses and costs of complying with regulatory requirements.” Tami Erwin, the Head of Verizon Business stated, “We’re all feeling the pressure and we’ve been in the process of deciding how much of that pressure we can share with our clients.” 

What can i do about it?

Government and Non-Profit accounts have been the only organizations that are exempt. We have assisted customers to see if they are on a State Contract or can be listed as a Non-Profit with an exemption form. This may assist in getting those charges removed.

This is not a negotiable charge. It is just for the privledge of having Verizon as a carrier.

Please let us know if Bill Police can help you transition to an exempt account type. Contact us here.

Because we are ….Still Protecting Your Wireless Rights…….

Verizon MyBiz Portal Outage

As of this afternoon, this issue looks to have been resolved….because we are Still Protecting Your Wireless Rights…..

To all of our Verizon Customers, Verizon is having a widespread problem with business logins. We are working with Verizon to determine resolution.

In some cases, opening an incognito window before logging in has been successful but not reliably.

Bill Police will update here as we learn more.

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