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• Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act: The basics for providers

  Jessica Belle Healthcare Administration

  On Nov. 13, the departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued the final rules implementing the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA). This Act requires that group health plans that offer mental health or substance use disorder benefits apply the same type of financial requirements (deductibles, co-insurance) and treatment limitations (number of visits, scope of treatment) that the plan applies to medical and surgical benefits.

• Why HealthCare.gov should have been a mobile app

  Alex Bratton Healthcare Administration

  ​Of all the problems with the ​HealthCare.gov site, perhaps the most baffling is why it was created as a website in the first place. The main target of the HealthCare.gov website is young, healthy millennials, those aged 18 to 29 years old. Since millennials don't run up big healthcare bills, their monthly premiums will subsidize the insurance benefits of nearly 4.3 million older and less healthy Americans.

• Get more benefit from your benefits

  Michael J. Berens Association Management

  In my many years of conducting and analyzing member satisfaction surveys, I was always baffled by how few members were aware of, much less took advantage of, an association's member benefits. Recruitment materials usually list a plethora of discounts, privileges and affiliations exclusive to members as an enticement to join. Yet, the record shows that most members do not take advantage of most benefits — either because they are not aware of them or because they don't perceive them as having special value.

• 10 tips to help your clients help themselves

  Heidi Dawson Sports & Fitness

  Successful treatment of an injury or pain condition comes down to a working partnership between the therapist and the client. Each person has to keep to his/her end of the deal to achieve the desired result. Here are my top 10 tips for helping your clients to understand the importance of their own efforts, feel empowered into helping themselves and for aiding even the busiest or most forgetful client in getting their homework done.

• Does diversity matter in medical training?

  Jonathan Ryan Batson Medical & Allied Healthcare

  ​Maybe I was wrong as to think that diversity matters in the sociocultural melting pot of the United States. Maybe we were all wrong. Am I now doomed to believe that diverse thought and experiences, which shape lives to create new innovations and remove inequalities from the status quo, does not really matter? Maybe not. Maybe the approach to diversity is wrong.

• Clock is ticking: New acetaminophen combo limitations coming soon

  Jason Poquette Pharmaceutical

  Beginning next month, manufacturers of combination prescription products containing acetaminophen are expected to limit their APAP content to no more than 325 mg per dose. The significance of this is that many narcotic combination products currently being dispensed will soon no longer be compliant with these guidelines. The guidelines do not impact any OTC acetaminophen products or combinations.

• Beyond CSR reports: The real value of multistakeholder engagement

  Lucy Wallwork Natural Resources

  The oil and gas industry has a new buzzword: multistakeholder engagement. It regularly adorns the pages of corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports, and companies such as Tullow Oil are holding forums in its name. But what exactly does it mean? And can — and should — it go beyond the pages of those reports and make a meaningful difference to how firms do business?

• Pharmaceutical industry exerts influence on statin guidelines

  Dr. Jonathan Kaplan Medical & Allied Healthcare

  On Nov. 12, the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) came out with their 2013 guidelines for who should and should not be on statin therapy to lower their bad cholesterol levels. When I saw them, I was surprised by the recommendations of widespread expansion of statin use. The new guidelines recommended what amounts to one-third of American adults being placed on cholesterol-lowering statins. To me, this smacked of industry influence because it was so obvious that one particular industry would benefit greatly from these recommendations. Maybe I was being paranoid. So I decided to do a little research.

• 8 exercises for strengthening your business writing

  Joe Latta Communications

  Writing skills are essential for today's business professionals. Don't believe me? Consider this: A study from data services provider SunGard found that approximately 90 percent of business communications are now via electronic text. That's right, whether you're an accountant, architect, advisor or administrator, writing is a key part of your job.

• Articulate leadership no guarantee for effective organizational communication

  Mike Wokasch Business Management, Services & Risk Management

  As a society, we admire, applaud and follow articulate people who help us understand, who inspire us and who project a future of possibilities that sound better than what we have today. This skill is essential for helping a group or organization identify "what could be" while aligning people and their beliefs to work toward a common goal. Articulate leaders can also verbally resolve differences, dispel untruths and keep the naysayer at bay. So why do they sometimes struggle to get anything done?

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