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Inside HR: Making the job offer
Catherine Iste Business Management, Services & Risk ManagementA client of mine is posting for a director-level position at a real estate development and property management firm. The company posted the job on their website, LinkedIn and Indeed. In less than a week, they received more than 60 qualified applicants. They only need one person. This is the story of how they got there. The screening process reduced the field down to four candidates. We then scheduled and completed interviews. Next, it was time to make a job offer.
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Affordable Care Act faces more hurdles in coming months
Rosemary Sparacio Medical & Allied HealthcareThe Affordable Care Act has survived one repeal attempt in the Supreme Court, as well as more than 50 repeal attempts by the House of Representatives and the Senate. However, President Barack Obama's signature legislation faces yet another significant challenge to its existence.
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Providers plan to pursue Medicare’s chronic care management program
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationKryptiq, a Beaverton, Ore.-based developer of population health management technology, conducted a benchmark survey to gauge providers' pursuit of the newly available payments in light of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services starting to reimburse providers last Jan. 1.
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Telehealth’s true success starts behind the scenes
Karen R. Thomas Healthcare AdministrationFor the last few years, telehealth has been one of the biggest buzzwords in the healthcare industry. With recent predictions indicating that the number of patients using telehealth will hit 7 million by the year 2018, businesses are scrambling to create devices that can keep up with the high demand.
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Doctors continue to hate their jobs — Is the ACA to blame?
Scott E. Rupp Medical & Allied HealthcareIn news that we likely all knew (or had an inkling of), physicians are less happy than they have been or could be, a new survey suggests. There are a number of reasons for the lack of job satisfaction, including bureaucracy and a greater focus on technology and data entry, but the data reflected here — in a recent survey from the healthcare solutions group Geneia — is nothing new. Headlines have been gathering for some time that suggest similar results.
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The use of bed-side ultrasound is growing — but are ERs ready?
Dr. Afsaneh Motamed-Khorasani Medical & Allied HealthcareUltrasonographic investigation, in its traditional approach, involves many steps and multiple professionals, including radiologists and certified sonographers. This approach might not be necessarily helpful for critically-ill patients and immediate patient management.
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Networking: The importance of the follow-up
Jarod Carter Healthcare AdministrationMy previous article covered my general approach to networking and the methods I use at networking events. Again, networking was absolutely vital in getting my cash practice going strong quickly. And something that works well enough to get people to go out of network for physical therapy will usually work even better for a traditional insurance-based practice.
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Survey: HHS regulations are squeezing health IT professionals
Scott E. Rupp Healthcare AdministrationNew research suggests that the regulatory demands imposed by the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) are likely having a negative impact on health IT professionals. As many as 60 percent of polled healthcare IT professionals feel that government regulations are leading to the decline of their industry.
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What does the future hold for Nina Pham?
Joan Spitrey Medical & Allied HealthcareOn March 2, nurse Nina Pham filed a lawsuit against her employer, Texas Health Resources, for negligent training and a violation of privacy in the wake of the Ebola incident in Dallas. Pham helped take care of Thomas Eric Duncan, who walked into a Dallas community hospital infected with the Ebola virus he contracted in Liberia, and she became the first person to contract Ebola in the United States.
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Are you getting all you can out of medical tax breaks?
Monica Gomez Medical & Allied HealthcareAs tax season is upon us, it's time to get your financial documents in order, and that includes everything related to last year's medical expenses. With the continually rising costs of medical expenses for the American family, it makes sense to take advantage of as many medical tax breaks as possible, which oftentimes are overlooked.
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