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3 Strategies for Physician Suicide Prevention
Lena J. Weiner, April 24, 2017
Ignoring physician suicide won't make it go away.
What the Crackdown on Painkiller Prescribing Means for HR
Lena J. Weiner, April 10, 2017
When hospitals and health systems are implicated in legal cases, it can hurt reputations, morale, and the bottom line. Here's what HR can do to minimize the damage.
Direct Care and the High Cost of Low Wages
Lena J. Weiner, April 3, 2017
Direct care is one of the fastest growing areas of healthcare employment, but low wages, nonexistent benefits, and a lack of opportunity for advancement threaten to jeopardize outcomes and disrupt quality of care.
Preparing for the Worst: HR's Role
Lena J. Weiner, March 27, 2017
HR can be the make-or-break factor in a hospital's disaster preparedness plan. One emergency management professional explains how.
How Wellness Plans Will Fare Under the Trump Administration
Lena J. Weiner, March 20, 2017
What does the future of workplace wellness programs look like under the GOP's plan to replace the ACA? Look for consumer-driven growth, says one expert.

With McCain out, McConnell still plans a Senate healthcare vote next week

USA Today, July 21, 2017

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is still expected to hold a vote to proceed on some form of legislation to repeal Obamacare next week, despite the fact that Sen. John McCain likely won’t be back in Washington to cast his vote.

Actively Licensed Physicians Up 12%

John Commins, July 20, 2017

In the past six years, the actively licensed U.S. physician-to-population ratio increased from 277 physicians per 100,000-population to 295 physicians per 100,000-population.

CBO: 22 million would lose coverage under Senate ObamaCare replacement

The Hill, July 20, 2017

About 22 million people would lose health insurance coverage over the next decade under the most recent revision of the Senate’s ObamaCare replacement bill, according to a new Congressional Budget Office analysis.

Economic Pressures Weigh on Specialty Physician Compensation

Debra Beaulieu, July 20, 2017

While a handful of specialists saw pay increases of 7% or more, compensation stayed fairly flat overall, according to American Medical Group Association consultants.

Edward Marx to Become New Cleveland Clinic CIO

Alexandra Wilson Pecci, July 20, 2017

His focus will be on the ‘Patients First’ culture.

Ask the Experts: Nurses Strikes

Strategies for Nurse Managers, July 20, 2017

Labor disputes between nurses and hospitals are nothing new, but over the past few years we’ve seen a lot of national news stories about nurses going on strikes, so we asked the experts for advice.

Health insurers brace for new uncertainty after GOP bill’s collapse

The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2017

For the health-care system, it’s back to square one. Insurers, hospitals and state officials are facing the prospect that the Affordable Care Act will remain the law of the land for now at least, but they also are left with huge questions about how key aspects of the law...

How the Senate healthcare bill failed: GOP divisions and a fed-up President

The New York Times, July 19, 2017

The Senate bill known as BCRA had virtually no support from healthcare, insurance, patient advocate and disease groups, and was harshly judged by the Congressional Budget Office. At the annual meeting of the American Hospital Association in May, Mr. Schumer, the Senate...

GOP backup plan on health care quickly runs aground in Senate

AJC.com, July 19, 2017

Republican efforts to pass legislation to overhaul the Obama health law quickly collapsed on Tuesday, as more than enough GOP Senators signaled that they would not support a plan from Senate leaders to pass a plan to repeal large chunks of Obamacare, but not immediately...

'Let Obamacare fail,' Trump says after GOP health care plan collapses

The Chicago Tribune, July 19, 2017

President Donald Trump declared Tuesday it's time to "let Obamacare fail" after the latest GOP health care plan crashed and burned in the Senate, a stunning failure for the president, Republican leader Mitch McConnell and a party that has vowed for years to abolish the...

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