While the rest of the economy continues to stagnate, it looks like healthcare will be one of the most productive job-creation engines in 2012. Patient and practitioner demographics will combine with healthcare system changes to create healthcare jobs month after month. Healthcare has been a rare bright spot in the job market for the past… Read more »
Posts Tagged: healthcare reform
What Is The “Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine” and How Will It Affect Healthcare Executives?
A U.S. legal doctrine that holds corporate officers liable for company wrongdoing has been invoked in some recent high-profile healthcare prosecutions. The “responsible corporate officer” doctrine allows for prison terms of up to one year for misdemeanor violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, but in the past, defendants have received only probation…. Read more »
Healthcare Organizations Urge Congressional Super Committee Members Not to Cut Medicaid and Medicare Funding
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) United Long Term Care Workers (ULTCW) and a group of partner organizations recently sent an open letter to the members of the Congressional Super Committee working on deficit reduction, calling on Committee members to use their “conscience as their compass” when deliberating solutions to the national debt. SEIU ULTCW’s major… Read more »
High Student Loans Push Doctors from Primary Care Positions
The average college graduate owes about $24,000 in student loans, but a medical school graduate owes up to twelve times as much — about $280,000. With that much debt, many young doctors are choosing to enter more lucrative specialties like dermatology or cardiology over primary care. Why? The numbers add up better. While the average… Read more »
ACOs – How They Will Work
In our last post, we discussed the basics of ACOs: what they are and why they have become such a hot topic in the healthcare industry. Before ACOs officially launch in January 2012, there are many details still to be worked out, both within the industry and by potential patients. How would ACOs be paid?… Read more »
An Introduction to ACOs
Those involved in the healthcare industry will be hearing a lot about accountable care organizations (ACOs) in the coming months. As presented on seven pages of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) signed into law last March, the stated purpose of ACOs is to offer doctors and hospitals financial incentives to provide good… Read more »
Healthcare Reform – What It Could Mean for Hospitals
Since President Obama signed the healthcare reform bill into law in March 2010, medical professionals and organizations have been wondering: “how will this bill affect us?” Will the changes in hospitals be for better or for worse? The jury is still out, but there is no doubt that most hospitals will face major financial and… Read more »