Are You a Bully Boss?
By Danna Beal, M.Ed.International Speaker
Author and Coach
Businesses, including healthcare, have followed a model of managing, measuring, and expanding financial capital as the method for increasing profitability. This model puts high pressure on the leaders which, in turn, pressures employees and destroys trust. High control and pressure that focuses primarily on the numbers limits and suppresses the full capacity of frontline service providers—doctors, nurses, therapists, administrative people, and everyone involved. And, unknowingly, treating people like numbers does not actually improve the companies’ profits. People under duress cannot perform well.
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How the NLRB’s Memo on Non-Compete Clauses May Affect Health Care Providers
By Joseph F. Lavigne,
Partner, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Jones Walker LLP
By Thomas P. Hubert,
Partner, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Jones Walker LLP
On May 30, 2023, U.S. National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued an agency-wide memo announcing her position that — except in limited circumstances — non-compete provisions in employment contracts and severance agreements violate Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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CMS Updates Hospice Payment Rates for 2024 Fiscal Year
By Stacie Snider,
Senior Manager, Health Care Consulting Practice, Moss Adams
By Steven Hartley,
Manager, Moss Adams
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has released a final rule updating hospice payment rates for fiscal year (FY) 2024. This rule is effective October 1, 2023.
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Health Plan Financial Reports for California, Ohio and Washington State
By David Peel,
Publisher and Editor
Healthcare News
We recently updated our financial reporting for health plans in California, Ohio and Washington State. Click on the links below to see the numbers.