In the Belly of the Beast - Hitting the Target with Mergers & Acquisitions
By Darryl Price
Healthcare Practice Leader
Slalom Consulting
Studies continue to point out that only around 20% of merger and acquisition activity achieves targeted expectations. That is not to say mergers and acquisitions fail, only that they don’t meet expectations. This “missing the target” is consistently attributed to overly enthusiastic expectations, but most often it is due to underestimating the impact of the change on the people and culture. Read management article
Ten Ways CFOs Can Get Ahead of the Health Care Reform Curve
By Chris RivardNational Health Care Leader
Moss Adams
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Alaska Lt. Governor Treadwell Inspires Pro-Life Advocates 01/27/12 4:08 pm by Joel Davidson | Juneau, AK | LifeNews.com | 1/27/12 7:48 PM Alaska Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell challenged Alaskans to “build a culture of life,” by supporting adoptions, caring for women who find themselves in crisis pregnancy situations and by ...
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01/27/12 1:15 pm How can one top the convincing specificity of Michele Bachmann's claim that on “page 92” of the healthcare reform bill, it says “people can't purchase private health insurance after a date certain, which means people will ultimately go into a ...
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Program targets roots of suicide 01/27/12 1:15 pm A grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration has buoyed the effort, funding the collaboration for the next three years. To the outside observer, however, trying to address the many factors contributing to the high suicide ...
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Sarah Palin: Newt 'Crucified' By Romney Allies, GOP Establishment 01/27/12 11:25 am By Margaret Menge Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says that Newt Gingrich is being “crucified” by the Republican establishment, including allies of Mitt Romney, who are trying to rewrite his record with a barrage of negative attacks.
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Georgia Bio honors biotech company that enables stroke care 01/27/12 7:03 am "We wanted to give better stroke care," said Dr. David Hess, stroke specialist and Chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Health Sciences University. It was the year 2000 and Hess and his colleagues were ...
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National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) 01/26/12 3:06 pm It will create reliable, safe domestic energy; it will build a 21st century education system; it will modernize our infrastructure; and, it will fund implementation of critical legislation like the Tribal Law & Order Act and the Indian Health Care ...
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The cost of having diabetes in Alaska isn't cheap or easy 01/26/12 3:06 pm The state Department of Health and Social Services reports that an estimated 6 percent of people in the state are diabetics, slightly less than the rest of the country. Granted that's not a huge number, but it does amount to more people than those in ...
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Hospitals expanding across the state 01/26/12 3:06 pm One of the most prominent expansion projects is with Providence Health and Services in Anchorage. The renovations under way will be one of the campus' most ambitious ever. The project is called Generations in recognition of the facilities' purpose to ...
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Alaska CHIPRA gets hefty renewal bonus for kids' Medicaid 01/26/12 3:06 pm By Jonathan Grass, Alaska Journal of Commerce Alaska just got a renewed boost in improving children's Medicaid accessibility. The US Department of Health and Human Services has awarded a performance bonus of $5660544 to improve the Children's Health ...
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Report: Alaska health care industry booming 01/26/12 3:06 pm By Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce The health care industry is booming in Alaska, and growth will continue. Health care providers pay a $1.53 billion annual statewide payroll with nearly $1 billion of that in the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna ...
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Program Manager I, Marketing, Kirkland, WA 01/26/12 10:00 am The Program Manager of Marketing is responsible for leading marketing initiatives, brand management, and targeted communications to support Evergreens mission of advancing the health of the community we serve.
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Study Finds Racial and Ethnic Disparities in US Cancer Screening Rates 01/26/12 9:51 am By US Department of Health and Human Services (HealthNewsDigest.com) - The percentage of US citizens screened for cancer remains below national targets, with significant disparities among racial and ethnic populations, according to the first federal ...
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Central Peninsula Hospital Hires New CEO 01/26/12 6:57 am Upon completing a thorough nationwide executive search led by healthcare leadership solutions firm BE Smith, Central Peninsula Hospital in Soldotna, Alaska, has hired Richard Davis to fill the role of chief executive officer. A seasoned healthcare ...
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Annual Update of the HHS Poverty Guidelines 01/26/12 6:57 am For information about the Hill-Burton Uncompensated Services Program (free or reduced-fee health care services at certain hospitals and other facilities for persons meeting eligibility criteria involving the poverty guidelines), contact the Office of ...
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New report identifies key elements for improving oral health quality 01/26/12 6:57 am 27 suggestions to make dentistry "similarly accountable" as other health-care professions, as well as ensuring "quality improvement" in the profession through "data collection" and "new ways of delivering oral health care.
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Locking in spending limits state's ability to spend responsibly 01/26/12 3:22 am Colorado voted in such a plan, only to vote it out a few years later when ballooning higher education and health care costs began to force draconian cuts in services. If Alaska passes such a plan, not only will the state be unable to keep up with needs ...
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Telenovelas Provide Platform for Public Health Messages 01/25/12 3:46 pm In the meantime, Cara James, director of the Disparities Policy Project at the Kaiser Family Foundation, answered some questions about the status of the Hispanic health care gap and what -- besides the creation of socially conscious soaps -- is being ...
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Manager, Patient Access, South Puget Sound Region, WA 01/25/12 12:00 pm Large multi-specialty practice is looking to add a team player who can solve problems, manage, and develop people, successfully implement new processes, and one who can streamline and improve upon current scheduling, registration, and referral processes.
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Program Services Director, Tukwila, WA 01/25/12 12:00 pm Under the direction of the Executive Director (or designee) is accountable for work that that supports the achievement of the mission and goals of the Washington Center for Nursing. The Program Services Director is a leader in ensuring WCNs continued success, a visible representative of the organization across the state and in other venues, and a role model for other staff. This position requires energy, positivity, experience, innovation, self-knowledge, critical thinking, and a solution-seeking approach.
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Senior Circle — a place for fun and good health 01/25/12 11:28 am But the Senior Circle is more than a center for fun, it is also a place to learn about getting and staying healthy and the health care resources that the community's older residents have available. The Senior Circle is a national, ...
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Alaska News Nightly: January 24, 2012 01/24/12 9:43 pm There are also benefits in such fields as health care costs, higher salaries, and lower education costs. “So you sum those up and you have almost $22-thousand in benefits per individual over their lifetime. And the payoff we estimate is about three ...
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Navarre opposes surgery center, calls for CPH support 01/24/12 7:37 pm Karen Lawfer, Certificate of Need coordinator for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, couldn't give specifics on the number of comments she received regarding Kahtnu's proposal. “I have never received as many comments,” said Lawfer, ...
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REACH stroke care system to be honored 01/24/12 7:37 pm But now the company is also providing coverage for hospitals such as St. Mary's Health Care System in Athens, which has two neurologists on staff who can't cover the hospital around the clock. REACH provides coverage when they aren't around, Hess said.
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Director of Nursing, Hollywood, CA 01/24/12 3:00 pm AIDS Healthcare Foundation is searching for a Registered Nurse to work as our Director of Nursing. This is a Fulltime, Regular position to oversee the daily operations of one of our healthcare centers and it also includes responsibilities to oversee the nursing operations of all of our healthcare centers in the United States.
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Medical Director, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 01/24/12 3:00 pm Under the supervision of the Chief of Managed Care the Medical Director is responsible for the appropriateness and quality of medical care delivered to members through the Positive HealthCare Partners health plan. The Medical Director shall review all denial medical services and participate in the grievance and appeals process. The Medical Director shall provide guidance of health plan quality improvement, utilization review as well as continuous measuring, monitoring and improvement of the health delivery system for plan members. The Medical Director shall be member of the Executive Management Team and involved in strategic planning.
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Socio-cultural Considerations in Mass Decontamination
Jeremy StacyDisaster Preparedness Coordinator
Good Samaritan Hospital, Los Angeles, CA
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Angel Flight West: Bridging the Gap Between Home and Healthcare
By Kathleen MasserProgram Outreach Coordinator
Angel Flight West
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