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As the November election draws near, the political pundits across the country do their best to project alternate futures based on their respective party platforms. On one side there will be the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act that has been largely affirmed through the recent Supreme Court ruling.
I was reminded after my recent blog quoting Dr. Peter Buerhaus of Vanderbilt University, that he has written two more articles concerning the shortage. Findings show a 62 percent increase in the number of 23- to 26-year-olds who became registered nurses between 2002 and 2009, a growth rate not seen
In the July/August 2009 Health Affairs, Dr. Peter Buerhaus and coauthors found that despite the current easing of the nursing shortage due to the recession, the U.S. nursing shortage is projected to grow to 260,000 registered nurses by 2025. A shortage of this magnitude would be twice as large as any
Many of the onerous regulatory concerns of employers are triggered when certain FTE thresholds are met. The ObamaCare legislation for employers is triggered by one set of FTE rules, but execution of penalties or (taxes) is dependent on another set of FTE calculations. It is not unusual in heavily regulated
As we all watch the world’s greatest athletes compete in London, from across the globe, it’s often easy to think only of the competition that unfolds daily. In reality, when these athletes perform their sport, those few seconds or minutes are the culmination of years of daily preparation. As young
Vendor management systems have been a part of US commerce for decades, starting with the Ford Motor Company and moving across all other industries. Such systems were not invented with the advent of electronic data managements, but they have evolved to maximize the use of technology. These vendor mangement systems
The recent ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold the major tenets of the Obamacare plan will not serve to quell the long and contentious debate over how to fund healthcare. On the contrary, the court bypassed the individual mandate issue by calling it a “tax”, but moved to eliminate
The somewhat surprise affirmation by the Supreme Court this past week for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Obamacare”) has levered up the game of “chicken” that many states are playing with the state sponsored exchanges and Medicaid changes. With the wheels of bureaucracy continuing to creep forward with
