Top 10 Questions You Should Ask Potential Employers When Looking For A New Job

There are many questions that go through your mind when searching for a new job.  Of course things like pay and benefits are common questions to ask, however, job seekers also spend a lot of time preparing for interviews.  Interviews provide employers a way to assess who may be the best person for the job … but on the flipside … it is equally important to…

Posted on Jul. 16, 2018 in Career Insights

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Propose Removal of IPPS and IPFQR Measures

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released their Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule and Inpatient Psychiatric Facility Prospective Payment System (IPF PPS) Proposed Rule in May. For the Hospital Inpatient Quality Reporting Program, the proposal is to remove 39 measures over four fiscal years.  35 of the measures proposed for removal are structural, HAI, and claims based measures. The following chart abstracted…

Posted on Jul. 11, 2018 in From Our Perspective

National Cleft and Craniofacial Awareness and Prevention Month

According to the American Cleft Palate and Craniofacial Association (ACPA) website, clefts are among the most common problems found in newborn babies in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimates that about 7,000 (or about one in 600) babies will be born with a cleft in the U.S. this year. A cleft lip is an opening in the lip, and a cleft palate…

Posted on Jul. 6, 2018 in From Our Perspective

Happy Independence Day from Registry Partners!

In honor of Independence day, enjoy these patriotic quotes about our great nation: “May we think of freedom, not as the right to do what we please, but as the opportunity to do what is right.” – Peter Marshall “And so my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of…

Posted on Jul. 4, 2018 in From Our Perspective