Kissito Alerts April 08
April 8, 2009 by admin
Filed under Healthcare Alerts
Source: McKnights
Title: Economic crisis eases nursing shortage but relief seen as temporary
Date: 4/8/09
- Nurses across the country are putting off retirement or resuming the practice in order to survive economic hardships.
- Once recession eases, nurse levels are expected to drop significantly.
- Experts are predicting a shortage of up to 275,000 nurses for 2010 and as many as one million by 2020.
Source: McKnights
Title: Lincoln’s opposition to card check further imperils legislation
Date: 4/8/09
- Sen. Blanche Lincoln says she will not support the Employee Free Choice Act in its current form.
- Some political leaders are calling the act dead but labor leaders remain optimistic about reform.
Source: Health Care Finance News
Title: Survey reveals large discrepancies in pay of medical directors
Date: 4/7/09
URL: www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/survey-reveals-large-discrepancies-pay-medical-directors
- Physician compensation for medical directorships in non-hospital-owned group practices is greater than in hospital-owned practices for all specialties except primary care.
- The report by the MGMA indicated that in apparent response to the shortage of PCPs, primary care medical directors with recruitment responsibilities exhibit the greatest variation in annualized compensation: a reported $27,430 compared with $13,980 for directors without recruitment responsibilities.
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