The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), most commonly known as “Obamacare” or the Affordable Care ACT (ACA), is a US federal statute that was signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010. Combined with the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, this is the most significant government regulation regarding the U.S. healthcare system since Medicare and Medicaid which came about in 1965.

I would like to get better reporting but my system data is very inconsistent.

Whatever your business model, you can benefit monetarily by using CRM (Customer Relationship Management Software). This crucial tool allows you to craft a marketing plan that recognizes each customer as an individual with distinct buying habits, needs and appeal. No IT budget can afford not to include CRM.

Has your software been a major disappointment? Is it costing you more time and money than it makes for you? Ever wonder what the problem could be? You did the research, compared products and thought you selected the best software for your needs. How did the project go south?

Under the Employer Shared Responsibility provision of the Affordable Care Act, large employers must begin offering affordable health care coverage to full-time employees, or face certain penalties.

It’s hard to believe that our company has been involved in the staffing industry for 30 years.  As I look back there are so many fond memories of the people that we have worked with. The best part of working with the staffing industry is the people. The people of staffing are innovative so we can always try new things. Staffing people are vocal, so they tell us what they want and need. Staffing people think big so we are challenged daily by their requests. Staffing people are strong and never give up.  We have lived with them through recessions, floods, hurricanes, 911 and more. Staffing leads the way, has gone through much yet always comes out on top.  

Oops - that time of year again! It’s time to start planning for “the year ahead”. Is there something the company should have done differently? Were business goals met? What is the plan for 2013? None of this can be answered unless “you got your numbers”.

Recruit using a cell phone?  Why not?  We seem to do everything else on our mobile devices.  From groceries, to directions, downloading music, checking our bank account, emailing, texting, checking weather, checking time (who needs a watch) and sometimes we even talk on the cell.  The bottom-line is that information is important and getting information from anywhere at any time is the norm rather than the exception today.

The dreaded ATS black hole. We have all experienced it more than we would like to admit at one point or another. Candidates fear that their resumes and information will get lost among the thousands of entries in the database, and recruiters claim that they can never find anybody with their systems. With thousands and thousands of contacts and talent in the database, the ATS can be a very powerful tool in the hiring process. And that’s just it -- an ATS is a tool -- its effectiveness lies in the hands and skill of its user.

A combination of demographic, economic, and supervisory changes is driving a new demand of the job positions within healthcare, creating fields that didn’t even exist in the industry 10 years ago. These external factors are transforming the available positions and changing the process of healthcare recruiting, placing a greater stress on hiring demand and an emphasis on fast placement of qualified talent.