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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: 6 characteristics you must know about job prospects before you hire them

Turnover in any position costs you real money. Turnover of good people leaving because they don’t want to work with your bad hires costs you even more. Nationally about 50 percent of new hires fail. Of those who succeed, only about 20 percent are top performers. But about 90 percent of failures are unrelated to […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: 6 things never to say when you’re the boss

Managers, supervisors and team leaders have a responsibility to address others’ concerns and behavior in a way that’s both effective and considerate. How you say something is what people will remember about the conversation, so exercise caution when speaking about almost any topic. Be a coach instead of a critic! Here are six things anyone […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: The art of giving positive feedback: 7 simple tips

Giving feedback is an important legal and practical management task—and certainly not an easy one. Many managers make the mistake of dishing out feedback only when employees do something wrong. But praise can also be an effective motivational tool, if used correctly. From where you sit, you see it all. Use your position to strengthen […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Hospital prices up 1.7% year-over-year in September

I wanted to share this with our readers since most of us practice in a hospital. The producer price index for acute-care hospitals increased 1.7 percent between September 2013 and September 2014, according to figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Overall hospital prices also increased 0.2 percent between August and September. The PPI for […]

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Uncategorized Published - 24 October, 2014    By - Dr. Clemens
Anesthesia Management: Transition to value-based payments moving fast, but questions remain

This is another general article about payments that can effect our specialty. Providers and payers still must work on forging high-functioning partnerships On the face of it, the industry is making great strides toward adopting value-oriented payment models, but the question of whether or not the industry is also reducing costs and improving care quality […]

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