There are some people running around talking up productivity incentives for providers — in fact, they are telling you that you “have” to have them in order to attract and retain [...]
There are competing problems in compensation management to deal with, competing mostly to be the factor that creates the most bad decisions — a misguided direction toward over-reliance on [...]
A lot of “compensation tips” arrive in my inbox, from a lot of well-meaning folks, some of whom you probably consider to be “experts.” One of today’s includes a tip [...]
I’m frequently asked “what should we communicate about our compensation plan?” and I always start with the premise that “if you don’t communicate it, it [...]
I shouldn’t be giving this away for free, but I hope that readers see the simplicity of this, and stop wasting time, effort and money on this topic, and move on to more complex things that [...]
We hear all the time about the struggles that not-for-profit health centers have in recruiting providers, and time and time again, it seems that the primary cause is alleged to be compensation. [...]
We don’t have a “mailbag,” but I do watch the search terms that lead people to this blog. Last week, I saw one that looked like this: “should we warn people their pay is [...]
Most health centers don’t have a public relations staff, an official spokesperson trained in the arts of media relations, or a lot of experience responding to calls made after the clinic is [...]
One of my FQHC colleagues described the Form 990 as the ultimate public relations piece. After all, it contains a ton of information, including a lot that can make you look bad, or at least [...]
Every year, across the country, hundreds of FQHCs make the fundamental mistake of having internal staff provide the information that will be used in the determination of the compensation of their [...]
