The health care industry is experiencing roughly 32% turnover annually, of which about two-thirds represent “voluntary separations.” Health centers realize turnover is a significant [...]
On International Women’s Day, we thought it appropriate to begin the release of information from Merces’ FQHC Provider Productivity and Compensation Survey, the only study of its [...]
Many health centers are only now developing the type of compensation programs they need to support their ever more complex organizations. However, they are learning to do so at a particularly [...]
Of all the functions in an FQHC, human resources seems to be the one that has a “personality,” frequently reflecting its leader, and that is very rarely a good thing. Every function [...]
While this is known primarily as a human resources focused blog, we frequently reach out into other areas of FQHC operations when they have an impact on what we do. Right now, the biggest hot [...]
Merces Consulting Group, Inc. (Merces) is conducting a survey of medical, dental and behavioral health provider compensation and productivity in the Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) [...]
Lesa Peterson, one of our consultants as well as a consultant for trusted partner FQHC Associates, writes about the dangers of cost cutting when trying to improve your health center’s [...]
Turnover: What is it and what is its true cost? Quite simply, turnover is expressed as a ratio, the number of employees who have left during the year divided by the total number of employees at [...]
How exactly does an FQHC best achieve its mission? My answer has always been that an FQHC needs to stop thinking in “non-profit” terms and all its attendant baggage, and rather focus [...]
