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 [...]
Health centers need to know that the way they’re spending 3/4 of their budgets is actually being done right. Adopt this set of metrics as a first step to gauging your the effectiveness of [...]
The compensation profession suffers from a severe lack of effective metrics. To be frank, the typical measures used in describing compensation program success really have nothing to do with [...]
Listen to them. I contemplated just “dropping the mic” and walking away after saying that, but felt compelled to explain. In the last few months we’ve had numerous calls and [...]
[This article was originally published for the Northwest Regional Primary Care Association “Quick Notes” and can be found here.] Congratulations on your new hire. “Ron” looks to be a [...]
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 [...]
Well not all of it, of course. Most of it, along with the other anti-discrimination laws, are crucial to fighting intentional discrimination. However, one particularly nagging part of the Equal [...]
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 [...]
Some years ago, the compensation profession turned its back on the sensible pay programs that had been growing and evolving throughout the business world, and allowed itself to fall prey to [...]
Yes, you heard me correctly, your “bona fide” merit program perpetuates gender pay inequity. It is not hard to figure out… if women take time out from the workforce, they will [...]
