In the Belly of the Beast - Hitting the Target with Mergers & Acquisitions
By Darryl Price
Healthcare Practice Leader
Slalom Consulting
Studies continue to point out that only around 20% of merger and acquisition activity achieves targeted expectations. That is not to say mergers and acquisitions fail, only that they don’t meet expectations. This “missing the target” is consistently attributed to overly enthusiastic expectations, but most often it is due to underestimating the impact of the change on the people and culture. Read management article
Double Trouble – Disruptive Physicians and Hostile Work Environments
By Mary H. Spillane, Williams KastnerBy Kimberly D. Baker, Williams Kastner
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New Ewa facility to help Hawaii's aging population 01/26/12 9:23 pm What's more, said Jerry Correa of the St. Francis Healthcare System, is that it provides much more than just adult day care. "The intergenerational center fits the vision of the sisters perfect: it helps the children of this side as well as the seniors ...
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Report: Alaska health care industry booming 01/26/12 4:26 pm By Tim Bradner, Alaska Journal of Commerce The health care industry is booming in Alaska, and growth will continue. Health care providers pay a $1.53 billion annual statewide payroll with nearly $1 billion of that in the Anchorage and Matanuska-Susitna ...
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Philadelphia International Flower Show details announced | Philadelphia ... 01/26/12 10:14 am Several new sponsors have signed on, Becher said, including Bank of America, US Trust, Einstein Health Care Network, Hawaii Tourism Authority, Organic Gardening Magazine, and SugarHouse Casino. In 2011, PNC Bank ended a 20-year run as the show's ...
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Program Manager I, Marketing, Kirkland, WA 01/26/12 10:00 am The Program Manager of Marketing is responsible for leading marketing initiatives, brand management, and targeted communications to support Evergreens mission of advancing the health of the community we serve.
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WellCare's 'Ohana Health Plan Selected to Serve Hawaii's Quest Medicaid Program 01/26/12 7:20 am Tampa, USA, Jan 23, 2012 (Thomson Reuters ONE via COMTEX) -- Tampa, Florida (January 23, 2012) - WellCare Health Plans, Inc. /quotes/zigman/341770/quotes/nls/wcg WCG -0.49% today announced that the Hawai'i Department of Human Services awarded 'Ohana ...
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VIDEO: Hawaii State of the State takes a different tone this year 01/26/12 7:20 am Paradise is our home, it needs our devotion and care.” The governor also promised to make the TV and Film Tax Credit permanent, investing $1 million towards early childhood education and health initiatives, while investing another $1.4 million to ...
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University of Hawaii Professor Tied To X-Rated Escort Service 01/26/12 4:07 am University of Hawaii Professor Lawrence W. Boyd Jr. Boyd said Drake helps care for his partially disabled wife, but he hadn't seen or spoken to her for four days, adding that her absence has “perturbed” him. He said it “is kind of hard to believe” that ...
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University of Hawaii Professor Tied To X-Rated Escort Service 01/25/12 9:52 pm Boyd said Drake helps care for his partially disabled wife, but he hadn't seen or spoken to her for four days, adding that her absence has “perturbed” him. He said it “is kind of hard to believe” that she could be operating an escort service out of his ...
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New Hawaii homeless count underway 01/25/12 9:52 pm By Brooks Baehr - bio | email KAPAHULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Roddy Marengo, an outreach worker with the Waikiki Health Center, and Paul Oshiro, Care-a-Van Program Manager for the Waikiki Health Center, were at Paki Community Park Wednesday counting the ...
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House Judiciary Passes Emergency Contraception Bill 01/25/12 4:38 pm House Bill 127 — would require hospitals and health care providers to provide information about emergency contraception to women who have been sexually assaulted, and to dispense the medication when requested — passed House Judiciary Tuesday (Jan. 24).
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Facebook helps BC professor win scholarship 01/25/12 2:05 pm Pashnyak presented her findings to the E-Learn 2011 World Conference in Corporate, Government, Healthcare and Higher Education last October in Hawaii, which the scholarship from the foundation partially funded her expenses to attend the conference.
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Truth in Accounting Explains Hawaii's Nightmarish Finances 01/25/12 12:15 pm The Annual Required Contribution that the state's actuaries calculate should be being made into the Trust Fund to adequate fund retirees' healthcare benefits. The schedule shows the Annual Required Contribution (ARC) as a % of Payroll.
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Manager, Patient Access, South Puget Sound Region, WA 01/25/12 12:00 pm Large multi-specialty practice is looking to add a team player who can solve problems, manage, and develop people, successfully implement new processes, and one who can streamline and improve upon current scheduling, registration, and referral processes.
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Program Services Director, Tukwila, WA 01/25/12 12:00 pm Under the direction of the Executive Director (or designee) is accountable for work that that supports the achievement of the mission and goals of the Washington Center for Nursing. The Program Services Director is a leader in ensuring WCNs continued success, a visible representative of the organization across the state and in other venues, and a role model for other staff. This position requires energy, positivity, experience, innovation, self-knowledge, critical thinking, and a solution-seeking approach.
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Work to begin on center for preschoolers, seniors 01/25/12 5:38 am St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii will break ground Thursday on a 15000-square-foot center in Ewa Villages that will integrate preschool children with senior citizens. The $8 million project, known as the St. Francis Intergenerational Center, ...
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Health IT Startup TrialX Wins NCI's Developer Challenge for Cancer App 01/25/12 1:07 am New York, NY, January 25, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Applied Informatics (TrialX), a New York based Healthcare Information Technology (HIT) startup was adjudged as a winner of the developer challenge on "Using Public Data for Cancer Prevention" sponsored by the ...
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Gambling Proposals Could Include Hawaii Convention Center 01/24/12 10:07 pm "We have that great liability with the state Employee's Retirement System that we need to take care of and we have a health problem. We have an education problem. We have these needs. Nobody wants to raise taxes and we need the money," Souki said.
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Emergency Contraception Bill Moves Out of Judiciary Committee 01/24/12 10:07 pm HONOLULU, HAWAII - The House Committee on Judiciary today passed out a measure (House Bill 127 House Draft 1) that would require hospitals and health care providers to provide information about emergency contraception to women who have been sexually ...
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Director of Nursing, Hollywood, CA 01/24/12 3:00 pm AIDS Healthcare Foundation is searching for a Registered Nurse to work as our Director of Nursing. This is a Fulltime, Regular position to oversee the daily operations of one of our healthcare centers and it also includes responsibilities to oversee the nursing operations of all of our healthcare centers in the United States.
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Medical Director, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 01/24/12 3:00 pm Under the supervision of the Chief of Managed Care the Medical Director is responsible for the appropriateness and quality of medical care delivered to members through the Positive HealthCare Partners health plan. The Medical Director shall review all denial medical services and participate in the grievance and appeals process. The Medical Director shall provide guidance of health plan quality improvement, utilization review as well as continuous measuring, monitoring and improvement of the health delivery system for plan members. The Medical Director shall be member of the Executive Management Team and involved in strategic planning.
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Hospital closings put new focus on Hawaii health care 01/24/12 2:36 pm The shutdown of the two Hawaii Medical Center hospitals earlier this month caused a new wave of uncertainty for an already-burdened Hawaii health-care industry — but it has at least put a spotlight on the industry's longtime woes.
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01/24/12 11:35 am (7) We must continue to diversify our visitors' options and experiences, from Waikiki to the Neighbor Islands, from traditional to ecotourism, health care tourism and beyond. (8) Tourism is mutually dependent on many other efforts; when we strengthen ...
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VIDEO: Hawaii State of the State takes a different tone this year 01/24/12 11:35 am The Governor's office will also be introducing a resolution to study the efficacy of combining state government health policy, planning and purchasing into a single agency in order to advance transformation of Hawaii's Healthcare System and universal ...
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Certified Nurse Practitioner, Oroville, CA 01/24/12 8:00 am Certified Nurse Practitioner position, full time, available at Butte County Behavioral Health Department in beautiful Northern California.
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01/24/12 6:15 am We were impressed with the state of the park and the rainbow ethnic groups using it, the tidiness of the facilities and the care the users exerted to keep the place clean, but it was the big fat Hawaiian monk seal lying on the shore that held our ...
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Flexible Financing: Taking a Look at Low Short-Term Interest Rates Options
By Anthony J. Taddey, Lancaster PollardBy Jason J. Dopoulos, Lancaster Pollard
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Ten Ways CFOs Can Get Ahead of the Health Care Reform Curve
By Chris RivardMoss Adams National
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