March 10, 2020 – Talent acquisition and retention goes through peaks and valleys. The reality is that the job climate has changed a lot in the past 50 years. With unemployment rates at historic lows, organizations are pulling out all the stops to deploy staffing strategies to bring in workers and keep them there. Many…
August 15, 2015 – The latest issue of HFMA’s Healthcare Cost Containment newsletter features a piece from Jenny Korth, FACMPE, on how medical groups can achieve savings and operational improvements by adopting a patient-centric approach to scheduling staff. Click here to read the online version (HFMA membership/subscription required).
August 6, 2015 – In this piece from MGMA Connection, Jenny Korth, FACMPE, provides strategies for medical practices to optimize their workforce as the healthcare environment continues to evolve. Jenny explains the importance of an enterprise-wide variable staffing model, how to gain buy-in from organization leaders, and the change management protocols needed to sustain the…
May 14, 2015 – At the Becker’s Hospital Review 6th Annual Meeting in Chicago on May 8, Jackie Larson and Sherri Luchs (Penn State Hershey Medical Group), discussed how the transition from a traditional fixed staffing model to a variable staffing model, along with the adoption of technology and operational best practices, can improve quality and…
December 19, 2014 – The American Medical Group Associations’ (AMGA) Group Practice Journal has just published a story on the series of initiatives Penn State Hershey Medical Group undertook with Avantas to more effectively manage the workforce of their network of 50 practice sites. For Penn State Hershey Medical Group this involved, among other strategies,…