WASHINGTON – Federal job training programs in Oklahoma are a “convoluted mess” that cost $164 million a year and have little measurement for success, according to a report by Sen. Tom Coburn’s office. One program, Job Corps, spends up to $76,000 per person to train young people for jobs that often pay minimum wage in [...]
Some healthcare companies are starting to shift clinical services and decision-making on medical care overseas, primarily to India and the Philippines. By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times July 25, 2012, 5:00 a.m. WASHINGTON — After years of shipping data-processing, accounting and other back-office work abroad, some healthcare companies are starting to shift clinical services and decision-making [...]
WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) – Just minutes after the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney slammed the Court, calling the law “the worst idea I ever had.” “I vow to repeal this law on my first day in office,” he told a crowd at a campaign rally. “Until [...]
Too many administrative burdens, government interventions and frustrations with electronic health records systems are lowering physicians’ optimism about their ability to deliver quality care and remain profitable, according to a new survey. The third annual Physician Sentiment Index, from online physician community vendor Sermo and physician software and billing firm athenahealth, is based on a [...]
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is seeking OMB approval for a proposed information collection project — `Workflow Assessment for Health IT Toolkit Evaluation.” Click here for the full announcement. (Another AHRQ announcement regarding the “Demonstration of Health Literacy Universal Precautions Toolkit” was also published today.)Comments are due by June 20. Excerpts: AHRQ [...]
A new study released by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute suggests that if the Supreme Court strikes down the Affordable Care Act, it may have a negative impact on the California economy. The study, The Economic Impact of the Affordable Care Act on California. concludes that the federal health care law would create almost [...]
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) recently released a significant commission report that begins to articulate a positive path for change for two-year colleges. Reclaiming the American Dream: Community Colleges and the Nation’s Future, was issued by a high-level 38-member panel, and had the backing of major players in higher education: the Gates and [...]
A recent survey conducted by audit, tax and advisory firm, KPMG, reveals that a majority of administrators at hospitals and health systems identify their organizations as being well along in completing electronic health record (EHR) system adoption. However, many of them are expressing doubt about their ability to meet the new EHR standards. Read full article.
By Jennifer Gonzalez Washington A day after President Obama unveiled a $447-billion jobs package, a few details have emerged about how the $5-billion allocated to community-college construction would be disbursed. During a news conference on Friday, Carmel Martin, the Education Department’s assistant secretary for planning, evaluation, and policy development, said that if the legislation were [...]
Indeed’s Industry Employment Trends, a leading indicator for the job market, show online job postings were relatively unchanged in June. Highlights: Real estate job postings increased for the first time in 2011 Manufacturing job postings slowed Retail declined slightly over the prior month Further analysis and detailed June Industry Employment Trends are available on the [...]
