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Compensation Surveys The Right Way — Don’t Make My Mistake
Before I returned to Merces Consulting, I spent many years working on my own and raising my family. During that time I managed to keep busy doing independent consulting, the majority of which was...
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Your FQHC’s Market-Based Pay Program Causes Gender Inequity
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 bad...
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Health Centers Need to Address Provider Gender Pay Inequities
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 kind, with data on how...
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FQHC Provider Productivity Lags Expectations
The actual productivity of FQHC family practice physicians averages about 14% less than what is planned for on a daily basis, and about 11% below expectations on an annual basis. While productivity...
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Provider Retention Best Practice
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 emails from both health...
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Your Front-Line Staff Have Pay Pressures — Understand Them
Pay isn’t always the answer to every problem, but understanding the pay pressures on the most vulnerable of our employees is essential for every health center. Front-line employees in the FQHC...
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New Compensation Metrics – A 2017 Resolution
Originally posted on The Compensation Times: The compensation profession suffers from a severe lack of effective metrics. To be frank, the typical measures used in describing compensation program...
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Provider Compensation 101 – Maybe Extra Pay Isn’t Worth the Extra Work
[This is part of a new series on specific issues related to provider compensation, designed to be “short and sweet” and prompt thinking before doing.] When improving productivity will take time away...
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Beware the PayScale Marketing Trap
The current PayScale “Develop a Market-Based Pay Structure” marketing publication is deceptive, inaccurate, and, given the apparent quality of their data, could set you up for a non-competitive and...
View ArticleHealth Care Industry Annual Turnover Rate About 32%
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 problem, and a...
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