The great employees will be devoted, sure, and it's completely reasonable to expect them to work their butts off. But unlike founders, employees are concerned about what their jobs are like today. They're not as excited about making sacrifices for the long run. So don't tell your star salespeople to take the bus and stay with relatives when they make that call in St. Louis, even though that's what you did when you started the company.
A planned three-day strike by nurses at Contra Costa Regional Medical Center in Martinez, CA, has been averted after negotiators and the union found common ground. The facility is operated by Contra Costa County, which withdrew its proposals for cutbacks in retirement plans and healthcare benefits, according to the union. A 10-day strike is still planned at Sutter Health affiliates in California.
The new nonprofit board of Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta has not been appointed yet, but potential members signaled they plan to move quickly to save the hospital. The nonprofit board will meet just days after being announced, and the first meeting will largely address organizational issues such as selecting officers and creating a task force to help with the transition of control.
Canton, GA-based Northside Hospital is seeking permission from the state to build a 75,000 square foot medical office building in central Cherokee County. Northside representatives said the building would be constructed on 6.26 aces of land in a densely populated area that would "provide easy access to primary care physicians and specialists to the community."
More than a year after Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell tried to gain approval for a plan to provide healthcare coverage to nearly 800,000 uninsured state residents, a scaled-down version of his plan is moving through the General Assembly. The measure, expected to get final House approval, would provide coverage to close to 300,000 uninsured residents. The bill would extend malpractice-insurance subsidies by 10 years in an effort to keep doctors from leaving the state because of high premiums.
Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell is threatening to veto a bill that could delay her affordable health insurance program. In addition to creating the new Charter Oak Health Care Plan for uninsured adults, Rell wants to change the state's existing HUSKY health insurance program by moving patients into a managed care organization. The Human Services Committee has voted to separate the two proposals, which Rell says could delay Charter Oak by six months.