Finance Category
Cost of health benefits may get you fired.
Bad habits may get your fired. Over the last several months media sources have reported stories about companies that have targeted employees with bad habits. These so called targeted employees have found themselves in the cross hairs of company managers for termination. Termination solely based on “bad habits. Smoking is the favorite vice that has some companies up in arms. In an attempt to mitigate health benefit costs – at least the company’s out of pocket expenses – workers are losing their jobs because of their personal habits.
Professional fees for nursing services - its time to level the playing field
Professional fees, physicians charge them, respiratory therapy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and a host of other disciplines in medicine charge for their services above the basic costs associated with being in a hospital. Departmental charges may also be present on a hospital bill – lab, emergency department, x-ray etc. The charge for nursing gets rolled up in the room rate. Why hasn’t nursing promoted itself and made advances to be able to bill for their own time and services?
