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Kelly Gooch While much attention is typically paid to the top of organizations, namely CEOs, having top-performing middle managers is not just “nice to have.” They are a “business imperative” and lead to strong financial outcomes. The finding comes from a recent analysis from McKinsey & Co. “Organizations with top-performing managers yield multiple times the […]

Kelly Gooch Various workforce trends have gained traction in recent years. The latest making its way through social media: “lazy girl job.” The term, coined by Gabrielle Judge, has gone viral on TikTok, according to indy100. In a TikTok video, Ms. Judge describes a “lazy girl job” as “something that you can basically quiet quit.”

Alexis Kayser There has been abundant discussion about how Generation Z will change the workforce with their interest in balance and flexibility. But a lesser-discussed, already-present trend will also affect the labor force in the coming decade: an increasing presence of older workers. More than a fourth of the American workforce will be 55 or

Molly Gamble Forty percent of employees feel stressed or anxious about work due to a first-time manager, with 1 in 5 losing sleep over the situation, according to one new poll.  The Oji Leadership Poll, conducted by Harris Research, found more than a third of employees want to leave their companies due to new managers’

Publish date: July 7, 2023 By Steph Weber In a move that raises the stakes in doctors’ ongoing scope-creep battle against nonphysician providers, the American Medical Association’s legislative body voted recently to change its policy on the supervision of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs). AMA’s House of Delegates called for state medical boards to regulate

Bari Faye Dean – Friday, July 14th, 2023 The fact that artificial intelligence is poised to not only change the way hospitals provide patient care, but also transform operations, is a foregone conclusion. The issue at hand, Mark Davis, MD, chief operating officer at Baptist Health South Florida’s Miami Cancer Institute, told Becker’s is whether

Rylee Wilson – a day ago Two nonprofit Blue Cross Blue Shield companies will reorganize this year, hoping to stay competitive with for-profit rivals like UnitedHealth Group and Aetna. In June, a New Jersey court struck down a challenge from a nonprofit and a nurses union seeking to prevent Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield from

Nick Thomas (Twitter) – Thursday, July 6th, 2023 If 2022 was the worst year for hospitals and health systems since the start of the pandemic, 2023 is showing signs of growing stabilization as operating margins inch up. So says Erik Swanson, a senior vice president at Kaufman Hall. “The core fundamentals are generally improving, and

— New report finds four specialty areas accounted for the majority of activity by Jennifer Henderson, Enterprise & Investigative Writer, MedPage Today July 11, 2023 Private equity acquisitions of U.S. physician practices have risen dramatically over the last decade, driving up consumer prices in the process, according to a new report opens in a new