by Gary Foster | Jan 7, 2020 | Career Development, Development, Executive Coaching, General, Healthcare Industry, Leadership, Networking, Planning, Retirement
Oligo what? Hey, I didn’t know we had them, did you? Yet another something in the “cytes” category roaming around our bodies. I found out I had oligodencrocytes as I was slogging through my second reading of a challenging book entitled “Deep Work; Rules for Focused...
by Gary Foster | Jan 3, 2020 | Balance, Career Development, Development, Executive Coaching, Healthcare Industry, Job Search, Leadership, Networking, Planning, Retirement, Tips
2019 contained a lost summer for my wife and me. We decided to move from home-ownership to the rental world temporarily, in defiance of all conventional advice regarding balance sheet/net worth/equity/tax benefits, yada, yada, yada. For a couple of months, we battled...
by Dr. Michael J. Zappa | Dec 16, 2019 | ACHE, Balance, Career Development, Development, Executive Coaching, General, Healthcare Industry, Leadership, Networking, Planning, Tips
I am often asked today if I am a doctor or an administrator, my response is both, always! You might ask, can a physician really be both? The answer is yes, BUT not every physician. If you take the group of all physicians, the first cut is those that are interested,...
by Gary Foster | Dec 6, 2019 | Career Development, Development, Executive Coaching, General, Healthcare Industry, Leadership, Networking, Planning, Tips, Uncategorized
Stan is a C-level executive in his late fifties. He’s done well, thriving and progressing in the volatile, high-pressure world of healthcare. Also, like many at his level in this chaotically-evolving industry, his career was recently disrupted when he was laid off,...
by Rodney Reider | Nov 25, 2019 | Balance, Career Development, Development, General, Healthcare Industry, Leadership, Networking, Planning, Tips, Uncategorized
“It’s not so much what we have in this life that matters. It’s what we do with what we have.” -Fred Rogers In my years serving as CEO of healthcare systems, I always took special care around this time of year to express my thankfulness to our employees for...
by Pam Gallagher | Nov 20, 2019 | Balance, Career Development, Development, Executive Coaching, General, Healthcare Industry, Leadership, Networking, Planning, Tips, Uncategorized
A hospital’s charge description master (CDM), or chargemaster, is often referred to as the “heart” of the healthcare revenue cycle. It includes codes for every procedure, material used, medication, and service that a healthcare organization provides its patients. It...
