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Welcome to the Staffing and Employee
Relations Resource Center
All Care Consultants is the perfect silent partner for doctors of chiropractic when it comes to staffing, employee relations and practice success. All Care Consultants offers expert advice on how to hire and fire the right employee, what to look for in an associate, CA placement and training, and exit strategies. Through their Physicians Choice Concierge service, All Care can match pre-screened vendors and their products/services to a particular practices needs. Doctors do not have to search to find the best company to provide products and services to their practice – all Care has done all that work already. (Eg: doctor feels they need a new software system – All Care will do a free practice analysis and then recommend a vendor to the doctor). Physicians Choice Concierge enables a doctor to add new revenue streams to their practice by add new products and services at little or no charge. All Care Consultants offers free career counseling services
Staffing and Employee Relations News

Study: Going to work sick could cost you more days in the long run

6/10/2009

Going to work sick means you'll probably just have to take more days off later....

ACOEM meets with congress to promote workforce health

6/1/2009

ACOEM meets with congress to discuss the health of the nations workforce....

AMA: Reduce burnout risk by spending time on meaningful pursuits

5/26/2009

AMA study says doctors who spend time pursuing outside interests are less likely to suffer from burnout....

Webinar: Employee Free Choice Act could present challeges to healthcare employers

4/27/2009

Employee Free Choice Act could effect healthcare employers...

Interviewing Tip of the Month
If your practice profits seem to be slipping and your PVA is on the decline, maybe you should consider adding some services or products to your practice. Many times a new product may actually improve your patient outcomes and increase your patient referrals – happy patients tell their friends and relatives! And, you don’t have to be a salesman to make extra profits. Take for instance exercise bands and balls. Most patients need to improve posture and core strength. Review your current patient list and select 10 patients you think are candidates for additional active care regime. Introduce fitness balls or bands at their next treatment and recommend take home exercise plans and the right size fitness ball for them to purchase.


Staffing Tip of the Month
Consider using an outside source for your full-time, part-time, vacation coverage ,finding a new associate or CA training. An outside service, may in the long run, save you valuable time and money. Be sure to select a fully licensed staffing firm. Be sure to have a specific budget allocated and work with a company that can operate within your budget. Ask is the firm offers background checks and credentialing checks, even for a short term placement. Try to plan at least one month in advance for vacation coverage, but see if the staffing form offers emergency coverage services.
Recruiting Tip of the Month
Temp to Perm Placement:

How many times have you spent countless hours reading resumes, interviewing, and doing reference checks, only to him a new staff member that you must let go within the month and have to start all over. Consider a temp to perm placement. This gives you and your staff the opportunity to get to know each other, work out personality conflicts and save valuable time and money.


Revenue Enhancement Tip of the Month
If your practice profits seem to be slipping and your PVA is on the decline, maybe you should consider adding some services or products to your practice. Many times a new product may actually improve your patient outcomes and increase your patient referrals – happy patients tell their friends and relatives! And, you don’t have to be a salesman to make extra profits. Take for instance exercise bands and balls. Most patients need to improve posture and core strength. Review your current patient list and select 10 patients you think are candidates for additional active care regime. Introduce fitness balls or bands at their next treatment and recommend take home exercise plans and the right size fitness ball for them to purchase.


Staffing and Employee Relations Articles  

A different take on taking staff from other practices

6/30/2009

Stealing employees (or agreeing not to) can be legally dubious....

Your employees are now on the hook for their work provided cell phone

6/22/2009

New taxes on employer provided cell phones....

7 ways to compete with the big boys

6/16/2009

Selling your practice to potential employees....

9 ways to tell if your job applicant is less than truthful

6/8/2009

How to tell if your interviewee is lying....

Common cost-cutting strategy that could backfire

6/1/2009

Legal battles invovled in unpaid furloughs...

Four reasons your employee recruitment will have to change

5/19/2009

4 laws/acts that effect how you hire employees...



   
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