Travel Nurse Perks
Many travel nurses opt for temporary assignments because of the autonomy and opportunities − not just the big boost in pay Ivan Gan, University of Houston-Downtown Travel nurses take short-term contracts that can require long commutes or temporarily living away from home. Time and again, they have to get used to new co-workers, new protocols and […]
Everywhere, hospitals are merging, but why should you care?
By Gregory Curfman, M.D. Harvard Health Blog All across America, hospitals are merging. In 2014 alone, there were 95 mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures among U.S. hospitals, down only slightly from 98 in 2013. What’s fueling this strong trend toward hospital consolidation — and more importantly, why should you, as a consumer of health care, […]
News In Brief
Enrollment for Obamacare Continues Despite Government Shutdown Among technical and congressional glitches, the Affordable Healthcare Act’s mandated health insurance registration continued throughout its first day yesterday. Illinois’ health insurance marketplace, Get Covered Illinois did not experience any major setbacks. The Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare, goes into effect in January 2014. For the approximately […]
Illinois Prepares for a New Insurance Marketplace
Will healthcare for the uninsured really happen?By Morgan Lord Illinois is planning on more than a million uninsured residents receiving healthcare on Jan. 1, 2014. Some think it’s going to happen; others think it’s a long shot. Back in March 2010, President Barack Obama signed a healthcare reform bill—the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act […]
