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When hospice reverts to the lowest common denominator and leaders obsess about metrics, it's time to speak. Self-inflated leaders assume clinicians give until their backs break, given no raises for years. A clinical ladder is a rainbow’s pot of gold. Others have a sorrier job and must be motivated by money. Abysmal leaders dangle extrinsic rewards for admission, hiring and EDBITA targets. “Sign on” bonuses entice people into a poor work environment. Employees’ voice equals their raise, zero.

Saturday, December 7, 2013

Gentiva Has 32,000 More Employees to Ignore

StrangeTony,

Gentiva's acquisition of Harden Healthcare added:

160 locations, an increase of 38%
Over 25,000 patients, an increase of 29%
32,000 employees, an increase of 210%

Gentiva had over 5.5 patients per employee in 2012. The differential implies Harden had 0.8 patients per employee (25,000 patients/32,000 employees). Could Community Care's 31 locations have distorted the numbers so greatly? If yes, that's a staff intensive product line (quantity wise).

The end result is Gentiva has triple the number of employees to ignore.

Anonymous

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AnonymousSeptember 11, 2014 at 7:31 AM
A large portion of Community Care employees are part-time minimum wage, non-skilled attendants.

Often a family member over the age of 16. Comm. care is Medicaid funded. Whole other animal.
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