Might there be a career development plan for employees once they reach a certain status with the company? Might this offer extend to the employees even if they leave the company?

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2015 Who’s Bidding On What? 2015’s Most Read RFPs From The OPEN MINDS RF...

"So far in 2015, government agencies (federal, state, and local) put out requests-for-proposals (RFPs) for over $20 billion in health and human service contracts – and we’ve covered them all. What were the most read RFPs in 2015?"

This level of transparency has risk - the bidders now what you are seeking and so do your competitors. Is issuing an RFP worth the risk?

If so - then would our industry benefit from sharing RFP's within an open network? What risks exist? How could those risks be mitigated?

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on July 4, 2019 at 5:26pm

2016 I Know We Can’t Keep Doing What We’re Doing

"I don’t think coming up with new ideas for what to do is the difficult part."

"The greater challenge is developing a market-oriented strategy to make those innovations financially viable – and then realigning your organization from its traditional business model to the new approach."

Build knowledge about why changes are needed across the organization
Create formal incentives (and penalties) for embracing change
Develop talent and skills needed for change
Be the role model

For more on navigating a changing landscape, check out these resources from the OPEN MINDS Industry Library:

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on July 4, 2019 at 5:31pm

2017 Making Coordinated Care Work For The Medicaid SMI Population – Conn...

The point of this article and the relevance to our industry is that there are many models for paying for services. With training it could be:

Be an overhead cost
Covered at a high-level by the line of business
Charged to individual cost centers
Paid for by the employee
Free

Is there any correlation to these methods and outcomes or is the correlation primarily related to source and convenience?

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on July 4, 2019 at 5:38pm

2018 The New Cultural Competency: Ability To ‘Turn On A Dime’

"All around me, I see my colleagues grappling with the need to change—and change quickly. The change drivers? The emergence of new technologies is obvious.

new competition
work schedules,
consumer expectations,
organizational structures,
supervisors, and competency requirements also come to mind.

It’s not just the health and human service market space. But, because the health and human service market has been so insulated from change for so long, the rapidity of the current disruptive change in the market is a bit of a shock to organizational cultures."

So maybe it’s time to “return to the basics” of the leadership of organizational change management.

Lead with the culture
Start at the top
Involve every layer
Make the rational and emotional case together
Act your way into new thinking-
Engage, engage, engage
Lead outside the lines
Leverage formal solutions
Leverage informal solutions
Assess and adapt

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on July 26, 2019 at 9:37am

2019 When Is Medicaid Expansion Not Expansion?

"...each state has chosen their own path to implement the Medicaid expansion. And what this means for provider organizations is a continued bifurcation of state Medicaid programs, bringing along its own set of challenges."

Do some organizations and departments have difference rules related to training services available to employees?

What are the benefits of this?

What potential risks exist?

How can we mitigate the risks without losing the benefits?

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on June 3, 2023 at 9:13pm

2020 Maximizing Revenue Amid The Crisis—Resources For Recovery

How do we avoid being trapped by a "scarcity" mindset?

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on June 3, 2023 at 9:15pm

2021 Minnesota Rebids Integrated Health Partnerships Program

How are we assuring that we are maximizing the potential benefits of competition? Where are we not allowing competition? Why?

Permalink Reply by Paul Terlemezian on June 3, 2023 at 9:16pm

2022 The Retail Health Effect