WORKFORCE RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION

By establishing cooperative ventures and endorsed relationships with strategically selected organizations, MHA Solutions provides competitive pricing on specialized services that are essential to MHA members. 

MHA Solutions endorses several organizations offering value added programs and services to the MHA member hospitals.  Endorsement recommendations are tied directly back to the MHA Strategic Plan, the CEO responses on the MHA SatisfactionWorks survey and requests from members.

For more information about MHA Solutions’ endorsements, contact Julie McNeese at jmcneese@mhanet.org.

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Merritt Hawkins & Associates is the largest permanent placement physician search and consulting firm in the United States. MHA conducts more than 2,600 permanent physician search assignments each year. Merritt Hawkins & Associates also specializes in the permanent recruitment of advanced practice allied health care professionals, such as certified registered nurse anesthetists, pharmacists, dosimetrists, medical physicists, radiation therapists, physical therapists, occupational therapists and others. The company is widely published and provides research information that includes a variety of surveys, such as its Review of Physician Recruitment Incentives (published annually in Modern Healthcare magazine) its Survey of Final Year Medical Residents, which has been referenced in The Wall Street Journal and many other publications, and its’ Survey of Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue. In addition, the firm conducts educational seminars and staffing presentations at conferences nationwide. Merritt Hawkins & Associates' expertise is reflected in the dozens of articles written by or quoting its consultants that are published in health care journals every year. An industry leader for 20 years, Merritt Hawkins & Associates is the most consistently effective and service-oriented physician search firm in the nation. Contact: Ron Valderrama 800-876-0500 | 469-524-1748 972-983-0758 (fax) ronald.valderrama@mhagroup.com www.mhagroup.com

MSHospitalJobs.com is a new program hosted by the Mississippi Hosptial Association to help our member hospitals reach and recruit more highly qualified health care professionals and physicians. The main goal of the program is to provide healthcare professionals and physicians with the ability to research and apply for job openings at the hospital that best fits their experience, specialty and interest Contact: Brian Bauer 866-870-4885 ext. 801 bbauer@dsmadvantage.cvom www.mshospitaljobs.com

NextJob's focus is to make it affordable to provide one-on-one job coaching and outplacement services to every employee affected by a staff reduction. In fact, NextJob offers one-on-one job coaching for the same rates that competitors charge for group seminars and videos. NextJob believes that its savings in unemployment insurance premiums alone will pay for the service. NextJob helps employees transition into their next job quickly and effectively. This reduces unemployment claims exposure, decreases management stress and establishes a positive image. This is an invaluable service that any employer can feel good about providing to the people affected by layoffs and terminations. The NextJob Process provides a complete transition experience for the employee making a job change. NextJob connects them with the best job search resources and provides on-going support and motivation to stay active and positive throughout the job search and education through skills assessment, resume assistance and job search training. Contact: Julie McNeese (601) 368-3311 jmcneese@mhanet.org

Staff Care is the nation’s leading locum tenens staffing firm, working with over 8,500 independent contractor providers annually.  Staff Care fills short-term vacancies in all physician specialties, as well as CRNAs.  The company assists hospitals, medical groups, occupational medical clinics, individual practitioners, networks, psychiatric facilities, government institutions, and other organizations to maintain patient care, referrals, and revenue.  Recognized publications, such as the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and American Medical News, regularly seek the expertise of Staff Care consultants, and the company publishes several annual studies of the healthcare staffing industry.  Staff Care also sponsors the prestigious Country Doctor of the Year Award®.  This annual award, which honors the spirit, skill and dedication of America’s rural medical practitioners, has brought positive recognition to rural medicine through profiles in dozens of media outlets, including Parade, People magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, The Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and many others. Contact: Daryl Fowler 800-685-2272 | 469-524-1794 972-948-0769 (fax) daryl.fowler@staffcare.com www.staffcare.com     Visions Healthcare Solutions provides management of staffing agency utilization with a strong emphasis on recruiting. Visions provides individualized staffing solutions to participating hospitals.  Each hospital client is evaluated and hospital specific goals are established.  The rates, invoicing processes and other protocols are developed to meet the hospital client’s individual needs.  The flexibility and personalization of this staffing program will offer MHA members additional resources to fill RN and Allied staffing needs quickly and cost-effectively.  Because this program will address all shift needs from per diem to long term agency contracts, it will meet the needs of many MHA members. BENEFITS TO MHA MEMBER HOSPITALS WEB-BASED SOFTWARE to expedite and document availability of the most qualified candidates. CONSOLIDATED INVOICING to allow hospitals to pay Visions one check instead of paying each agency separately. SEARCH CAPABILITIES with over 80 participating agencies to reach the most qualified candidates. REDUCE COSTS AND BARRIERS related to converting agency personnel to hospital staff employment. MONTHLY MANAGEMENT reports documenting utilizations, cancellations, fill rations and trends. STANDARDIZED & VALIDATED competency testing and background checks of participating agencies. UNANNOUNCED AUDITS of participating agencies to document compliance. For additional information on Visions or a hospital-specific proposal, please contact Melissa Penzato at 225-215-3226 or Melissa@visionshealth.net or Julie McNeese at 601-368-3311 or jmcneese@mhanet.org.