Congratulations to Carroll Hospital Center for being ranked #1 in Overall Hospital Care in the State of Maryland by CareChex¹! The most surprising aspect of the CareChex report to me was the high ranking of smaller, rural hospitals versus the larger, more “prestigious” ones. For example, the top 3 hospitals in the report were Carroll Hospital…
I had lunch today with my seventh grade English teacher – my favorite teacher of all time – an inspiration to me and the thousands of students he taught over the course of his 38-year career. For the sake of anonymity, I call him “Mr. Lang” (not his real name). During the course of our…
During an Employee Benefits Network presentation in Chicago, Delia Vetter, senior director of benefits for EMC Corp, commented that healthcare is a “shared responsibility” between the employee and employer. I couldn’t agree more. Historically, however, the weight of this responsibility has been borne far more by the employer than by employees. Of the various reasons…