Re: salaries, another solution

[Guest guest]

I just thought I'd pass on how one area outpatient clinic handled declining

reimbursement.

The administrator trimmed all excess expenses, i.e., education allowance,

benefits, etc. That helped the bottom line... for a while.

She then increased productivity expectations to the highest humanly possible

and the staff meet them. Things were better again.... for a while.

The clinic starting operating in the negative again. This time the

administrator considered cutting therapist positions and replacing them with

aids as a first idea, but instead decided to cut the therapist salaries and

let them keep their jobs. She cut the salaries and no one left.

Guess what. Those therapist are now making $25,000.00 per year. Times are

definitely changing.

in Florida

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