Adopt-A-Horse for Children’s Therapeutic Riding
Here at Vantage, we’re fortunate to work with some incredible people who do amazing work in improving the world around them – one patient at a time. Some of our favorite clients are the folks at Leg Up Farm in Mt. Wolf, Pennsylvania.
A nonprofit therapy center, Leg Up provides therapy riding lessons to children with special needs. Just last month, they provided more than 200 of these lessons thanks to wonderful work and support …
Hiring: Get It Right!
You’re replacing a departing employee or, better yet, you’re expanding your practice and are increasing the size of your staff. Good for you! Now here’s some advice:
Get it right!
Hiring a new employee is something you absolutely cannot take lightly. Take time to fully understand what you want in a new employee (skills, training, education, personality and the ability to fit your company culture, to start off) and the path you plan to recruit …
Fair Health Cost Consumer Lookup Tool
Imagine strolling into your doctor’s office and being handed a menu – a list of services provided (with options) and the costs associated with each.
You ignore the sheer size of such a book and, instead, you thank your lucky stars you were able to thumb your way straight to the procedure du jour: allergy treatment through the injection of incremental dosages of allergen – $32.
No substitutions, please.
This is only a dream, of …
Motivational Mondays: A Healthy Office
If you spend even half of your day in an office, you know all about the battles of staying healthy at work. With all of the snacking, sitting, and eye-straining going on at a desk, it can become daunting to stay energized and feel healthy while doing it.
We’re guilty here at Vantage of some unhealthy work habits. Yes, the caffeine is abundant, and we all love sweet treats, snack trays, and (don’t judge) microwavable …
Happy Mother’s Day from Vantage
We wanted to give a big HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY! To everyone this weekend. We work with some great Moms here in our office, and have many clients who double as practitioners and mothers. You’re all doing a fantastic job and we love working with you.
Enjoy your weekend!
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Sarah Leigh is a graphic designer with Vantage Clinical Solutions, Inc., a nationwide healthcare consulting and management firm located in Bend, OR and Denver, CO. …
SOL Performance Training: PT Can Be “Sexy”!
When Tammara Moore, DPT, and Nina Patterson, MPT, OCS decided to blow the doors off the typical physical therapy business model by opening SOL Performance Training in Oakland, California, a funny thing happened: PT got sexy again.
Don’t get us wrong. “Sexy” in this instance means refreshed and inspired. There’s no going through the motions at SOL. (We introduced their innovative business model last week in our blog post: SOL Performance Training: Shattering the Box.…
Handling a Staffing Emergency: Utilizing Recruiting Firms
Employment recruiters can offer some valuable tools in assisting with a job search, but it’s imperative you first know how they work.
First, know that recruiters get paid from the employer – from you. So if you use one, make sure you fully understand the fee structure, which in some cases can be pretty steep. (By “steep,” I’m talking a half-year’s salary or more.)
An employment recruiter’s job is to speak on behalf of those …
First Impressions: Just Answer the Phone…Correctly
A funny thing happens in the few seconds it takes to answer a ringing phone and address the caller’s questions, concerns or feedback. It’s called branding, and it sends a powerful message in a very short time.
In those few seconds, callers can create an entire narrative about your business, your viability, what you stand for and your level of competence. If they hang up satisfied, they’re more likely to stay in touch and learn …
The 20 Great Challenges of Health and Medicine for 2012
I came across an interesting list this morning: The 20 Great Challenges of Health and Medicine for 2012 from TEDMED. (Yes, it is part of Ted Conferences, LLC. An independent TedX event was just hosted last weekend here in Bend.)
TEDMED is a gathering of though-leaders, held once a year. The participants are a community of people who are “passionate about imagining the future of health and medicine”, and there’s no set “agenda”; instead, …
SOL Performance Training: Shattering the Box
Insurance companies aren’t reimbursing physical therapists like they used to. So whaddaya gonna do about it? If you’re Tammara Moore, DPT, a long-time PT practice owner in the California Bay Area, you’re going to change up your game.
Instead of pulling back on quality in order to remain profitable and stay in business, Tammara decided to think outside the box—to create a high-energy training center focused on delivering PT-quality results. And she would do it …
