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Advisory Board Company Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

The Advisory Board Company (NASDAQ: ABCO) is a professional services firm that offers resources to players who are mainly in the healthcare industry. and around the world, with a premier niche in the healthcare space. The Advisory Board company also serves 4,100+ member organizations, most of which are in the healthcare industry.

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Unnecessary Surgeries? You Bet! Doctors Treat Patients as ATMs; US Healthcare System Explained in Six Succinct Points

MishTalk

There is little to no incentive in the healthcare industry to hold down costs. One third of men whose doctors own radiation equipment get the therapy at a cost of about $35,000 per treatment course. US Healthcare System Greased for Fraud. US Healthcare System Explained in Six Succinct Points. How could this happen?

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Why The Best Hospitals Are Managed by Doctors

Harvard Business

Healthcare has become extraordinarily complex — the balance of quality against cost, and of technology against humanity, are placing ever-increasing demands on clinicians. The findings of course do not prove that doctors make better leaders, though the results are surely consistent with that claim. ” But this is changing.

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Near-Record 20% of Americans Struggle to Afford Food and Basic Necessities; Who's to Blame?

MishTalk

in June, and is the highest percentage recorded since October 2011. Americans remain as likely to have access to basic necessities in general now as they were in October 2011, when it was at its lowest point. recorded in October 2011. Of course it doesn''t. in August, on par with the all-time low of 81.2 Price Stability?

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What States are the Biggest Job Winners and Losers in the Recovery?

MishTalk

The biggest winners are states involved in energy production, finance, or healthcare. Job creation did not pick up in Nevada and New Jersey until the beginning of 2011 and did not pick up in Alabama and Maine until the middle of 2011. With that overview, let''s dive deeper into the Geography of Jobs.

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FTI Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

While the years up to 2002 were a time of growth for the firm, 2003 to 2011 brought a whole new meaning to the word “expansion”. The end of 2011 witnessed a new FTI Consulting emerge with clients in a wider range of industries and with dramatically expanded areas of expertise. 2011 saw FTI working for 97 of the top 100 U.S.

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US Obesity Rates Exceed 20% in Every State; Care to Supersize That?

MishTalk

Obesity rates in the US are soaring along with healthcare costs: A New Study Shows US Adult Obesity Rates Exceed 20% in Every State with at least 30% of adults are obese in more than 20 states. From 2011 to 2012, by comparison, the rate of obesity increased in only one state. They''re not calling it that, of course.