CMSS Healthcare Staffing

CMSS is proud to sponsor two of our recruiters (Michelle Blakley and Anna Deir) in an event that will raise funds for our local Boys and Girls Club of Hilton Head Island, please go to their website at www.bgchhi.org

The event is a 2 hour spinning  class that will be held at our community health club on the 18th of September, 2010.

Both Michelle and Anna are asking for your help in this fundraiser. They have each pledged to raise $500.00 and are asking you for your donations. (Please provide your correct mailing address)

If you are interested in donating, please send a check made out to the Boys and Girls Club to our P.O. Box address:

CMSS
P.O. Box 23317
Hilton Head Island, SC 29925

We thank you for your generosity and please let us know if we can help you in any way.

Michelle Blakley and Anna Deir
CMSS
1-866-425-9505

Today the President signed into law healthcare reform which extended the therapy cap exceptions process until the end of the year. This is of course good news in the Therapy world, but we must not give up on pushing our members of Congress to eliminate the cap once and for all. There is word around Capitol Hill that Congress is working on implementing the "Doc Fix" which would head off the planned 21 percent cut in medicare reimbursement to doctors. This cut would once again come into effect on April 1st. Congress will have a tough time taking the heat from the leading medical organizations but phone calls from regular constituents is also very crucial.

C’mon HR 4213!
Once again we are up against a possible expiration on the Therapy cap exceptions process on April 1^st.  We are thankful to the Senate for passing this important extension of benefits for our most frail seniors. This piece of legislation is piggybacking on a provision that would eliminate the 21 percent Medicare cut for Doctors until the end of the year.  The positives are that these provisions have strong bipartisan support. However finding funds to pay for these extensions are the crux of the debate. That is what will be discussed in the House hopefully in the next couple of weeks. If it passes the House it goes to the President for a signature. Democrats would gladly move forward with adding the cost to the current deficit but Republicans want to find a source such as the stimulus to fund the bill .
Either way the House is going to have an up or down vote by the end of March because so many Medicare beneficiaries would be hit so hard by a sudden drop in benefits and Doctors willing to see Medicare patients. Please keep pestering your Congressman to be in favor of this critical Bill.

Medical professionals such as physical, occupational or speech therapists as well as assistants tend to utilize the services of independent recruiters to find their ideal job.  Some of the responsibilities of an independent recruiter are to get to know all employers in an area, telemarket for openings, research the area for top salaries, cost of living, crime and any other information pertinent to your needs.  If there is a therapy job opening that you can not find, an independent recruiter will find it.  They utilize many resources that you may not be familiar with or have no time to research.  It is their job to know.

As an independent recruiter, I can attest to one consistent practice in the therapy hiring  process and that is checking references.   Every employer, before they make a decision to hire, will check at least two of your references.  If you have experience in the related setting, use supervisory references from that employment.  Otherwise, use managers and coworkers from your past therapy positions.  Your future manager will look for references from therapy supervisors as well as other therapists and assistants.  Always check with your references to assure the phone number is correct as well as their availability to answer questions.