Tennessee Legislative Changes Effective January 1, 2008
Tennessee Legislative Changes
Effective January 1, 2008
This summary highlights some of the more significant changes that Tennessee has enacted and that have become effective on January 1, 2008. Â
Tax Rate on Food reduced from 6% to 5.5% read more »
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Staton Joins LBMC
December, 2007, Nashville, TN. – Lattimore Black Morgan & Cain, PC (LBMC), one of the Southeast’s largest accounting and business consulting firms, has added Chip Staton as director of firm operations in its Brentwood (Nashville) office.
“Chip’s background will enable him to contribute rapidly as a leader for our internal support groups,” says Mike Cain, co-managing principal. “We are delighted that Chip has joined our team and look forward to having him as a key player in the continued growth of this organization.” read more »
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Using HIT as a ‘Game Changer’ in Health & Healthcare
In late January, the Nashville Health Care Council welcomed a distinguished
panel of experts for a discussion on the current state of health information
technology and the potential going forward to utilize HIT to transform
health and healthcare in America.
Playing to a packed house, “Technology in Health Care: The Value and
The Vision” shared the perspectives of Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer; Harry
Greenspun, MD, chief medical officer for Perot Systems Healthcare Group;
George Lazenby, CEO of Nashville-based Emdeon; and Glen Tullman, CEO
of Allscripts. read more »
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Ten ways to motivate workers
No matter the season, employees need a little motivation now and then. Here are a few suggestions to rev up their engines and motivate them for peak performance. read more »
Simplicity…at its finest!
I ran across a really short list of the first things to do when starting a business on
America’s Best Companies site. Entrepreneurs and today’s business leaders will appreciate the brevity. It is not all inclusive, but it is a good foundation.
First things to do when starting a business: read more »
New LBMC Health & Wellness Program Where “Prevention is Key!”
I was recently hired by LBMC Employment Partners as the Employee Health and Productivity Manager. I am a registered nurse with 18 years of nursing experience and a passion for teaching. After working in Oncology Nursing for many years, I wanted to shift my focus to disease prevention. I then received a graduate degree in Public Health Nursing from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a focus in Occupational Health and Wellness. read more »
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LBMC Employment Partners Visits Cigna
In order to better understand the inner-workings of Cigna’s Customer Service, the LBMC Employment Partners team spent a day at the award-winning customer service facility in Chattanooga. LBMC Employment Partners and Cigna have always had a great relationship and this visit only strengthened the support that we have for each other. We were very impressed with the magnitude of standards that the Cigna Customer Service Representatives are held to. read more »
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Cheating on Pre-employment Assessment Tests
Many businesses have largely automated the hiring process with online personality tests. The system cuts the time store managers must spend in interviewing applicants. But the test also is creating a culture of cheating and raising questions for applicants about its fairness -- even as it becomes a critical determinant of who gets a job and who doesn't in a stressful era of rising unemployment in 2010. read more »
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Step on the Gas: Improve Productivity at Work
It doesn’t matter how talented you are if you’re not productive in the workplace; there’s no room for laziness or disorderliness in any organization where emphasis is placed on increased productivity and profits. Sometimes, even when we try our best, we find ourselves lagging behind the standards set both by the company we work for and by ourselves. read more »
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