by Sean Murray | Nov 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
News from one of my partners:
Hospice saves on medical supplies Savings help address diminishing government reimbursements
Hospice saves on medical supplies Savings help address diminishing government reimbursements Neczus’ Expertise in Health Care
The client is a hospice in North-Central Florida that provides support for patients and their families in their own homes, assisted living centers, skilled nursing facilities, hospitals and hospice houses.
Medicare, Medicaid and most insurance companies cover the care given by the nonprofit organization. Given the current economy, diminishing government reimbursements and a trend toward extended hospital stays for the terminally ill, the hospice wants to continue to provide high-quality care as cost-effectively as possible.
The organization asked health care industry experts with Neczus to review its expenses for medical supplies. Neczus Consultants found both “hard” savings (money) and “soft” savings (process improvements) that will help the hospice continue to fulfill its mission. Market knowledge, proprietary tools, project experience and implementation assistance Using Neczus’ proprietary suite of RFP tools, Consultants were able to gather extensive and detailed information from suppliers. Neczus experts weighed supplier responses based on several criteria important to the hospice, including quality, availability of electronic inventory management tools, shipping charges and price-change notification policies.
They also reviewed existing and proposed contracts for improved pricing, incentives and discounts; arranged a “Vendor Day” so that suppliers under consideration could present alternative products that offered substantial savings; and assisted in implementation with a 60-day transition period after contract signing to ramp down incumbent supply.
Project Information
Industry: Health Care Expense: Medical Supplies Client ROI: $5,625/hour Suppliers: New Net Savings: 10%
Other successful industry projects Neczus has handled many successful expense- reduction projects for the health care industry. Expenses reviewed include: Bank Fees Cleaning Services & Supplies Employment Services (including Contract Nurses) Food Services Freight Insurance – Workman’s Comp, Health, P/C Medical Supplies Merchant Card Fees Office Supplies Payroll/HR Admin (including PEOs) Records & Information Management Telecommunications Uniforms & Linens Waste & Recycling
by Sean Murray | Nov 11, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Sean Murray | Nov 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Notes on creating a voicemail greeting:
We installed our first clients’ voice mail in 1984 or 85. I believe the cost was over $8,000.00 for a small system with limited features. Now it is included in most Cloud based systems or available at very little cost. However I believe that many use it as if one was playing hide and seek, and using it as if hiding behind a tree rather than taking the call. You can do two things; take the call or get another voice mail box for those that you regularly communicate with. When used properly I think of it as non-simultaneous conversation that improves prodictivity.
Another solution is to use a cloud based system with UC, Unified Communications. It is like IM but is used by those yo need to touch base with often. More on this in a coming post.
For now try to use voice mail effectively.
Sound upbeat in your message. When recording, be sure to say your message with a smile on your face. It’s obvious when people aren’t happy in their message. Since your work revolves around keeping happy customers, do your part by keeping a happy-sounding voicemail message.
Don’t rush. It’s important to speak slowly and clearly when leaving your next voicemail greeting. Have you ever called someone and the message sounds like one big word? Don’t be that guy. Pronounce your words and take pauses between your sentences
Avoid background noise. Whether you have music playing in your office, or you’re sitting in a coffee shop, background noise can make it difficult for your customers to understand your greeting. Limit the noise around you when you leave your voicemail greeting.
Rehearse or write down your message before recording it. Remember that old saying “practice makes perfect?” It’s certainly true when it comes to creating an electronic greeting. The more you’ve rehearsed, the easier the message will be to restate. If you don’t have time to practice, writing down the greeting before recording it – and then reading it aloud from the paper – may help you stay focused on the correct wordi
by Sean Murray | Nov 3, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Sean Murray | Oct 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
Notes on creating a voicemail greeting:
If possible give the caller a bypass key to press to jump to the recording menu. On my system I tell the caller to press # which allows them to leave a message rather than listening to my message for the 12th time over the past few months.
Sound upbeat in your message. When recording, be sure to say your message with a smile on your face. It’s obvious when people aren’t happy in their message. Since your work revolves around keeping happy customers, do your part by keeping a happy-sounding voicemail message.
Don’t rush. It’s important to speak slowly and clearly when leaving your next voicemail greeting. Have you ever called someone and the message sounds like one big word? Don’t be that guy. Pronounce your words and take pauses between your sentences
Avoid background noise. Whether you have music playing in your office, or you’re sitting in a coffee shop, background noise can make it difficult for your customers to understand your greeting. Limit the noise around you when you leave your voicemail greeting.
Rehearse or write down your message before recording it. Remember that old saying “practice makes perfect?” It’s certainly true when it comes to creating an electronic greeting. The more you’ve rehearsed, the easier the message will be to restate. If you don’t have time to practice, writing down the greeting before recording it – and then reading it aloud from the paper – may help you stay focused on the correct wordi
by Sean Murray | Oct 24, 2017 | Uncategorized
by Sean Murray | Sep 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
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Memo
Below is one of the many emails and faxes I have sent to the members of the LWRBA, and surrounding businesses. In view of Hurricane IRMA I wanted to reach out again. Our Florida clients using our Cloud providers experienced no down time or disruption of service.They accessed their data and made and received calls as if they were at their office. I hope we can discuss the options available to you.
To: LWRBA Golfers
From Paul Reed Steberger
From: Applied Utility Auditors DBA Applied Telecom Solutions
Phone (973)-208-0020
Date: 4/21/2015
Subject: We had a winner in 2015 for the gift certificates at Ophelia’s restaurant in siesta key fl. and we hope to do it again May 6th at the Esplanade
We wanted to thank you for stopping by the 17th hole at the LWRBA golf outing. I hope we can meet at your office or for lunch to determine if we may be of help reducing your costs or improving your business operations. I have included a link to an event we held in New Jersey this past October 7th, and we want to hold a similar event at the Polo Grill or the Ritz Carlton this year. I hope you will find this interesting and invitations will be forthcoming.
Telecom and IT Services
For over 30 years we have provided advances telecom and IT solutions to business like yours. Now with the advent of the “CLOUD” we can provide these solutions with no CAPEX, and for the most part at lower monthly cost then you now have. Additionally, 95% of the time our fees are paid by our indirect channel partners, such as AT&T, Verizon, Alteva, EvolveIP, and over 50 other Telecom, and IT partners. There is no fee to you.
Contingency Auditing
Our contingency auditing services review utility bills, workers’ comp., health insurance, and many other everyday bills you pay. We secure refunds and future savings in most of our bill reviews. If we find no refunds or errors, you will at a minimum know that your bills are correct and we will not bill you. I would like to set up a brief meeting to discuss how we may help you now or sometime in the future. I hope you give us a call to see if we can be of help.
by Sean Murray | Aug 27, 2017 | Uncategorized
This is a great resource for those trying to understand this new world of IT I hope it helps, be well
http://support.evolveip.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/DraaS_For_Dummies.pdf
by Sean Murray | Aug 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
I received this packet re. long term care insurance and was struck that this company operates in the same way we do.. We are agnostic as to a solution, we are paid equally by all vendors, and we look for a solution that fits your needs. I hope someday we can help your company in the areas we excel. Take care
LTC+TREE
WE SHOP THE MARKET- YOU SAVE
Paul,
My hope is that you find this packet of information and quotes on Long Term Care Insurance helpful in your research. You are able to compare all of the “blue chip” companies’ plans side-by-side without moving from agent to agent. We are truly 100% independent, so while one company may have had the lowest rate on one plan we quoted you, we will call the balls and strikes as we see them and tell you if another may have an advantage beyond just price. Our goal is to inform you of the facts without you having an uncomfortable and untimely sales meeting with a local agent.
Take your time to review these plans and companies, and when you have time, let’s have a conference call to step through the options and go through your various questions.
Drew Nichols
by Sean Murray | Aug 3, 2017 | Cloud Computing, Cost Recovery
Whoever or Whomever?
Learn the rule (or how to avoid the issue).
By Neal Whitman, read by Mignon Fogarty, Grammar Girl June 18, 2011
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Episode #280
It’s time to take another look at a perennial source of confusion and frustration in English grammar: the pronoun “whom.”
I talked about “whom” in episodes 44 and 98, and I’ll give a quick recap to set the stage here, but if you haven’t listened to them yet, or if you’re not sure you remember them, you should go back and listen to them to get the most out of today’s episode.
“Who” Versus “Whom”
In episode 44, “Who Versus Whom,” I covered the basics: “whom” is the objective case of the pronoun “who,” used when “who” is an object in a sentence instead of a subject. For example, you’d use “who” in “Who loves you, baby?” because “who” is the subject of “loves.” But you’d use “whom” in “Whom do you love?” because “whom” is the object of “love” – the “object” of affection.
In episode 98, “Who Versus Whom, Advanced,” I took on more confusing cases, such as “Who do you think did it?” Since there are two verbs–“think” and “did”–at first, you might think it should be “Whom do you think did it.” “Who” isn’t the subject of the verb “think,” but it is the subject of the verb “did.” Since it’s in the subject position, the correct choice is “who.” It’s not different from the simple case we just covered; it’s just that the sentence is a little more complicated.
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