Tag: support
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ALAPAC Launches $75K in 75 Days Campaign
Earlier this month, ALAPAC kicked off its year-end fundraising campaign and is seeking to raise $75,000 in 75 days. As the official political action committee of Alabama physicians, ALAPAC provides financial and technical support to candidates medicine can work with on the myriad of health care issues affecting our state. It may not be a…
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Protecting One of Your Most Valuable Assets – Your Employees
Several studies show that the total cost of losing an employee can range from tens of thousands of dollars to 150 percent of the employee’s annual salary. There are also the “soft costs” of losing an employee, including lost productivity and lower employee morale if the practice incurs high turnover rates. According to a survey…
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Alabama’s Physicians Contribute Billions to State Financial Health
MONTGOMERY – Alabama’s more than 8,700 patient care physicians fulfill a vital role in the state’s economy by supporting 101,770 jobs and generating $16.7 billion in economic activity, according to a new report released by the Medical Association of the State of Alabama and the American Medical Association. “Urban or rural, large group or solo…
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Organized Medicine: Why Physician Membership is More Important Now than Ever Before.
“There’s strength in numbers” is a saying we all know well. Whereas one person can say something, it becomes a much more powerful display when more people join together in support or protest. In the past, it was not unusual for physicians to be members of their county medical society, specialty society, state medical association,…