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Associated Health Resources, Inc.
Associated Health Resources, Inc. (AHR), a wholly-owned for-profit
entity of MHA, was created in 1992 to provide MHA member hospitals,
hospital-affiliated long-term care facilities and employees across
the state with access to a wide range of products and services
at reduced costs.
Biomedical Waste Treatment
The first statewide facility for treatment and disposal of
biomedical waste is now operational. This state-of-the-art facility
uses environmentally friendly steam sterilizers and an industrial
shredder to sterilize medical waste and render it unrecognizable
and suitable for landfill. Services are available to non-hospital
genrators. Contact: Kyle
Paquin, Operating Manager, Maine Waste Facility, Pittsfield,
ME, phone: 207-487-5300, fax: 207-487-5333.
Medical Liability
Offered through Medical Mutual Insurance Company of Maine, the
program offers competitively priced medical liability products
emphasizing risk management.
Contact: John Doyle, 1-800-942-2791.
Retirement Programs
This program allows employees of MHA member organizations to choose
from a wide range of investment options through Lincoln Financial
Group. Contact: Roberta
Tielinen, 207-926-5321.
Leadership Development, Interpersonal Communiction Improvement
and Conflict Resolution
Psychological consulting services are offered by AHR through DocExecutive.
Maggie Palmer, Ph.D.,
managing director of DocExecutive, practices organizational psychology
with a sole focus in health care. Since 1988, Dr. Palmer has provided
expert direction and guidance to senior management teams on leadership
development, interpersonal communication improvement and conflict
resolution. Contact: Margaret
J. Palmer, 207-926-4117.
Long Term Disability and Life Benefits
Offers participating hospitals and other organizations group discounts
on the cost of insurance premiums for life and long term disability.
The program is offered by UNUM and brokered by Acadia Benefits,
Inc. of Portand. Contact: John Condon, 207-761-2426.
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Hospitals First Program
Offers MHA member organizations, their employees and medical staffs
an opportunity to take advantage of substantial discounts and
preferred service on local and interstate facility and household
moves. The program is offered through Bisson
Moving & Storage Company. Contact: Brian
Hughes, 1-800-370-8469.
Executive Compensation Consulting
Olney Associates
is a Boston-based management consulting firm established in 1968
and specializing in staff, management and executive compensation
programs, particularly in health care. Olney is also a leading
designer and publisher of health care compensation surveys in
New England, the Northeast and beyond and conducts the annual
MHA Executive Compensation Survey. Contact: John
Butzel, 617-227-1642.
Interim Management Services
Offers hospitals a discount on securing individuals to fill management
vacancies and other short-term needs on a temporary basis. The
case study involving Redington-Fairview
General Hospital illustrates the value of using Nielsen Healthcare
Group to meet a staffing challenge. Mid
Coast Hospital benefited from their expertise in finding an
interim lab manager. Birch
Bay retirement community used NHG to find an interim Nursing
Director. Another case study shows
how the group helped Penobscot Bay Medical Center. Mercy
Hospital used NHG to improve their accounts receivable. The
program is offered through the Nielsen
Healthcare Group of St. Louis, Missouri.
Contact: Bruce Nielsen, 1-800-581-8901.
Temporary Physician Staffing
This program is offered through VISTA
Staffing Solutions, which recruits, credentials, and places
physicians from a broad range of specialties in temporary assignments
for a few weeks or several months.
Contact: Mary Bowers,
1-800-366-1884
Cooperative Recycling Program
Founded in 1999, the Institution
Recycling Network helps institutions achieve agressive recycling
goals by pooling their collective strength. The IRN recycles more
than 40 different commodities, including materials as diverse
as computers, fluorescent lamps, batteries, construction wastes,
paper and metals. Contact: Mark Lennon, 603-229-1962
Liability Claim Billing & Collection
An outsourcing specialty company, Innovative Business Technology,
offers billing and recovery solutions for the hospital liability
line of business, specifically workers' compensation, motor vehicle
accident and general liability claims. Contact: Vaughn
Clark, 1-800-639-2408
MHA Contact: Tammy Butts
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