Three Critical Issues for the Year Ahead

Anticipation is the key aspect of managerial success. Intelligent management of risk is the real job of management. In 2013, we think you need to anticipate and intelligently manage the risk your shop will face in three key areas. Training, regulatory compliance and healthcare will be the pre-eminent challenges we face, as well as running our businesses profitably, of course.

Training

Why training? What makes this year any different than any other year? Why is training first on your list?

培训之所以出现，是因为我们的商店仍将试图不断改善产品和服务的产品。鉴于经济和政治状况，商店所有者不太可能通过对新设备进行重大投资或雇用其他人员来持续改善业务。因此，现有设备和当前人才都需要进行任何改进。通过适当的培训，哄骗流程改进的方法是通过适当的培训。

I believe that our people are important assets in our business. Like any other asset, they can benefit and improve with the proper investment and upgrades. Training is an inexpensive, but effective way to improve your shop’s capability and competitiveness. Don’t forget that thePMPA教育基金会也可以协助培训成本。

Your investment plan this year should be to develop and implement the cross training and skills upgrade programs needed so you have the flexibility, agility and capability to answer yes to the quotes that come in, while using your existing talent and technology. What is your plan for investments this year? How does it compare with this?

Regulatory

If there is anyone expecting regulatory relief this year, I have yet to meet them. The regulatory tone of the Obama Administration has consistently been one of enforcement. We see no reason to think that that will change this year.

In order to intelligently manage your risk in this area, you will need to make this a major emphasis in your management practice. How can you do this?

1.知道您的义务。PMPA可以通过我们的网站来帮助您解决Precision博客，特别报告和员工联系人。

2. Audit your existing programs [safety, environmental, wage and hour] compliance. Do you have programs for these? Are they effective? Are they being used?

3. Remediate any differences between what you have and what you need for compliance. Do it now.

4.文档，文档，文档。您是商店和流程的专家。外部执行人员没有。他们专注于文书工作证据以确认合规性。使文档成为强度可能是您今年可以为您的公司做的最大支持。检查清单。培训清单。审核培训有效性。

5.承诺合规。以身作则。穿上自己的PPE。开始每个会议，都具有有关综合的状态，无论是安全还是其他领域。使您在这一领域的领导能力清晰。

6. Stay connected to the latest trends through PMPA. Our staff is committed to keeping you alerted to any de- velopments in these areas that could affect your shop. Our meetings and other deliverables are designed to give you tools that you can use to meet these challenges and intel- ligently manage your risk. Stay informed through PMPA.

Healthcare

女士们，先生们，大象现在在房间里。您必须在知道什么之前必须投票的法案，现在是土地的法律。您必须立即进行更改。您在哪里可以获得有关如何应对这一关键挑战的可靠指导？

While each state may have different nuances for compliance, PMPA—through our retained counsel, Fisher and Phillips—will continue to provide guidance in this important area.
The beginning of the New Year is always a time to reflect, take stock and plan for the coming year. Training, regulatory compliance and healthcare will be the pre-eminent challenges we face.

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We have great people in our shops: train them! We have effective processes for regulatory compliance: document them! Regarding the brave new world of healthcare regulation, you are not alone. Stay connected to PMPA, and we’ll help you manage the risk of this brave new world.

为了为PMPA成员提供与新医疗法案有关的更改的指南在接下来的几年中。重要的是要注意，雇主应该在此时间表上谨慎行事，因为许多这些改革及其有效日期都受国家和联邦规则和法规的约束。