Stackpole & Associates Blog

What Is “Sales”? Too Many Words, Not Enough Information When you say “salesperson”, most people think of somebody who talks, and usually a lot. This is a stereotype, because very often it’s true. [...]

Blood on the RUGS: Leadership turnover is hurting long term care Rapid leadership turnover is hurting long-term care providers. The churn is the result of changes in the markets over which [...]

Wait times for doctors have been increasing, according to recent reports. These wait time increases mean less access to doctors and healthcare services. This trend is being presented by some as [...]

News from Colorado, courtesy of The Highland Group (below), shows the continuation of declining occupancy and utilization among skilled nursing facilities (SNF). While these results are from [...]

Medical travel – fact or fiction? PT Barnum, the American impresario of Barnum & Bailey’s Circus fame, said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” Globally, that’s an annual birthrate [...]

The new administration is moving quickly to build “The Wall”, which is damaging the Mexico medical travel markets, to and from Mexico.  A progressively hotter relationship between Pres. Trump’s [...]