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Jacksonville Business Journal honors Hunter & Associates P.A. with Diversity Award
Posted on 26. Aug, 2010 by Creatwood.
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Jacksonville Business Journal honors Hunter & Associates P.A. with Diversity Award
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Business Journal has given Hunter & Associates P.A. a 2010 Diversity Award for its work as a Professional Service Provider for minority-owned businesses in Northeast Florida.
Hunter & Associates was one of eight award winners and the only its category. Hunter & Associates provides accounting, business development and consulting services to small- and medium-sized businesses.
Hunter & Associates was honored for helping clients get certified as Disadvantaged Business Enterprises, thereby generating business opportunities. The firm has extensive experience in auditing firms that work with government agencies, which often seek DBEs as contractors and consultants.
In a profile of the firm in the Aug. 6-12 issue of The Business Journal, client Nina Sickler, president of Landmark Engineering Inc., stated that the financial audit that Hunter & Associates conducted of her transportation-engineering company helped it earn a DBE certification with the Florida Department of Transportation. Sickler also stated that the firm helped her evaluate tax issues and manage expenses.
Because it works with numerous small businesses and DBEs, Hunter & Associates conducts many audits for the FDOT and often provides financial management training for the department’s contractors. Hunter & Associates also has contracted with the U.S. General Services Administration to provide accounting and development services to agencies and companies that work with them across the country.
“Government agencies and the contractors that work with them are focused on ways to maximize their time and minimize their expenses,” said Lewis Hunter, president of Hunter & Associates. “We help them find ways to do both.”
About Hunter & Associates P.A.
Based in Jacksonville, Fla., Hunter & Associates provides accounting, business development and consulting services to small- and medium-sized businesses. The firm also assists government agencies and contractors. Hunter & Associates provides accounting and development services to government agencies through a contract with the U.S. General Services Administration.
As a member of the international RAN ONE network of Certified Public Accountants, Hunter & Associates has invested heavily in specialized training and tools.
Additionally, Hunter & Associates Principal Lewis Hunter is a partner in international consulting firm ROCG, which specializes in assisting entrepreneurs with business transitions.
Contact:
Lewis Hunter
Hunter & Associates P.A.
Phone: (904) 731-9222
E-mail: lhunter@huntercpa.com
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New eye care center treats the otherwise untreatable
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Creatwood.
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August 5, 2010
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.—Baymeadows Vision Center has launched the North Florida Corneal Rehabilitation Center to help patients with distorted corneas find alternatives to invasive surgical procedures.
North Florida Corneal Rehabilitation Center is the region’s only facility dedicated to treating damaged corneas with specialized contact lenses that are effective and comfortable. Read the full release.
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Hire Methods Inc. one of ‘Best Companies To Work For’ in Florida
Posted on 05. Aug, 2010 by Creatwood.
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8/2/10
Hire Methods Inc. Named to Top 100
Best Companies To Work For in Florida
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Aug. 2, 2010) — Hire Methods Inc. has been named one of Florida’s Best Companies To Work For.
The second annual statewide Best Companies list is available in the August issue of Florida Trend and on FloridaTrend.com. A provider of health care, information technology and professional staffing, Hire Methods has made the list two years in a row.
“Hire Methods Professional Staffing was founded with strong principles that put employees, candidates, and clients first,” Co-founder Clint Drawdy said. “We work diligently every day to make Hire Methods a great place to work for both our internal staff and our temporaries.”
The Best Companies To Work For in Florida program was created by Florida Trend and Best Companies Group and endorsed by the HR Florida State Council.
One-hundred companies were recognized this year, in small, medium and large company categories. Hire Methods ranked 17th among the Best Small Companies (15 to 49 employees).
“Companies that retain the best employees with strong workplace programs are frequently the very same companies that serve their clients exceptionally well,” says Florida Trend Publisher Andrew Corty.
To be considered for participation, companies or government entities had to employ at least 15 workers in Florida and be at least a year old. Each company’s workplace policies, practices, philosophies and systems were evaluated. Employee satisfaction also was measured, through a survey. The combined scores determined the top companies and the final ranking.
Best Companies Group managed the overall registration, survey and analysis process and determined the final rankings. Companies were not required to pay to participate.
“The surveys show that while employees like ‘bells and whistles’ types of benefits, the companies that make the list all are very good at the basics — especially at communicating with their employees and offering training and opportunities to work creatively. This year’s stories are a great how-to guide for companies looking to improve,” says Mark Howard, executive editor.
For a complete list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Florida, go to www.FloridaTrend.com/BestCompanies.
Contact:
Hire Methods Florida Trend
Clint Drawdy, Co-founder Mark Howard, Executive Editor
cdrawdy@hiremethods.com mhoward@floridatrend.com
904-398-4133 727-892-2644
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Florida nursing home survey focuses on care
Posted on 30. Jul, 2010 by Creatwood.
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July 30, 2010
Study seeks secrets to successful nursing homes
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Predictive Results has launched a pioneering project that could improve the quality of nursing homes across the state, and perhaps nationwide.
Predictive Results and the Florida Health Care Association launched July 1 a comprehensive e-mail survey of the administrators of the state’s 625 nursing homes.
The survey identifies administrators’ leadership styles through a behavioral assessment tool that has reduced turnover and improved performance at nursing homes across the country. A New England nursing home chain has reduced its turnover rate to 42 percent, less than half of the industry range of 85 percent to 112 percent, by using the behavior assessment tool that is the basis for the FHCA survey.
Researchers from Eastern Kentucky University and Predictive Results will review the results of the FHCA survey for statistical evidence that establishes correlations between an administrator’s level of patience, for example, and the ratings that their nursing home receives under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Five-Star Quality Rating System. The goal is to learn how leadership styles and staffing decisions affect ratings and patient care.
“We don’t come into this with any preconceived ideas,” Predictive Results President Steve Waterhouse said.
The survey runs through Aug. 31. Results should be available by mid-September.
The Florida survey is intended as a pilot program. Similar projects may be launched throughout the country by early 2011, through Predictive Results’ parent organization, PI Worldwide®.
The survey is based upon the Predictive Index®, a scientifically validated behavioral assessment tool that has been used in organizational settings for more than 50 years. Nursing homes and other health care facilities use the Predictive Index® to ensure that employees are placed in the appropriate positions.
For more information on Predictive Results and the Predictive Index®, contact Steve Waterhouse at (904) 269-2299 or steve@predictiveresults.com.
About Predictive Results
Based in Jacksonville, Fla., Predictive Results’ major markets also include Tampa Bay, Orlando and Miami. The company helps businesses improve their bottom lines by addressing their most valuable resource: their people. Predictive Results’ services include the Predictive Index® and the Predictive Leadership Series™.
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Crucial Care patient featured in Times-Union
Posted on 17. May, 2010 by Creatwood.
Florida Times-Union Columnist Mark Woods writes about a local educator’s goal of serving the healthiest school lunches in America.
Students across the country could benefit from Terry Bartow’s near tragedy. Stricken by a stroke two years ago, and first treated at Crucial Care, the Headmaster at Jacksonville Country Day School now wants to serve the healthiest lunch program in America, creating a model that could be replicated nationally.
Already an avowed nutrition and fitness advocate before his stroke, at age 54, Bartow partially attributes the speed and scope of his recovery to being in good physical condition. He has since taken it to an even higher level, personally and professionally.
He has lost 35 pounds by refining his diet further. In addition to consuming shelves worth of books on cooking and eating healthy foods, he has researched graduate programs on nutrition, with the intent of beginning studies as soon as this fall.
He has already applied many of the lessons that he has learned, by improving the nutritional value of the meals at Jacksonville Country Day School. Adding a fresh salad bar, and homemade soups and breads are just a few examples of how Bartow has enhanced the diets of his students.
“If you want children to begin to understand the importance of a healthy meal, the best place to do that is at school, where they teach you the right things,” Bartow says.
Learn more at Crucial Care and Jacksonville Country Day School.