IHA Strategic Partner: Medical Solutions Rated Top in Managed Services
HRO Today recently rated IHA Strategic Partner Medical Solutions among the top 10 managed service providers (MSP) for the fourth straight year, underscoring the strength of the company’s long-standing healthcare partnerships. A leader in total workforce solutions, Medical Solutions had been an IHA partner since 2018.
The publication’s “2025 Baker’s Dozen Customer Satisfaction Ratings: MSP (Contingent Labor Resourcing and Management)” recognized Medical Solutions as an overall leader and for its service breadth, deal sizes, and service quality. Ratings are based solely on feedback from customers.
“Our customers can count on us to be more than a healthcare staffing partner,” said Medical Solutions CEO Rebecca Rogers Tijerino. “We’re a strategic extension of their teams. We work alongside them to navigate workforce complexities, using data, expertise, and real-world insight to build sustainable strategies that allow them to balance cost with excellent patient care.”
Medical Solutions’ client retention and satisfaction scores show the company meets or exceeds expectations in key areas including clinician quality, speed in filling staffing requests, and the ability to provide a wide range of solutions tailored to their needs. A majority of clients also say Medical Solutions exceeds expectations in communication and resolving issues quickly and effectively.
See IHA's flyer about Medical Solutions. For more information about the company’s services, contact Tony Lehman at 402-295-3600 or tony.lehman@medicalsolutions.com.
Staff contact: Gary Drain
Register for 2025 Sexual Assault Patient Care Training
The Illinois Attorney General announced a series of upcoming opportunities for emergency department (ED) clinical staff to complete “Foundation to Provide Sexual Assault Patient Care in the Emergency Room” training sessions. Attendance at one of these webinars fulfills the statutory training requirement for ED personnel at both treatment and transfer facilities pursuant to the Sexual Assault Survivors Emergency Treatment Act (SASETA) and related Code (77 Ill. Admin Code 545.65 (g)).
The four-hour training sessions will be held via Zoom from 12:30-4:30 p.m. CT on July 9, Sept. 18 and Nov. 18. You will receive login information via email following registration. Interested attendees must register in advance:
July 9 from 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Click here
Sept. 18 from 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Click here
Nov. 18 from 12:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., Click here
These trainings are designed to provide an overview of factors involved in sexual violence, Illinois legislation related to sexual assault patient care, and medical forensic examination and evidence collection. These trainings do not provide continuing education credits, nor do they count toward training hours to become a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner (SANE) or a Sexual Assault Forensic Examiner (SAFE). However, these trainings may assist medical professionals in deciding whether to pursue becoming a SANE or SAFE. For enrollment assistance, please contact Theresa Geary at 866-376-7215 or sane@ilag.gov (dial 7-1-1 to access TTY-based Telecommunications Relay Services).
Staff contact: Cassie Yarbrough
IL Projected to See $22.2B in Healthcare Spending Cuts Under OBBBA
According to an analysis by the Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Illinois would see a $22.2 billion reduction in healthcare spending over the next decade under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) that is being considered in Washington. According to Crain’s Chicago Business, the impact on hospital and other provider revenue would be “drastic,” with hospitals projected to experience a $9.2 billion decrease over 10 years, physicians to see a $2.2 billion decrease, federal payment for prescriptions to be reduced by $5.2 billion and another $5.7 billion reduction to be split among other healthcare provider groups. The report projected that of the $797 billion reduction in national healthcare spending advanced under OBBBA, Illinois would be one of nine states to see a reduction of more than $20 billion.
IDPH to Host June 18 Fast Phact Session: Heat, Bugs and Bites
Join the Illinois Dept. of Public Health (IDPH) tomorrow, June 18, from noon-1 p.m. CT, for the Department’s June “Fast Phact” session, “Heat, Bugs and Bites: What every clinician should know going into the summer!” The webinar will focus on:
- Resources and risk factors associated with summer-related health concerns, like heat injury;
- Understanding the changing ecology, updated surveillance data, and prevention of tick and other vector-borne diseases; and
- Prevention and triage of animal bites, including rabies.
Click here for more information, including registration information. Continuing Medical Education credit will be available.
IDPH’s Fast Phact series offers clinician-directed, interactive informational sessions in webinar format to raise awareness of emerging and high-impact public health issues that directly involve clinical care or health system considerations. All healthcare professionals are invited to participate.
