CareStat is proud to announce their most recent contract with San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine.

San Diego, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/29/2010 -- CareStat LLC is a local supplemental healthcare staffing company which is owned and operated by healthcare professionals. The goal of the company is to identify and provide qualified professional staff, while adhering to the JCAHO standards of excellence. CareStat partners with healthcare facilities to ensure that all patients/clients are provided with exemplary healthcare.

CareStat LLC is owned and operated by Nancy Johnson, RN, BSN. She has worked as an executive in the staffing industry for 20 years and is considered to be an expert in her field. Nancy has more than 20 years experience in the industry as an EVP, VP and CNO in the Health Care Staffing and Home Health arenas, where she has been responsible for managing over 16 offices. She founded a very successful medical staffing company in 1999, which was acquired by a publicly traded firm in 2002. One of the principals in the company received the "Entrepreneur of the Year" award, recognizing the company's success. Now, she has begun her own staffing firm with the emphasis on providing quality staff and serving the medical community in which she resides.

CareStat is licensed to provide supplemental staffing services to hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation facilities and other health care organizations. CareStat employs a variety of highly skilled health care professionals to meet the needs of the hospital.

San Diego Hospice and The Institute for Palliative Medicine is one of the 10 largest community owned, not-for-profit hospice programs in the nation, caring for 1,000 patients daily in their homes or other facilities in San Diego County. They have palliative care specialists on staff and they support the training of hospice and palliative care professionals.

San Diego Hospice helps people facing life-limiting illnesses find comfort and relief from suffering, being a leader in this work since 1977. They bring comfort and recognize the dignity of each person, and teach other medical professionals and organizations how to make a difference in their own communities.

The organization is an interdisciplinary team of specialists focused on its client's needs (patient and family) – medical, spiritual, emotional and family related. Their teams include a nurse, social worker, spiritual counselor, home health aide, volunteer and a supervising hospice physician. They focus on the patient as a whole person as well as the family. Their main goal is always to provide the best possible quality of life for as long as life lasts.

Since November 20th, CareStat will provide skilled and qualified medical staff to meet San Diego Hospice stringent requirements. CareStat maintains documented evidence of licensing and current clinical competence on all its nursing personnel. They encourage health care facilities to perform regular performance evaluations, in cooperation with CareStat supervisors, on nursing personnel, according to the facilities defined as well as those of CareStat. San Diego Hospice will be provided with skilled medical staff that will help the organization achieve their goal.

In a niche environment such as healthcare, sustainable growth can only occur if it's built with integrity and trust. CareStat's screening process is the most stringent in the industry and allows to provide only the most qualified, skilled professionals to fill San Diego Hospice' needs. The emphasis of this contract is on hiring only the highest quality health care professionals and subsequently placing them in their corresponding area of expertise, to serve San Diego Hospice patients with the best quality and dignity.

The integration process has begun with an orientation to the client facility, including various policies and procedures, prior to the time a health care employee actually begins work for the client facility.

Each healthcare employee is encouraged to analyze the orientation process as it relates to his/her assignment and provide feedback to CareStat management to enhance and maximize the effectiveness of the process.

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New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2010 -- Time is running out on a one-time tax deal for investors who want to transfer, or "convert," money from a taxable individual retirement account to a Roth IRA.

Thanks to a law that took effect Jan. 1, all taxpayers are now permitted to convert a regular IRA to a Roth. Before then, conversions weren't allowed for those earning more than $100,000. (Roth IRA contributions, in contrast, remain off-limits for individuals with modified adjusted gross income of $120,000 or more and married couples with income of $176,000 or more.)

That means anyone willing to pay the income taxes due upon converting can move retirement savings into a Roth, where the money can grow tax-free.

To make that more palatable, Uncle Sam is offering a special deal that expires on Dec. 31. Those who convert in 2010 can choose to report the income on their 2010 tax returns or they can spread the income equally across their 2011 and 2012 returns.

Those who worry about tax rates going up soon may want to elect to pay the tax bill in their 2010 returns. But because the amount converted inflates taxable income, dividing the taxable income may help avoid a higher tax bracket.

It may also keep income below the threshold of paying a higher Medicare Part B premium or owe taxes on Social Security income. Likewise, those who expect their taxable income to be lower in 2011 and 2012 may benefit by paying the tax hit later, says Robert Keebler, a certified public accountant in Green Bay, Wis.

Why bother converting to a Roth?

Roths shield those facing higher future tax rates from tax bills in retirement. They also give those who don't need the money a way to pass more to heirs.

With traditional IRAs, distributions are generally taxable and, after age 70 1/2, mandatory. In contrast, withdrawals from Roths are voluntary and generally tax-free. While those who inherit either type of IRA must take annual withdrawals, Roth beneficiaries don't owe income tax on the money.

Those over 70 1/2 must take a traditional IRA distribution before converting. Otherwise, they'll face a 6% excise tax on the entire amount they should have withdrawn.

To prevent unintended taxable distributions, move the money via a direct "trustee-to-trustee" transfer. That's when the money moves directly to the new IRA without the account owner taking possession of the funds. If the money goes to a person, there are 60 days from the date one receives the funds to get it into a Roth without triggering income taxes and, possibly, penalties.

Fill out a new beneficiary designation form for a Roth or it may have to be liquidated within five years of death.

If after converting the Roth loses value, "recharacterize" it by transferring the money back into a regular IRA by Oct. 15 of the year following the conversion year. That wipes out the income-tax liability. For more information visit http://www.theretirementgroup.com

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The transition from the traditional telephone service to wireless and fiber-optic technologies is causing real human costs.

New York, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 11/04/2010 -- The job Market of telecom companies is suffering a great change. There is a huge increase of job cuts and temporary or short-term contracts. The cause of this transition is that customers are dropping land lines and going solely wireless. Many customers are also utilizing Internet-based telephone services such as Vonage, Skype, or competing voice-over-IP products from cable companies.

One of the biggest telecom companies of US, Verizon, plans more layoffs in 2010. Although it has another year of high profits as Verizon continues to expand its wireless service, the company is under a lot of pressure to cut costs. In each of the past two years Verizon has cut between 13,000 and 17,000 jobs, based on news reports and public statements from Verizon. The new cuts are approximately a 5.8 percent of a total 222,927 employees, according to the Wall Street Journal.

Moreover Verizon has begun to cut the prices of some of its wireless calling plans, indicating that the continuous growth in wireless may be coming to an end. This also indicates that Verizon may be entering a price war with AT&T, who is also planning to lay off about 1.5 percent of its U.S. work force, or 4,650 employees.

The Retirement Group's knowledgeable representatives educate corporate retirees with workshops that are conducted throughout the United States. Call: 800-900-5867 or email the Retirement Group at info@retiregroup.com or visit www.TheRetirementGroup.com in order to obtain more information.

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