Op Ed -- Adding Value to Bulk Licensing

OP - ED P . 3 Back to basics

R e a s o n s have b e g u n to t r ickle ou t why Rice Univers i ty a n d BCM fa i led to r each comm o n g r o u n d u n d e r the i r M e m o r a n d u m of Und e r s t a n d i n g last m o n t h . The two i n s t i t u t i o n s c e a s e d c o n s i d e r a t i o n s of a merger Jan. n , in a d v a n c e of t h e Jan. 31 d e a d l i n e set by t h e MOU. An e -ma i l no t i f i ed the Rice...

Adding value to relative-value units.

R units (RVUs) were developed in 1988 as a method of accounting for physicians’ work effort and hospital or clinic expenses. Because RVUs provided a uniform, formulaic metric for myriad clinical services, they quickly became the prevailing method for setting feefor-service payments for Medicare and private insurance. However, the dominance of the fee-forservice model has created strong structur...

OP - ED Battle with the Big Apple

While Rice may not have lost as much as of its investments as other universi t ies, its endowment still took a hit dur ing the most recent recession. For fiscal year 2009, Rice incurred an 18.2-percent loss on the e n d o w m e n t ' s investment returns, worth about $838 million. The university also spent $215 million of the endowment , $55 million of which was recouped in endowment gifts, acc...

OP - ED P . 3 Your environment

Following the lead of 500 other universities throughout the country, Rice will soon start using Gmail as the campus email provider for students. The switch to Gmail has been an ongoing project for the past two years, Manager of IT Technical Communications Carlyn Chatfield said. "We monitor what our students are asking for, what other institutions are doing, and we watch what 's going on in the ...

Writing an op-ed commentary on nursing.