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44 Sign up for the FREE Becker's ASC Review E-Weekly at www.beckersasc.com or email sbecker@beckershealthcare.com What makes it a Great Place to Work: Carolinas Medical Center offers employees a competitive benefits package, including health, dental and life insurance. The 874-bed hospital is tobaccofree and supports employees' work-life balance through flexible scheduling options. Nursing and allied health professionals can receive up to $2,000 in relocation assistance funds when they move to the Charlotte area at their own expense. for professional growth. Benefits include backup care options for employees seeking care for loved ones from infancy to old age. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta has been named to Fortune magazine's "100 Best Companies to Work For" for seven consecutive years. Casa Grande (Ariz.) Regional Medical Center What makes it a Great Place to Work: Children's Medical Center is the fifth largest pediatric provider in the nation and is licensed for 559 beds on its two campuses in Dallas and Plano, Texas. Along with basic health benefits, Children's employees receive a discount on inpatient and outpatient services when their children receive care at the hospital. Additionally, Children's pays for its employees to get to work: the hospital heavily subsidizes annual passes for buses and trains on the Dallas Area Rapid Transit system. Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Casa Grande Regional Medical Center is 177-bed hospital about 50 miles southeast of Phoenix. The hospital employs roughly 843 people and has an employee retention rate of 85 percent. Fifty-one of the employees have been with the hospital for more than 20 years and many more have worked there for at least 10 years. Beyond basic health and insurance benefits, Casa Grande offers a $200 "Better Health Incentive" to each employee and dependent annually, which can be used toward a gym membership, massage therapy, stress management or chiropractor visits. Central Park ENT & Surgery Center (Arlington, Texas) Type of facility: Ambulatory surgery center What makes it a Great Place to Work: Central Park ENT & Surgery Center is employeefocused when it comes to health and financial benefit packages. The center pays 100 percent of its employees' medical and vision insurance policies. Central Park ENT also contributes to employee health savings accounts and provides an on-site gym, dubbed "The Sweat Box," for employees to use free of charge. Chesterfield General Hospital (Cheraw, S.C.) Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Chesterfield General Hospital is a small rural community hospital in northeastern South Carolina. The hospital promotes employee camaraderie off-campus by providing discount tickets for various theme parks and other attractions, as well as hosting a family picnic at a nearby state park each summer. Chesterfield General Hospital also encourages employee education through a $5,000 reimbursement in exchange for two years of work at the facility. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Children's Healthcare of Atlanta comprises three hospitals and 17 neighborhood locations. Children's offers a range of employee benefits, as well as training and educational opportunities Children's Medical Center (Dallas) Type of facility: Hospital/health system Cleveland Clinic Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Cleveland Clinic's workforce exceeds 40,000 people around the globe. Staff physicians are salaried with oneyear contracts, meaning patient volume yields no influence on their pay. This approach to compensation has earned Cleveland Clinic widespread recognition. Even president and CEO Toby Cosgrove, MD, works under a one-year contract. The system offers comprehensive healthcare coverage, pension and savings plans, life insurance and tuition reimbursement. On-site childcare is provided. Deaconess Hospital (Evansville, Ind.) Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Deaconess Hospital, part of six-hospital Evansvillebased Deaconess Health System, is a 365-bed teaching hospital with several "teams" that focus on employee well-being in various departments. Hospital employees have access to a gym, exercise courses and dietary classes. Deaconess Hospital emphasizes employees' professional development and recognition, offering leadership classes yearround that are open to all employees. Decatur County Memorial Hospital (Greensburg, Ind.) Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Decatur County Memorial Hospital is a rural community hospital located roughly 50 miles southeast of Indianapolis. The hospital's HOPE program allows staff to donate paid time off to colleagues facing extended illness or personal issues that require them to miss work for an extended period of time. To further professional development, all employees are eligible for education reimbursement as long as the degree, certification or licensure will better their career and advancement opportunities. Doctors Hospital of Sarasota (Fla.) Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Doctors Hospital of Sarasota has 155 beds and is part of HCA's West Florida division. Hospital employees receive comprehensive benefits, including pet insurance, but the hospital offers many benefits beyond the traditional. This includes complimentary monthly massages, on-site car washes and on-site drop-off and pick-up for dry cleaning. Further, Doctors Hospital of Sarasota offers catastrophic aid available to employees in need. Duke University Health System (Durham, N.C.) Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Duke offers a range of traditional benefits in addition to programs designed to support employees' worklife balance and educational pursuits. Duke reimburses a portion of tuition for full-time employees and makes about $15,800 available in tuition grants per semester for children of eligible employees who attend Duke University. Duke employees can expect 30 to 40 days of paid time off each year, depending on how long they've worked at the system. Edward White Hospital (St. Petersburg, Fla.) Type of facility: Hospital/health system What makes it a Great Place to Work: Edward White Hospital is a small community hospital and part of HCA's West Florida division. It has a "family-style" environment, where leaders' doors remain open to all employees, including contract personnel and students. Edward White encourages professional development through its education benefits, including monetary assistance and flexible scheduling so employees can work around academic obligations. Emergency Physicians Medical Group (Ann Arbor, Mich.) Type of facility: Medical group What makes it a Great Place to Work: Emergency Physicians Medical Group is a specialty group practice with 60 employees who support more than 300 physicians, 150 mid-level providers and roughly one million patients in eight states. EPMG also promotes professional development: Clinical employees maintain expertise through continuing medical education, which EPMG supports financially and through flexible scheduling. Endoscopy Center of Columbus (Ga.) Type of facility: Ambulatory surgery center What makes it a Great Place to Work: The Endoscopy Center of Columbus is a single-specialty ASC located roughly 100 miles southwest of Atlanta. Over 19 years, the center has grown from