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Baylor Scott and White is leaving Texas Medicaid and discontinuing individual ACA marketplace plans after 2026.

Baylor Scott & White's insurance arm is dropping Medicaid, marketplace plans Baylor Scott & White Health Plan will soon drop its Medicaid and individual marketplace plans, impacting 225,000 Texans.

Just before turned college football upside down, a reporter raced to be first with THIS unsubstantiated story about the next coach of my football team.

Three days later, Alex Golesh DID NOT become the coach at Arkansas.

And talent acquisition pros could tell this story was wrong days before the rest of the world.

When the sports world was announcing, assessing, and grading the news that the hot USF Coach, Alex Golesh, was going to be the next coach at Arkansas, there was a conspicuous absence in the communication model: the person accepting the offer, and the institution making the offer.

When an accurate story leaks, the involved parties always do damage control to address the timing issues without a full-fledged denial.

Once the story is out, you'd expect to see it quietly confirmed from adjacent sources in the know because landing the right person for a high-profile job like this is tough. And success has many fathers, but failure is an orphan.

But within 4 hours of no supporting sources, business recruiters in my chat group started saying the hire was fake news. And we were right.

Most jobs professional recruiters fill are not highly publicized like this, but the principles of talent acquisition for those roles are the same. To make the right hire, you need to know the work, know the candidates to fill the role, and understand what makes the union attractive and sustainable for both sides.

Hint: money is rarely the most crucial factor.

The best Talent Acquisition professionals listen well, ask questions, advise without controlling, and empower individuals to take action with confidence.

PS. They also have a firm grasp of the stewardship responsibilities for your brand and our candidate's reputation.

If your staffing partner has all these, you have selected them wisely.

If you need a partner like this, you should talk to me at Dynamic Global.