Staffing

Higher Spending on Nursing Home Staff is Not Tied to Better Staffing Levels

by Victoria Bailey

Nursing homes with higher shares of Medicaid residents directed more revenue toward workers but had lower staffing levels, indicating that a minimum nursing staff expenditure regulation would not...

Locum Tenens Clinicians Experience Lower Burnout Levels than Physicians

by Victoria Bailey

As physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs) continue to struggle with burnout, 71 percent of contract physicians and locum tenens clinicians reported experiencing little to no burnout,...

AMGA: Medical Groups Faced Workforce Challenges, High Expenses in 2022

by Victoria Bailey

Ongoing workforce challenges have led to declining staffing ratios and high labor expenses for medical groups, a survey from the American Medical Group Association (AMGA) found. The 2022 Medical Group...

Significant Staffing Challenges Continue for Nursing Homes

by Victoria Bailey

Nursing homes are experiencing the most significant staffing challenges of any healthcare sector and have lost 210,000 jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report from the American Health...

AAMC: Gender and Racial Diversity On the Rise in US Physician Workforce

by Victoria Bailey

Data from the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) detailed physician workforce trends and highlighted how gender and racial diversity are increasing among medical residents and...

Practices Experience Staffing Changes After Private Equity Acquisition

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Private equity (PE) acquisitions of physician-owned medical practices lead to workforce composition changes, such as greater replacement of clinicians and the addition of more advanced practice...

CMS Awards 200 Residency Slots to Bolster Healthcare Workforce

by Jacqueline LaPointe

CMS has awarded 200 Medicare-funded residency slots to support hospitals in underserved communities, according to a recent announcement. The awards are part of a larger push to provide 1,000 physician...

Affordability, Labor Shortages Top Issues for Healthcare Execs

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Confronting affordability and solving clinical labor shortages are among the top pivotal issues for healthcare executives in 2023, according to a new report from PricewaterhouseCoopers...

Orgs Need to Be More Competitive to Keep Advanced Practice Providers

by Jacqueline LaPointe

As healthcare organizations face a workforce crisis, they have to be more competitive to attract and retain advanced practice providers, including nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants...

Ascension to NYT: We Are Committed to Nurse Workforce Culture

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Ascension is fighting back after a New York Times report alleged that the nonprofit health system created its own nurse workforce challenges by downsizing in order to improve profitability. “Any...

AHA: Delayed Discharges Led to 19% Increase in Patient Length of Stay

by Victoria Bailey

The average patient length of stay in hospitals has increased by 19.2 percent in 2022 compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to an issue brief from the American Hospital Association...

22 States Want CMS to Repeal Healthcare Vaccine Mandate

by Jacqueline LaPointe

The healthcare vaccine mandate from CMS is no longer needed, according to attorneys general from nearly half the states. A coalition of attorneys general from 22 states have filed a petition under the...

Younger Primary Care Physicians Seeing High Levels of Burnout, Stress

by Victoria Bailey

Primary care physicians have faced significant levels of stress since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with more than half of physicians under 55 experiencing emotional distress and burnout,...

ACEP Urges Biden Admin to Address Emergency Department Boarding

by Victoria Bailey

The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) and over 30 medical associations have urged the Biden Administration to assemble a summit of healthcare stakeholders to address immediate and...

COVID-19 Labor Shortages Impacted Reproductive Health Workforce

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Access to contraception and abortion services is up in the air after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade earlier this year, but a new study published in JAMA Network Open suggests that access to...

CMS Increases Oversight Policies for Low-Performing Nursing Homes

by Victoria Bailey

The Biden-Harris Administration has updated oversight policies for the Special Focus Facility (SFF) program in an effort to improve the quality and safety of low-performing nursing...

85% of Facilities Are Facing Allied Healthcare Professional Shortages

by Victoria Bailey

More than eight in ten healthcare facilities are experiencing allied healthcare professional shortages, leading them to increase hiring incentives and employ newly graduated professionals, according to...

Hospitals Increase Recruitment Strategies Amid Workforce Shortages

by Victoria Bailey

Hospitals and health systems have increased their recruitment and retention strategies as workforce shortages and high expenses continue to be top challenges in 2022, according to a report from Kaufman...

Staff, Technology Investments Help Practices Shift to Value-Based Care

by Victoria Bailey

Staffing and technology are the top investment areas for primary care practice leaders as they manage the challenges of shifting from fee-for-service (FFS) models to value-based care, according to a...

SCOTUS Won’t Hear Healthcare Vaccine Mandate Case Again

by Jacqueline LaPointe

The Supreme Court has declined to hear a challenge of the healthcare vaccine mandate brought on by 10 states claiming the mandate is an overreach of the federal government’s power over states and...