Nursing Homes, Assisted Living Facilities Facing Staffing Shortages
The majority of nursing homes and assisted living facilities are facing staffing shortages and say that their workforce situation has gotten worse in 2021, according to a survey from the American...Healthcare Spending, Utilization Remain Low in 2021
Healthcare spending and utilization dropped significantly at the onset of COVID-19 as more people pushed off care. New data from Peterson-KFF’s Health System Tracker show that spending and...Nurse Practitioners Pass Physicians As Most Recruited Providers
Nurse practitioners (NPs) topped the list of most recruited providers in Merritt Hawkins’ annual report on advanced practitioner and physician recruiting trends. The results indicate a shift in...Physician Work Hours Significantly Declined Since Start of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated an existing, gradual decline in physician work hours, according to a new study in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from the Association of American Medical Colleges...Rural Counties in Missouri See Higher Rates of Nursing Shortages
Rural counties are experiencing increasing rates of nursing shortages and higher percentages of older nurses, largely due to geographical disparities that metropolitan counties do not encounter,...AAMC Predicts 37K to 124K Physician Shortage by 2034
The US could see a physician shortage of 37,800 to 124,000 doctors by 2034, including shortfalls in both primary and specialty care, according to the latest numbers from the Association of American...Federal Loan Repayment Alleviating Severe Clinician Shortages
Providers practicing in areas with the most severe clinician services are receiving more workforce funding through National Health Service Corps (NHSC) programs that offer either loan repayment or...Physician Recruitment Drops, Number of Medical Residents Rises
A new survey by Merritt Hawkins reveals that new physician recruitment rates are falling. In 2020, 62 percent of final-year residents received 26 or more recruiting offers, dropping from 82 percent in...Underserved Areas Get Higher CARES Act Provider Relief Payments
At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the healthcare industry was confused, scrambling, and scared. Patients did not know when and where it was safe to seek care and providers were overwhelmed with patients needing care for a disease they...85% of Health Facilities Use Locum Tenens To Fill Care Gaps
Eighty-five percent of healthcare workforce management reported using locum tenens physicians sometime during the last 12 months, down from 94 percent in 2016, according to a recent...Nurse Practitioner Workforce More Than Doubled, Study Finds
The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce more than doubled as the healthcare industry promoted the delivery of more primary care, according to new research from the University of Montana and Dartmouth...Physician Compensation Programs Move Toward Value-Based Pay
The prominence of value-based incentives in physician compensation programs increased by five to seven percent from 2018 to 2019 across four major specialty categories, according to a SullivanCotter...Sponsored by Olive
