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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...