Workforce Management

Hospitals Furloughing Staff, Altering Physician Pay Due to COVID-19

by Jacqueline LaPointe

UPDATED 04/02/2020 3:00 PM EST to include a statement from Intermountain Healthcare. Utah-based Intermountain Healthcare made headlines earlier this week after announcing changes to physician and...

Long-Term Care Demand to Double Despite Workforce Constraints

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Supply and demand for long-term care are moving in opposite directions, according to a report from the American Action Forum. The number of Americans needing long-term care is slated to nearly double...

Nurse Practitioner Workforce Hits Record High of 290K

by Jacqueline LaPointe

The nurse practitioner (NP) workforce hit a record high of more than 290,000 licensed NPs, according to a new estimate from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). The estimate was...

Nurse Practitioner Workforce More Than Doubled, Study Finds

by Jacqueline LaPointe

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...

Providers to Focus on Patient Billing, Policy Heading into 2020

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Patient billing, policy and regulation, healthcare mergers and acquisitions, and workforce diversity will be some of the top priorities for provider organizations in 2020, predicted researchers at...

Optimizing Healthcare Workforce Management for High-Value Care

by Jacqueline LaPointe

Investing in high-quality clinicians and staff enables healthcare organizations to deliver the highest value care to their patients. But the growing physician shortage and the increasingly competitive healthcare industry are making it...