The American Medical Group Association (AMGA) is urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to withdraw its proposal to ban non-compete agreements, stating that the ban would hinder care coordination,...
Nurses are unhappy, and they are letting hospital operators know it.
Nurse burnout, clinician shortages, compensation disputes, and the lingering effects of a global pandemic have made the nurse experience unbearable for many...
Not only did hospitals and health systems rely more on contract staffing firms to meet patient demand in 2020, but facilities also paid staffing firms more to compete for workers.
A recent report from...
After the testing option was eliminated, COVID-19 vaccination requirements were linked to an increase in the vaccination rate among New York City municipal workers in 2021, according to a study...
As staffing shortages continue, hospitals and health systems should focus on embracing the gig workforce, preparing for new regulations, and investing in technology to improve workforce management,...
Workforce challenges were a main concern for healthcare executives in 2022 and will likely remain an issue in 2023, according to surveys from the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and...
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,...
Last year was the worst financial year for US hospitals and health systems since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, reports healthcare consulting firm Kaufman Hall.
The firm’s latest...
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...
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...
Over the last 12 years, the share of unionized healthcare workers remained stable at 13.2 percent, with nurses, older workers, and those working full-time more likely to report being unionized,...
While the physician workforce grew by over 30 percent in the last two decades, physician weekly work hours decreased by 7.6 percent, according to a study published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The...
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 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,...
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...
