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...
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...
Patient financial experience, denial prevention, and remote work are major challenges for healthcare organizations, according to healthcare leaders at this year’s Revenue Cycle Management Virtual Summit.
The Summit took place on...
Inflation and rising labor costs will increase US national healthcare spending by $370 billion in the next five years, according to a McKinsey report.
Consumer prices are rising faster than healthcare...
Healthcare workers saw a relatively small increase in unemployment rates during the COVID-19 pandemic but experienced more clinician burnout, according to two studies published in JAMA and JAMA Network...
Hospitals are increasingly utilizing locum tenens physicians, advanced practice providers (APPs), and telehealth services to address staffing shortages, according to a report from LocumTenens.com.
The...
Nursing homes experienced significant staffing challenges during and after severe COVID-19 outbreaks due to temporary absences and permanent departures from workers, according to a study published in...
Nursing homes would have to spend up to $10 billion per year and hire almost 188,000 nurses to comply with increased minimum staffing requirements, according to a report from the American Health Care...
Physician starting salaries have rebounded from the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, with orthopedic surgeons being offered the highest average starting salary of $565,000, according to a report...
Provider compensation and productivity increased in 2021, signaling a potential return to pre-pandemic levels, according to the American Medical Group Association’s (AMGA) Medical Group...
CMS has updated guidance on minimum health and safety standards that long-term care facilities must meet to participate in Medicare and Medicaid. The guidance specifically addresses nursing home...
Despite seeing minor improvements in revenue and patient volumes, health system and hospital finances were hurting in May 2022 due to rising expenses and negative operating margins, Kaufman...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has released the first of three reports detailing how hospital and health system leaders can help address healthcare workforce challenges by supporting worker...
Increasing the number of residency slots may be the key to preventing the substantial physician shortage Florida is projected to experience in the upcoming years.
A report prepared for the Safety Net Hospital Alliance of Florida revealed...
The American Hospital Association (AHA) has expressed support for a new bill that would direct the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to increase surveillance of travel nursing agencies and their...
Nursing tenure has decreased over the last year as staffing shortages persist, with newly hired nurses covering more 12-hour shifts at healthcare organizations, according to a study from Epic...
Only 6 percent of hospitals reported that their cost reduction programs were effective, indicating room for improvement in program development, according to a survey conducted by the Healthcare...
The country may see a nursing shortage of between 200,000 and 450,000 registered nurses (RNs) by 2025 if healthcare stakeholders and federal leaders do not take action to address the dwindling...
The majority of healthcare facilities used locum tenens providers to help maintain care delivery amid staffing shortages, according to a survey from AMN Healthcare.
Locum tenens physicians are...
