AHCA/NCAL’s Dana Ritchie shared what comes next following the Education Department’s recent announcement on loan forgiveness for professional degrees.
On November 20, 2025, the Education Department’s Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Negotiated Rulemaking Committee recommended that many healthcare workforce professions no longer be considered professional degrees, which will significantly increase the cost of these programs. Dana Ritchie, Associate Vice President of Constituency Services & Workforce for AHCA/NCAL breaks down the next steps for the industry in a blog post and shares her insights in two articles.
Nurses are the beating heart of long-term care, and advanced practice nurses, like nurse practitioners, are helping to revolutionize our sector,” she said to McKnight’s Longterm Care.
Read all three below.