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New Report Finds High Demand for Foreign-Educated Nurses to Pursue Career Pathways in the U.S., but Challenges Abound in 2025

February 14, 2025 | Coalition Update

A new report from CGFNS International, a nonprofit that helps foreign-educated healthcare professionals work abroad by assessing and validating their academic and professional credentials, found that there is a sustained interest in healthcare mobility. While the number of VisaScreen applications in FY 2024 declined by 4.6% from 2023’s peak, application levels remain nearly double (up…

Healthcare lobbying 2025: Here are the top policy issues for hospitals, payers, docs and tech

February 12, 2025 | Fierce Healthcare

2025 promises to be a year of particular policy upheaval, and few know that better than healthcare associations caught in the crossroads of funding battles, regulatory upheaval and intense public scrutiny. Large swaths of the industry are looking to Congress and the newly active Trump administration for relief from macroeconomic pain points like inflation or…

The Decline of Early Childhood Learning Risks America’s Healthcare Workforce

February 10, 2025 | Coalition Update

Recent reports find that early childhood educators fear the downturn reading comprehension and literacy skills have taken in childhood development. This decline risks impacting the next generation of students looking to join the healthcare workforce and exacerbating the shortage of workers. A new report compares results from last year’s National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)…

Healthcare Workforce Coalition Applauds Senate Introduction of Dr. Lorna Breen Health Care Provider Protection Reauthorization Act

January 29, 2025 | Coalition Press Release

Bipartisan bill is vital for strengthening employee safety initiatives, improving healthcare professionals’ wellbeing, and reducing burnout WASHINGTON – The Healthcare Workforce Coalition – representing healthcare stakeholders across the continuum including providers, employers, associations, and staffing organizations – today applauds U.S. Senators Tim Kaine (D-VA), Todd Young (R-IN), Jack Reed (D-RI), and Roger Marshall (R-KS) for introducing…

Gallup Poll: Healthcare Professions Most Trusted in U.S.

January 17, 2025 | Coalition Update

According to a new Gallup poll released this week, 76% of Americans consider nurses highly honest and ethical, making them the most trusted of 23 professions rated by Gallup in their annual poll conducted December 2-18, 2024. America’s nurses have held this distinction nearly every year for the last 23 years, since the Gallup added…

Kelly, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Address National Nursing Shortage

January 17, 2025 | The Office of Sen. Mark Kelly

“Today, Senators Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Providing Real-World Education and Clinical Experience by Precepting Tomorrow’s (PRECEPT) Nurses Act, bipartisan legislation that would address the national nursing shortage by incentivizing experienced nurses to serve as clinical preceptors to nursing students and new hires. This legislation establishes a seven-year pilot program offering a…

Incentives aim to lure RNs to nursing home jobs

January 13, 2025 | Axios

The Biden administration unveiled a tuition repayment program to incentivize nurses to work in nursing homes or state agencies that monitor them as it wraps up its final days in office. To read more, including quotes from Healthcare Workforce Coalition members LeadingAge and AHCA, click here.

Trump’s immigration plans could imperil long-term care workforce

January 13, 2025 | Roll Call

President-elect Donald Trump’s vowed crackdown on immigration could strain an already struggling elder care workforce that relies on foreign-born workers in nursing homes and home health settings. Industry players and experts argue that increasing the long-term care workforce requires more immigration, and Trump’s plans could further undermine efforts to shore up the workforce as need…

Three Physician Pay Challenges Loom in 2025 – How to Combat Them

January 6, 2025 | MedCentral

Ringing in the new year can usher in situations that affect your income, workflow, or staff. For 2025, those issues are likely to be physician pay cuts coming from Medicare, the rise of Medicare Advantage plans, and looming staff shortages. Here’s how to get ready for potential challenges to your bottom line. To read the…

How Trump’s immigration plans could worsen labor shortages

January 2, 2025 | Modern Healthcare

Stricter immigration policies under the incoming Trump administration could exacerbate an already-dire workforce shortage in healthcare. Providers are increasingly turning to skilled international workers to fill in care gaps, either through direct sponsorship or third-party staffing firms, but limitations on work visas and long delays in the immigration process are already creating challenges. Industry observers…

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