“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…
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.
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…
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…
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…
“As a Syrian doctor practicing in the U.S., I’m grateful for opportunities future physicians may not have” To read the full op-ed in STAT, click here.
“As many of us scroll through our favorite news app, we are greeted by reports of workplace violence, from verbal and physical confrontations to fatal shootings. “What is often missing from the headlines are stories of the increasingly high frequency of workplace assaults suffered by health care professionals across the country.” To read the full…
“Health care professionals are the U.S. health care system. They’re at the heart of every life saved and every patient cared for, in return facing challenges and strain unimaginable to most of us. “Yet, despite alarming levels of burnout and untreated mental health conditions exacerbated by the weaknesses of the system in which they serve,…
In a statement, Patty Jeffrey, president of the American Association of International Healthcare, said freezing visa applications is exacerbating staffing shortages across the U.S. health care system. She said part of the problem is not enough U.S.-educated nurses. “Until we can correct capacity issues that force [U.S.] nursing schools to reject thousands of qualified applicants…
A new federal report underscores the need to protect the nation’s healthcare workforce. In newly released data, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the number of nonfatal injuries in the healthcare and social services sector increased by 27,800 cases to 471,600 cases in 2023, which is higher than any other sector. Moreover, the…