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…
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)…
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…
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…
“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.