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Community Health Choices
Pennsylvania is rolling out Phase III of the implementation of Community Health Choices. Slated to take effect January 1, 2020, Phase III will affect the northern and central portions of the state. The southwest (Pittsburgh) and Southeast (Philadelphia) regions were … Continued
HEALTHCARE STAFFING MARKET OVERVIEW
SIA recently published its US Healthcare Staffing Market Assessment: 2019 Update report, which provides a concise discussion of supply and demand drivers, employment trends by setting and occupation, and highlights key staffing industry data for the four subsegments of travel nurse, per … Continued
Interstate Licenses: A Key to Flexibility for Healthcare Staffing
Interstate licensure of nurses would be a welcome change. Ralph Henderson explains more in a recent article. Scenarios If you’re a clinical manager at a hospital in New York, and you find the perfect specialty nurse candidate to hire 20 … Continued
HEALTHCARE STAFFING TO GROW 4% NEXT YEAR, RECESSION QUESTION REMAINS
From consolidation in the hospital industry to Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act (on the ballot today in four states), Staffing Industry Analysts Research Director Tony Gregoire delivered a keynote speech on the environment for healthcare and healthcare staffing. … Continued
Employees Pay Facility For Defamation
Four former employees of a Wisconsin assisted living facility will pay a total of $156,000 to settle a defamation lawsuit brought by their former employer, who maintained that they lied to the media and on social media about the facility … Continued
Millennials and Travel Nursing
Hitting The Open Road: Travel Nursing Catches On With Millennials By ROXIE HAMMILL Emergency room nurse Nathan Craft and his wife Annie don’t expect anything to be easy as they pull up stakes for the next two years. The RV they … Continued
Organizations Trying to Manage a Senior Living Direct Care Staff Shortage
SENIOR LIVING ORGANIZATIONS LOOKING TO TEMP AGENCIES FOR DIRECT CARE STAFF In order to mange a direct care staff shortage shortage, more than half of senior living organizations, 62%, worked with temp agencies to fill direct-care staff vacancies in 2017, … Continued
NURSE STAFFING DEMAND MODERATES AS PERMANENT CLINICIANS WORK MORE OVERTIME
Temporary Staffing Can Be Cost-Effective in Alleviating High Usage of Overtime AMN Healthcare (NYSE: AMN) reported Q2 2018 nurse and allied volume grew 4% over prior year, excluding strike staffing. Volume growth was experienced in both the travel nurse and … Continued
Healthcare Staffing Report: July 19, 2018
Temporary Workers In Healthcare Occupations Healthcare Staffing firms can provide a satisfying experience for temporary workers. If you are an executive at a healthcare staffing company you are likely using some sort of survey or feedback system to gauge attitudes … Continued