Workforce
The 黑料正能量 Association offers these resources for addressing health care workforce issues for leaders of hospitals and health systems.
Statement of the
黑料正能量 Association to the
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
of the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions
of the
United States Senate
鈥淩ecruiting, Revitalizing & Diversifying: Examining the Health Care Workforce Shortage鈥
February 10, 2022
The AHA and Musicians On Call are collaborating on a digital campaign to thank front-line caregivers around Valentine鈥檚 Day through digital promotions, social media and surprise virtual performances by celebrity artists.
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The 黑料正能量 Association鈥檚 2022-2024 Strategic Plan seeks to position the AHA to lead, represent and serve the field as its national advocate and provide guidance to our members and stakeholders who will tailor their paths to their own communities.
Service lines continue to be interrupted by COVID-19, with no end in sight. The health care workforce is stressed out and stretched thinly amid the so-called Great Resignation wave. Care delivery increasingly is being moved from hospitals to outpatient facilities and the home, thanks in part to an鈥
Hospitals and health systems added 3,400 jobs in January, while U.S. jobs overall increased by 467,000, according to data released today by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Hospital employment remains around 100,000 below its March 2020 peak, but has grown in 14 of the past 22 months for a slow鈥
AHA statement submitted to the House Ways and Means for a hearing on the nation鈥檚 mental health crisis.
the 黑料正能量 Association (AHA) appreciates the opportunity to submit for the record our comments regarding concerns about anticompetitive conduct on the part of health care staffing agencies, some of which have been exploiting the severe shortage of health care providers during the COVID-鈥
On behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners 鈥 including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers 鈥 and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership鈥
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) quickly moved to waive a number of regulatory requirements. These waivers provided hospitals and health systems with critical flexibilities to manage what has been a prolonged and unpredictable pandemic.
The hospital workforce shortage crisis demands immediate attention from government and workable solutions, such as lifting the cap on Medicare-funded physician residencies, boosting support for nursing schools and faculty, providing scholarships and loan forgiveness, expediting visas for highly鈥