Becker's Healthcare March 24, 2025
Here are five federal policy issues that could impact the healthcare workforce in 2025:
1. Mark Meador, President Donald Trump’s nominee to fill the third Republican seat on the five-member Federal Trade Commission, recently told a Senate panel that the agency will focus on technology regulation and noncompete agreements in employment contracts in 2025.
2. Under former President Biden, the Department of Labor put protections into place that went into effect July 1, 2024, making anyone earning less than $43,888 entitled to overtime pay. That threshold was supposed to increase to $58,656 on Jan. 1, but was blocked by a stay from a federal court in Texas.
“We anticipate that the appeal will be withdrawn under the new...