Chief Healthcare Executive February 12, 2024
A group of healthcare leaders is setting out to change federal policy to help hospitals pay for nursing staff.
At the end of the day, there’s one huge problem contributing to the nursing shortage seen at many hospitals and health systems.
“It comes down to one thing, money, and nurses never generate money for hospital systems,” Rebecca Love says. “So that is the problem. And that is something we are aiming to solve.”
Love, a well-known advocate for nursing reforms, is a co-chair of the Commission for Nurse Reimbursement. The commission formed last May and is aiming to raise awareness of the need for a fundamental shift in federal reimbursements to health systems and hospitals to support nursing. (Rebecca Love...