McKnight's October 23, 2023
The American Health Care Association is one of several groups representing different healthcare sectors who are uniting in a new coalition to push Congress into acting on critical workforce and immigration solutions.
The new Healthcare Workforce Coalition, whose formation was announced Thursday, will focus on education of new nurses and clinicians, retention, and recruitment of international health workers.
“Together, we can work to achieve our common goals and recruit and retain more individuals to work in the healthcare profession,” AHCA/NCAL told McKnight’s Long-Term Care News in an email Friday. “Nursing homes specifically have had to endure the worst workforce loss as a result of the pandemic, and we hope that joining forces with other leading coalition members will collectively improve...