Last year, a record 12,400 physician assistants became certified, up nearly 25% from 2020, according to an Oct. 28 report from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. The NCCPA’s 2024 Statistical Profile of Recently Board Certified PAs reflects…
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Amazon said it is laying off about 14,000 white-collar employees as it prepares to focus more on AI. The tech giant is reducing its corporate workforce by roughly 4%, offering most of the staffers 90 days to find a new…
Members of SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West at eight Sutter Health facilities in Northern California have approved a new labor contract. Approved by a 98% margin, the deal averts a strike by more than 4,700 employees, according to an Oct. 27…
Health systems are looking for new ways to help clinicians practice at the top of their license. One avenue they are exploring is creating support roles that can take on nonclinical and time-consuming care tasks. Here are the support roles…
University of Massachusetts resident physicians, interns and fellows employed through Worcester-based UMass Chan Medical School reached a tentative labor contract Oct. 23, according to a news release from their union shared with Becker’s. The tentative deal covers about 700 unionized…
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The California Nurses Association alleges immigration officials are intimidating staff at Dignity Health-California Hospital Medical Center and preventing a patient from seeing family, visitors and legal representation. The union, which represents 750 nurses at the Los Angeles hospital and more…
Women working full time in 2024 earned 81 cents for every dollar earned by men — the largest gender pay gap reported since 2016, The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 24. Here are seven takeaways for healthcare leaders: 1. As…
Doctors Council-represented primary care and urgent care providers at clinics operated by Minneapolis-based Allina Health are set to strike on Nov. 5, health system and union leaders said in statements shared with Becker’s. The 600-member union includes physicians, physician assistants…
More than 200 pharmacy technicians with the University of Kansas Health System in Kansas City are seeking to unionize. Pharmacy technicians at the Kansas system have filed a petition for a union election with the Kansas Public Employee Relations Board,…
Advanced practice provider hiring is booming across the industry as health systems navigate physician shortages and growing outpatient volumes. Here is a look at three interrelated factors driving demand for APPs: