RN salaries increase, and so do workplace violence, mental health concerns
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Apr 10, 2024
Salaries for registered nurses increased by 2.6% last year, and workplace violence and mental health concerns also grew. That’s according to the 2024 Nurse Salary and Work-Life Report, released Tuesday...
Healthcare workers face mental health crisis: CDC
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2023
Mental health and the “burnout crisis” affecting healthcare workers began well before the pandemic and still were prevalent in 2022, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and...
Workforce mental health needs increase for most large employers: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 24, 2023
Seventy-seven percent of large employers reported an increase in workforce mental health needs in a recent survey by Business Group on Health. That’s an increase of 33% from a year ago, when 44% of employers...
New federal rules aim to strengthen employer health plan mental health coverage
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 26, 2023
Employer-sponsored health plans would come under increased scrutiny to cover mental health and substance abuse disorders at the same level as physical healthcare under proposed rules introduced Tuesday...
Lessons from the pandemic can help ensure caregivers’ mental health and well-being
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jul 27, 2023
Healthcare organizations’ disaster preparedness plans must include “explicit plans for supporting mental health,” say the authors of a new piece in JAMA Psychiatry.
Nursing profession in ‘desperate need’ of support: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 17, 2023
The nursing profession is in “desperate need of sustained support” lest the workforce continue to decline. That’s according to the results of a mental health and wellness survey released this month...
Eleventh hour spending bill includes $117 billion for HHS
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Mar 26, 2024
A $1.2 trillion spending bill approved by the Senate early Saturday morning includes $117 billion for Department of Health and Human Services operations. This sum allocates $4.1 billion for the administrative...
74 percent of workers are concerned about their well-being at work: survey
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 12, 2023
Seventy-four percent of US workers are “moderately” or “highly” concerned about their workplace well-being, according to the results of the 2023 EBRI/Greenwald Research Workplace Wellness Survey.
Business briefs, Sept. 22
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Sep 22, 2023
Comment period extended until Oct. 17 for proposed federal mental health coverage rule … US employers next year to see biggest healthcare cost jump in a decade … Fitch Ratings affirms Plymouth Place...
Companies see financial wellness programs as ways to recruit, retain workers
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 23, 2023
Employers are seeing financial wellness programs — with offerings such as basic money management tools and financial planning seminars and webinars — as a means of recruiting and retaining workers,...