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The $114 million plan designates four pilot facilities linked to medical schools in Tampa, Jacksonville, Miami and Gainesville to address a state shortage of mental health professionals.
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The House Health Care Appropriations subcommittee unanimously advanced the measure, and it next goes to the Health and Human Services Committee before a floor vote.
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Politicians keep talking about fixing primary care shortages. But flawed national data leaves big holes in how to evaluate which policies are effective.
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Paul Renner says he also wants to create more transparency within the health care system. For Renner, a major priority is battling the negative mental health impacts social media can have on kids.
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A health care package calls for spending nearly $900 million to shift patients away from emergency rooms, offset hospitals’ training costs and help doctors pay off debt, among other things.
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The discussion features Stephen Ferrara, president of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and Kelly Rojas, a doctor of nursing practice student.
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In the CDC's Vital Signs report, the agency suggests more than double the number of health workers reported harassment at work in 2022 than in 2018.
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A novel program in Tennessee aims to interest more Black and other minority medical students in organ transplants, to help ease troubling disparities.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law to raise the minimum wage for health care workers that will go into effect over the next decade.
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The three-day strike involving 75,000 workers in multiple states officially ended this past Saturday and workers returned to their jobs in Kaiser’s hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans.