The Patient-Driven Payment Model (PDPM) is a new reimbursement policy for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) that was implemented by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services in 2019. PDPM disincentivizes provision of intensive physical and occupational therapy, which has caused concerns that declines in therapy staffing may negatively impact patient outcomes. Therapy staff includes physical…
Nonstandard work arrangements includes overlapping concepts of: 1) contingent work (based on self-employment status, length of work, method of payment, and connection to employer), 2) alternative work (ie, temporary agency worker, on-call worker, contract company worker, and independent contractor), and 3) electronically-mediated work (sometimes referred to as “gig work”). Between 1995 and 2015 the healthcare…
Health workforce research and planning consists of using supply data at multiple levels (ie, national, state, local, etc). Unfortunately, the variation in the allied health workforce means that supply data for these workers is less likely to be easily available. This report compares allied health workforce supply data (including 9 separate occupations) across multiple years…
The National EMS Scope of Practice Model is a blueprint for states to develop scopes of practice for emergency medical services (EMS) practitioners. It is intended to reduce inconsistencies between states and provide a basis from which national standards of care and performance for each level of EMS practitioner can be developed. Such standards can…
Millions health care workers lost their jobs during the first peak of the pandemic when clinics closed temporarily and hospitals postponed surgeries to prevent the spread of the COVID-19. Although most of those jobs returned by the fall of 2020 and the job market continued to improve, health care employment is still lower than pre-pandemic…
Medical assistants (MAs) are among the fastest-growing occupations in the US. However, there are high turnover rates and providers have difficulty filling MA positions. Employers are increasingly using apprenticeship to meet emerging workforce needs. This article discusses a qualitative study that examined perspectives of 14 employers using registered MA apprenticeships in 8 states. Findings included…
Estimating the supply of the allied health workforce at the state level requires the use of multiple data sources. The American Community Survey and Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics are 2 data sources that can be used to help estimate the supply of the allied health workforce in each state. This interactive dashboard allows users…
To help policymakers plan for allied health workforce changes, they need easily accessible data. The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington has multiple dashboards that allows users to explore publicly available data on current allied health workforce trends. This dashboard allows users to compare the age distributions of different allied health…
To help policymakers plan for allied health workforce changes, they need easily accessible data. The Center for Health Workforce Studies at the University of Washington has multiple dashboards that allows users to explore publicly available data on current allied health workforce trends. This dashboard allows users to compare work and residence locations for sixteen different…
Prior research by the University of Washington Center for Health Workforce Studies’ (UW CHWS) found that supply estimates of health professionals at national and state levels vary across secondary data sets such as the American Community Survey, Current Population Survey, and the Occupational Employment Statistics. Additional UW CHWS analyses found age cohort trends and commuting…
