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New Study Examining Employment of Therapists in Skilled Nursing Facilities

The Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), a new value-based reimbursement plan under Medicare, is set [...]

Pharmacist Workforce Detailed in Two New UW CHWS Reports

UW CHWS has published two complementary studies on the size and scope of the pharmacist [...]

State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 7/2020

Updated maps through September 2020 available Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed [...]

Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 6/20/20

This brief shows the number of both initial and continuing unemployment claims in Washington State [...]

State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 5/2020

Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from February [...]

Washington State Initial Unemployment Claims for Specific Health Care Related Occupations 3/8-5/9/2020

This summary shows initial unemployment insurance claims in Washington State for specific health care related [...]

Washington State Unemployment Claims: Health Related Occupations to 5/23/20

This brief shows the number of both initial and continuing unemployment claims in Washington State [...]

Do Medicare’s Rural Add-On Payments Impact the Number of Home Health Agencies Serving Rural Communities?

Home health agencies provide critical nursing and therapy services to over three million Medicare beneficiaries [...]

State-by-State Unemployment Claims by Health Care Workers 2/2020 – 4/2020

Four exhibits show the rate of unemployment claims filed by health care workers from February [...]

Why do we only care about long-term care in a crisis? New report from Bianca Frogner in The Hill

The COVID-19 pandemic highlights the tremendous sacrifice that Americans are willing to make to protect [...]