This is Randy Homan with Becker's Clinical Leadership Podcast.
Here's your industry news brief for Wednesday, May 17th. First,
nurses overseas who want to work in the US will need to wait until next year.
Only nurses who submitted applications by last June will be considered for
visas. The application usually takes around 10 months.
Hospitals are now waiting to hear more international nurses who have moved,
earned their US nursing license and passed English fluency tests.
Also must wait.
Sanford Health is trying to hire 800 international nurses.
It says this will definitely affect its workforce.
Stanford has already onboarded 270 international nurses.
Another 400 were expected this year. However,
they now aren't expected for another six to eight months.
The federal government says hospitals shouldn't expect to see more immigrant
nurses until 2025.
This is assuming the application process reopens in
October 2nd. In the last year,
10 hospitals faced a possible loss of Medicare or Medicaid funding from CMS
eight regained their compliance. However,
these hospitals aren't always graded poorly in other methodologies.
The Leap Frog Groups annual hospital rankings this year includes five hospitals
at risk for losing funding aid. They're St.
Michael Medical Center in Washington,
new Hanover Regional Medical Center in North Carolina,
university of North Carolina Medical Center,
Wilson Medical Center in North Carolina,
and John Muir Health's Walnut Creek Medical Center in California.
All of these hospitals received a seat or higher.
Third,
Texas health officials are warning clinicians about cases of suspected fungal
meningitis among Texas residents who had surgery in Mexico.
One person has died and four people are currently hospitalized.
All five individuals recently traveled to Montes, Mexico.
Their surgeries,
all included in epidural health officials are still investigating the source
whether cases are related and if there may be more cases for
patients with symptoms of nervous system infection.
The Health Department says this infection.
Fourth disability advocates and community members are criticizing Mass General
Bringham for its masking policy.
Many immunocompromised people are worried about staying safe with mass
requirements dropping.
Some hospitals are dropping mass in specific departments like oncology. However,
mass General is one that's dropping it entirely.
It changed his policies twice this month. In its first rendition.
It noted that patients could not ask staff to mask because it's no longer
required.
Following a complaint with the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department
and HHS Mass.
General removed this from its website and now says,
patients may ask providers determine if is
necessary.
It's
fifth.
A Louisiana Senator is questioning O Health's C and c o about
its recent nurse layoff. Last week,
Ossner eliminated 770 positions.
This is about 2% of its workforce and a memo to employees,
CEO Pete November says,
effective positions were in management and primarily non-direct patient care
roles. It notes that no physicians were affected, however,
the memo did not contain any language about nurses. Specifically,
the next day, Louisiana Senator Gregory Tarver issued a letter to Mr.
November and c Ofield.
He expressed concern about nurses inclusion in the layoffs. Mr.
Carver claims RNs, LPNs, and family nps are being laid off.
He notes this is confusing given that NER has complained about nursing shortages
and Ochsner's spokesperson told Becker's.
It's working with more than 40 employees who have expressed interest in
continuing employment at the system.
It says this includes moving people in management positions to frontline nursing
positions. Thanks, Philistine.
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