{"id":1899913,"date":"2023-03-17T03:14:23","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T07:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hospitals-say-they-are-in-tough-shape-amid-workforce-crisis-as-covid-19-relief-dries-up\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T03:17:02","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T07:17:02","slug":"hospitals-say-they-are-in-tough-shape-amid-workforce-crisis-as-covid-19-relief-dries-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hospitals-say-they-are-in-tough-shape-amid-workforce-crisis-as-covid-19-relief-dries-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals say they are in tough shape amid workforce crisis as COVID-19 relief dries up"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhospitals-say-they-are-in-tough-shape-amid-workforce-crisis-as-covid-19-relief-dries-up%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1899913&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div>\n<p><span>H<\/span>Ospitals are in financial trouble as billions of dollars in COVID-19 relief funds dry up. This is because a growing healthcare workforce shortage threatens their bottom line.  <\/p>\n<p>According to Kaufman Hall&#8217;s report, hospitals were unable to receive $175 billion in federal subsidies in order to remain afloat during COVID-19. They also reported their worst financial results since 2022 when growth in costs, such as labor, outpaced revenue. <\/p>\n<p><b> GOP DISTURBED FROM HEALTH OVERHAULS AFTER POST-OBAMACARE REPEAL ERA <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This has been an ongoing challenge, really, through the pandemic, before the pandemic, and now as we are sort of coming out of the pandemic, it is a real struggle for hospitals and healthcare, one, to get the workforce that they need and then to continue to pay for [it],&#8221; Lisa Kidder Hrobsky was the senior vice president for advocacy at the American Hospital Association. &#8220;Workforce is a massive part of hospitals expenses, and so it is more expensive than ever to pay for workforce when you can find workforce.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the United States will see a shortage of as many as 124,000 doctors by 2034. This includes 48,000 primary care physicians. Although the looming shortage in healthcare workers has been a problem for many years, hospitals claim they are now having to pay their current staff more to keep them.  <\/p>\n<p>Dr. Don Williamson is the president of Alabama Hospital Association. He stated that in 2022, state hospitals had a $1.5 billion decrease in income. This decline was due to an increase of nearly $1.4 trillion in labor costs. Williamson said that Alabama hospitals would have had their income drop by $2.4 billion if they did not receive federal funding.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have not seen a corresponding increase in revenue to keep up with our increased expenses,&#8221; Williamson stated.  <\/p>\n<p>Bipartisan attention has been paid to the shortage in healthcare workers, although some lawmakers are cautious about putting more money after major pandemic-era investments.  <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (or CARES Act) included $100 billion for a Provider Relief Fund. This fund was to assist healthcare providers in recovering COVID-19 revenue. It could also be used to help healthcare systems recruit and retain staff. To improve the well-being and retention of healthcare workers, the Biden administration allocated $103 million to the American Rescue Plan 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Critics believe that hospitals do not have a complete picture about their finances. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re giving this dire picture of their economic situation and some of them are publicly traded or have to submit their public earnings reports that just don&#8217;t at all match up with that. Some of them are expanding, actually, many of them are just constantly expanding and making new capital expenditures,&#8221; James Gelfand, president and CEO of the ERISA Industry Committee lobbies for large self-insured employers.  <\/p>\n<p>North Carolina&#8217;s top hospital executives have made more than $1.75 Billion over the last twelve years. Their salaries almost doubled in the last five year, while the state treasurer&#8217;s Office released a report showing that nurse and physician pay has risen much slower in that time. <\/p>\n<p><b> CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER <\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;When somebody cries about not having enough money to pay their nurses, it&#8217;s because, generally speaking, when the nurse pay has basically stayed stagnant for the last five years in many instances, the CEO pay&#8217;s double,&#8221; Dale Folwell is the North Carolina State Treasurer. &#8220;I don&#8217;t know of any more mathematical example of putting profits over patients than that.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Sens. Spitzer of the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee sought input from stakeholders and healthcare providers nationwide to understand the causes and suggest ways to address them. Sens. Senators. &#8220;identify bipartisan solutions&#8221; This will help to solve the problem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/faith-freedom-self-reliance\/hospitals-tough-shape-amid-workforce-crisis-covid-relief\">Hospitals claim they are in poor shape due to the workforce crisis.<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hospitals are facing financial downfalls as billions in COVID-19 relief funding dries up, saying that a growing healthcare workforce shortage poses a threat to their bottom line. 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