Workforce

The federal government will give healthcare workforce training a boost with $130.8 million in grants, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced Friday.

Annual performance-based incentive plans are on the rise for physicians, according to a new survey of provider organizations.

Boston Medical Center, a 639-bed teaching hospital in Boston's South End, announced a layoff of 119 employees on Monday and said it would likely lose approximately $175 million this year.

Three healthcare-focused private equity firms have acquired Eagle Hospital Physicians, an Atlanta-based practice management company for hospitalist physician groups.

Online advertised vacancies for healthcare practitioners and technical occupations fell for the second month in a row, according to a report released this week.

American CareSource Holdings, Inc., based in Dallas, has added three clients to its portfolio: Caprock HealthPlans, Inc., a Lubbock, Texas-based third party administrator, GreenTree Administrators, Inc., a Beaumont, Texas-based regional third party administrator, and Community Claims Administration, an Orange, Calif.-based third party administrator.

The TriZetto Group is looking to take advantage of continued BPO services growth fueled by health reform.

The number of licensed registered nurses in the United States grew to a new high of 3.1 million between 2004 and 2008, according to the Health Resources and Services Administration.

Healthcare in the United States is becoming increasingly unaffordable, and one of the contributing factors may be the high salaries earned by healthcare employees.

A professional nurses organization announced Thursday that they would like to be included in the ongoing debate over healthcare reform.