AHA Backs Bill Requiring GAO Study On Nurse Staffing Industry

The American Hospital Association endorsed a new bill that calls for the Government Accountability Office to study the travel nurse industry, which has played a leading role in high labor costs during the pandemic and which AHA has repeatedly asked federal agencies to scrutinize for price gouging . The bill, introduced June 6 by Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), would require GAO study and report to Congress on the industry’s business practices and the effects the staffing agencies have had on...