The lingering laboring shortage is impacting quality of care and patient intake at hospitals and long-term care facilities nationwide. Amid concerns not only over the availability of workers, but the quality and cost of those workers, Arizona is now one of 15 states fighting back against the impending vaccine mandates which, the state...
Arizona’s rising senior population spurred the state’s Medicaid program, the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS), to partner with three insurers to address the projected shortage for home caregivers. The insurers, Southwest Catholic Health Network Corp., Banner University Family Care and United Healthcare Community...
