THERE ARE AN estimated 19,000 unfilled positions in Massachusetts acute care hospitals, according to a new report by a trade association representing the hospitals. For more than a year, health care providers have been complaining of staffing shortages. There is a generally tight labor market nationwide. Hospitals have been hit particularly hard by pandemic-related […]
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Ballot question spurs unusual hospital alliance
Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera came to the State House on Tuesday to testify in support of a ballot question that would revamp the way hospitals are compensated and steer an extra $5.8 million to his city’s largest employer, Lawrence General Hospital. But Dianne Anderson, the president and CEO of Lawrence General, doesn’t feel the same […]