Healthcare Staffing

Evaluating staffing platforms? Use this 2026 checklist covering the model, credentialing, licensing, specialty coverage, employment type, and total cost, so you compare on what actually matters.

Healthcare openings sit near 1.3 million while hiring activity declines and budgets tighten. Here is why the gap persists and the coverage strategy that fits it.

New York extended NP independent practice authority to July 2030, avoiding the July 2026 sunset. Here is what the extension means for how you staff and credential NPs.

Straight answers to the questions healthcare employers ask most about locum tenens: cost, credentialing timelines, malpractice coverage, and how it compares to traditional agencies.

An internal per diem RN costs a facility roughly $45 to $65 an hour in 2026. The same shift filled through a staffing agency runs $75 to $150 an hour, sometimes higher for ICU, ED, or OR coverage in a tight market.

Every staffing agency pitch deck says the same four things. Here's the checklist that tells you whether the contract actually backs them up.