Nearly 200 representatives urge Biden administration to investigate nurse staffing agency practices

Signatories of the HANYS-supported letter urge the administration to investigate reports that nurse staffing agencies are taking advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to increase profits at the expense of hospitals and their patients. HANYS has been drawing attention at all levels of government to the staffing shortages facing New York’s hospitals and health systems and the unsustainable costs of traveling nurses that are exacerbating this dire situation.