What Role Do Immigrants Play in the Hospital Workforce? June 17, 2025 Issue Brief This issue brief analyzes the role that immigrants play in the hospital workforce, overall and by occupation and state. Immigrants account for about one in six hospital workers, including among clinical and nonclinical workers.
What Role Do Immigrants Play in The Direct Long-Term Care Workforce? April 2, 2025 Issue Brief To increase understanding of how shifting immigration policies may affect the direct care workforce providing long-term care services, this data note uses the 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) to provide an overview of the role that immigrants play in the direct care workforce for long-term care (LTC) services
Elimination of Federal Diversity Initiatives: Implications for Racial Health Equity March 21, 2025 Issue Brief This brief explains the potential impacts of the elimination of diversity and disparities-related initiatives under the Trump administration on racial health disparities.
Payment Rates for Medicaid Home Care: States’ Responses to Workforce Challenges February 18, 2025 Issue Brief This issue brief describes states’ ongoing efforts to respond to shortages of home care workers and how they pay these workers, finding that increased payment rates are a key component of states’ efforts to address workforce shortages.
How do Medicaid Home Care Programs Support Family Caregivers? January 13, 2025 Issue Brief This issue brief provides new information about family caregivers from KFF’s most recent survey of state Medicaid HCBS programs, including a discussion of paying family caregivers, self-direction, and supports available for family caregivers.
