Original reporting on the things that move a nurse’s pay, license and workload — written and analysed by Jayson Minagawa, BSN, RN.
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The Prior Authorization Accountability Act cleared the House Energy & Commerce Committee on a bipartisan vote June 25 — requiring insurers to respond within 72 hours and mandating peer-to-peer reviews with same-specialty clinicians.
Read article →Michigan Medicine nurses ratified a three-year contract July 24 with a 94% yes vote — 13.25% in total wage increases, a $3,000 ratification bonus, and mandatory staffing-ratio improvements covering 7,500 RNs.
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Read article →CMS's CY 2027 Home Health PPS Proposed Rule offers a 2.4% net increase ($420M) — the first projected home health payment increase since PDGM launched. Comment deadline: August 31, 2026.
Read article →NNU, UE Local 150, and community activists rallied in Raleigh on July 24 to demand stronger AI guardrails, warning NC's AI Strategic Roadmap fails to protect nurses, patients, and healthcare workers.
Read article →Governor Pritzker signed HB1807 on July 10, giving Illinois nursing programs their biggest regulatory overhaul in years. Every ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP, and APRN program faces new IDFPR oversight starting September 1, 2026.
Read article →Registered nurses at SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital rallied July 22 to demand the reinstatement of two colleagues terminated for engaging in protected union activity.
Read article →Gov. Evers approved an emergency rule July 21, 2026 allowing BSN-prepared RNs with 2+ years clinical experience to teach clinical nursing courses, bypassing the master's requirement choking faculty pipelines.
Read article →A federal judge halted the DoED RISE rule's exclusion of nursing from the professional degree list just before July 1, 2026. ANA and 10 nursing groups sued; graduate loan limits temporarily preserved at $50K/year.
Read article →Effective January 1, 2026, The Joint Commission's new NPG 12 makes nurse staffing a formal accreditation requirement for the first time. Here's what it means for bedside nurses and hospital administrators.
Read article →More than 750 Teamsters Local 332 nurses at Henry Ford Genesys Hospital in Grand Blanc, Michigan are heading into their 11th month on the picket line after talks resumed July 20. Return-to-work seniority rights remain the central dispute.
Read article →Montana and Nebraska are among the first states enforcing Medicaid work requirements in 2026. Safety-net hospitals project billions in lost revenue — and nurses are already seeing the staffing consequences.
Read article →CMS's $200 million workforce campaign went live July 1, 2026, offering up to $40,000 in tuition reimbursement or $10,000 stipends to nurses who commit three years to a qualifying nursing home.
Read article →Starting September 8, 2026, CMS will allow roughly 12% of nursing homes to bypass standard inspection cycles under a new Risk-Based Survey model that rewards five-star facilities with zero harm citations and reduced regulatory burden.
Read article →Nearly 1,000 nurses, CNAs, and healthcare workers at CGH Medical Center in Sterling, IL voted to ratify their first-ever union contract with AFSCME Council 31, securing a 9.75% wage increase over three years, a $2/hr charge differential, and protections against temporary worker overuse.
Read article →Nearly all 1,250 MNA nurses at UMass Memorial Medical Center University Campus in Worcester voted July 1–2 to authorize a 14-day unfair labor practice strike over staffing, workplace violence, and wages at a hospital reporting a $159.7M operating loss.
Read article →Montefiore Health System (Bronx, NY) laid off 12 utilization review RNs by July 12, replacing them with Datavant AI software. NYSNA calls it the first known US case of licensed nursing roles explicitly displaced by AI and filed a class-action grievance.
Read article →The Massachusetts Senate voted unanimously 40–0 on July 16 to send a sweeping healthcare workplace violence protection bill to the governor, requiring mandatory risk assessments, criminal penalties for assaulting nurses, and paid recovery leave.
Read article →CMS is retiring the legacy Payroll-Based Journal portal and moving all nursing home staffing submissions to iQIES on August 17, 2026. Here's exactly what Directors of Nursing and charge nurses must do before the cutover — and what goes wrong if they miss it.
Read article →CMS released its 2027 Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule in July 2026, with provisions affecting NP and APRN billing rates, telehealth extensions, and behavioral health payment. The public comment window closes September 12.
Read article →CommonSpirit Health's Dignity Health cut 57 workers and shut the only burn unit in Kern County. CNA nurses at 3 Bakersfield facilities held an informational picket July 16 demanding layoff rescission.
Read article →SEIU and MNA nurses warned at a July 13 Minnesota regulatory hearing that Sutter Health — which faces daily contract violations at its California facilities — cannot acquire Allina Health without binding worker and patient protections.
Read article →Nurses and resident physicians at UCSF Health rallied outside the UC Board of Regents meeting July 15, 2026, demanding the health system address dangerous emergency department boarding and chronic understaffing.
Read article →Pennsylvania Senate passed SB717 41–9 on July 12, moving NP practice authority reform to the House. What it means for PA nurse practitioners and when changes could take effect.
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