Top Journalists in Medical Staffing

Katherine Alvarez Staffing Industry Analysts (Healthcare Staffing Report, CWS 3.0)

Managing editor at Staffing Industry Analysts who frequently authors SIA’s Healthcare Staffing Report and CWS 3.0 items on healthcare bill rates, demand, and firm performance. Specialties: Healthcare staffing market trends, nursing/locum tenens, bill rates, M&A

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Christopher Cheney HealthLeaders

CMO editor at HealthLeaders; writes regularly on workforce shortages, staffing risk and safety, and clinical operations’ impact on labor. Specialties: Hospital workforce strategy, patient safety, staffing risk, physician/clinical leadership

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Ginger Christ HR Dive (formerly Modern Healthcare)

Editor at HR Dive and former Modern Healthcare post-acute and staffing reporter; extensive coverage of staffing mandates, labor actions, and workforce bottlenecks. Specialties: Healthcare labor, post-acute staffing, unions/strikes, policy

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Mari Devereaux Modern Healthcare

Reporter who has covered nurse-staffing laws and enforcement trends, and broader workforce quality issues across providers. Specialties: Hospital labor policy, nurse-staffing laws, quality and safety

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Diane Eastabrook Modern Healthcare

Modern Healthcare’s post-acute reporter; tracks nursing home and home health staffing trends and labor market shifts affecting hospitals and SNFs. Specialties: Post-acute and long-term care staffing, hiring trends, hospital-at-home workforce

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Joyce Famakinwa Home Health Care News

Senior reporter focused on home-based care; regularly reports on staffing shortages, policy and provider strategies to recruit and retain caregivers. Specialties: Home health/home care workforce, caregiver recruitment/retention, regulation

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Crystal Fullilove Staffing Industry Analysts (Healthcare Staffing Report)

Healthcare staffing analyst at SIA who authors research-driven features on platforms, AI in recruiting, and the US healthcare staffing outlook. Specialties: Healthcare staffing analytics and benchmarking, AI in recruitment, segment forecasts

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Morgan Gonzales Home Health Care News

Associate editor and reporter covering home-based care labor trends, hiring data and operational strategies to address staffing shortages. Specialties: Home-based care hiring/turnover, workforce strategy, industry surveys

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Kelly Gooch Becker’s Hospital Review

Senior editor who frequently tracks travel nurse pay and hospital workforce developments with recurring data-driven updates. Specialties: Travel nurse pay/compensation, hospital workforce news, executive moves

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Craig Johnson Staffing Industry Analysts

Senior editorial director at SIA; covers healthcare staffing provider deals, revenues and publishes in SIA’s Healthcare Staffing Report and Daily News. Specialties: Healthcare staffing firms, earnings/M&A, industry rankings

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Alex Kacik Modern Healthcare

Senior reporter who has led Modern Healthcare’s coverage on staffing policy debates, agency rate issues and hospital workforce strategies. Specialties: Hospital operations, staffing agencies, labor costs

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Jeff Lagasse Healthcare Finance News (HIMSS Media)

Editor at Healthcare Finance News; reports on hospital labor costs, contract staffing utilization and related financial pressures. Specialties: Labor expense trends, contract labor, hospital finance and workforce

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Heather Landi Fierce Healthcare

Executive editor covering digital health and workforce technology, including nurse scheduling and staffing-platform funding. Specialties: Workforce tech, staffing platforms, digital health tools for scheduling and retention

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Samantha Liss KFF Health News (formerly Kaiser Health News)

Midwest correspondent who has reported extensively on staffing agency pricing concerns and broader labor impacts on providers. Specialties: Health policy and hospital labor issues, staffing agency pricing, payer-provider dynamics

Email | Muck Rack


Dave Muoio Fierce Healthcare

Staff writer reporting on hospital workforce research and operations, including patient-safety effects of agency and overtime nurse utilization. Specialties: Hospital operations and labor, workforce research, patient safety implications of staffing

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Rebecca Pifer Healthcare Dive

Senior reporter covering the business of healthcare and policy with frequent coverage of labor disputes and staffing-related policy changes. Specialties: Health business and policy, labor disputes, payer/provider implications of staffing

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Amy Stulick Skilled Nursing News

Reporter covering skilled nursing industry staffing policies, state laws and their operational impacts on providers. Specialties: Skilled nursing staffing policy, state/federal rules, SNF workforce operations

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Mariah Taylor Becker’s Hospital Review

Writer/reporter who frequently compiles and reports on nursing workforce initiatives and hospital recruiting and training programs. Specialties: Nursing workforce initiatives, hospital recruiting programs, education pipelines

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Susanna Vogel Healthcare Dive

Staff reporter focused on hospital labor and staffing policy, including strikes, staffing rules and compensation trends. Specialties: Hospital labor/strikes, staffing rules (nursing homes), workforce surveys

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Alex Zorn Skilled Nursing News

Reporter with deep coverage of nursing home staffing shortages and admissions constraints linked to workforce gaps. Specialties: SNF staffing shortages, admissions constraints, vaccination/mandate impacts on staffing

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