Evolving medical licensing laws could affect hospice workforce, diversity challenges

Evolving medical licensing laws could affect hospice workforce, diversity challenges 
Hospice News; by Holly Vossel; 5/1/24 
A rash of states are restructuring their medical licensing requirements to allow more trained clinicians from other countries to find employment in the United States. The trend is an aim to address prolific workforce shortages, including in hospice, but could also have impacts on improving diversity, equity and inclusion. Some states have restructured medical licensing requirements for certain international medical graduates (IMGs) to allow more clinical professionals to work in the United States.