AMN Healthcare partners with ALTA for language proficiency testing, service

AMN Healthcare Language Service announced its partnership with ALTA Language Services, a language and cultural solutions company that provides translation, medical interpreter training and language testing services. Through the partnership, AMN Language Services will now offer language proficiency testing for hospital and healthcare systems through a new platform that evaluates and qualifies their bilingual staff and full-time interpreters, solidifying their position as the go-to resource for comprehensive language solutions and facilitating compliance with Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The partnership bolsters AMN Language Service’s diverse portfolio of products, simplifying the language procurement process for customers by providing the convenience of streamlined invoicing and a one-stop-shop for language services, including translation, video, audio, in-person interpretation, and now language proficiency testing. A recent AMN Healthcare Study shows in an analysis of 204 million minutes of patient interpretation services, that 45 different languages are cited as being among the top ten spoken in patient and provider encounters throughout the country, underscoring the ever-increasing complexity in these encounters.