About the Center for Nursing Value

The Center for Nursing Value exists to address one of healthcare's greatest challenges: the disconnect between nursing's contribution and the economic decisions that shape healthcare.

Nursing is one of the strongest drivers of patient outcomes, quality, safety, and system performance. Yet its value is too often disconnected from the payment models, workforce strategies, and policy decisions that determine how healthcare resources are invested.

We bridge that gap by generating evidence, advancing nursing economics, developing nurse leaders, and bringing together healthcare leaders, researchers, and policymakers to build a more sustainable economic model for nursing.

What Guides Our Work

Mission: To advance nursing economics by making nursing’s value visible, measurable, and reimbursable, equipping nurse leaders to help align payment with its impact on patient outcomes and system performance as they shape the future of healthcare.

Vision: An American healthcare system where nursing’s economic value is proven, measured, and integrated across payment, policy, and care delivery.

Values:

Visibility: Making the clinical, operational, and economic impact of nursing visible so it is recognized as a driver of patient outcomes and system performance.
Accountability: Working with healthcare systems and partners to strengthen accountability for how nursing is valued, supported, and resourced, while holding ourselves accountable for advancing meaningful change.
Leadership: Developing nurse leaders who shape policy, payment, and care delivery through economic insight and strategic thinking.
Understanding: Translating the economics of nursing for clinicians, executives, policymakers, and payers, building a shared understanding of its impact and its role in sustaining high-quality care and outcomes.
Evidence: Grounding nursing economics in data, measurable outcomes, and real-world impact, connecting nursing care to quality, safety, and system performance.

Meet the Executive Leadership Team

Rebecca Love

Rebecca Love, RN, BS, MSN, FIEL, is a nurse executive, entrepreneur, and national leader in nursing innovation and reimbursement reform. As Founder and Co-Chair of the Center for Nursing Value, she helps advance efforts to elevate the economic value of nursing care and modernize healthcare payment.

A recognized leader in healthcare innovation, Rebecca founded the Nurse Hackathon movement and co-founded SONSIEL. She continues to advise healthcare organizations and startups working to advance nurse-led innovation and system transformation.

Board Co-Chair

Sharon Pearce

Sharon Pearce, CRNA, is a healthcare policy and government affairs leader with more than 20 years of experience advancing legislative strategy, advocacy, and coalition building at the state and federal levels. She has led policy efforts for national nursing organizations representing more than 50,000 members.

Sharon specializes in translating complex policy issues into coordinated action, building relationships with policymakers, and helping organizations advance meaningful healthcare reform through advocacy, leadership, and strategic engagement.

Board Co-Chair

Board Secretary

Carole Klove

Carole Klove, RN, JD, is a healthcare executive, attorney, and regulatory leader with more than 30 years of experience in healthcare law, compliance, reimbursement, and operations. She has led governance and regulatory initiatives across health systems, academia, consulting, and digital health.

Carole specializes in healthcare regulation, reimbursement compliance, and Medicare and Medicaid policy. She helps organizations navigate complex regulatory challenges while advancing high-quality, sustainable care delivery.

Executive Director

Melissa Mills

Melissa Mills, RN, is a nursing leader and health policy advocate focused on workforce development, education innovation, and reimbursement reform. As fractional Executive Director of the Center for Nursing Value, she helps advance efforts to define nursing's economic value and modernize healthcare financing.

Melissa also serves as Head of Content at Cinematic Health Education, where she leads the development of digital training solutions for direct care workers. Her work bridges workforce readiness, education, and healthcare system transformation across the continuum of care.

Meet the Board of Directors