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Pickleball Injuries Could Reach $500 Million in Medical Costs This Year

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UBS, a global financial services company, decided to investigate the issue when UnitedHealth Group, whose stock is analyzed by the firm, reported that healthcare utilization rates have skyrocketed among Medicare beneficiaries. The injury rate among this age group will likely continue to grow as more seniors discover the sport.

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Nurses as Key Players in Telehealth

Daily Nurse

“For example, an analysis by McKinsey & Co found that telehealth accounted for less than 1% of Medicare services before the onset of the pandemic, but by July of 2021, telehealth services accounted for about 13-17% of claims submitted to Medicare.

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Nurse referrals to pharmacy

American Nurse

Improve care, promote the profession Nurses play a key role in patient education, medication management, and prevention of negative health outcomes. Silver Spring, MD: American Nurses Association ; 2021. doi:10.1136/bmj.m865 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 2021; 16(5):e0252151. August 24, 2021.

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ANA’s Summary of $1.5 trillion Omnibus Includes Several Nursing Priorities

Capitol Beat

Nursing Title VIII Nursing Workforce Development programs received $280.472 million, which is a $16 million increase over Fiscal Year 2021. The survey found that these shortages exacerbated longstanding challenges in health care delivery, access to care, and health outcomes. Agencies Health and Human Services : $108.3

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Artificial Intelligence, Automation and Nursing- will these technologies help our profession?

The Nurse Break

The following article was written March 28, 2021. Kate has extensive experience as a nursing and midwifery leader and as an ambassador for effective digital health transformation at the National, State and local level. Kate Renzenbrink | Director of Nursing & Midwifery Informatics (CNMIO).

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Medicare Care Compare: Publicly reported performance measures

American Nurse

Takeaways: To help patients and their families make informed decisions about choosing health care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly reports quality performance measures. In addition to informing patients, public reporting can drive providers to improve performance.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Senate in April and would allow NPs, physician assistants, and other APRNs to provide particular services under Medicare and Medicaid. Financial stability in rural health According to the Cecil G. Medicare is about 46% and Medicaid is about 14%.

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