Capitol Beat

JANUARY 2, 2023

As 2022 was winding down, Congress finalized negotiations on an end of year package to keep the government open. This is a $20 million increase over Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 enacted levels. This is a $16.831 million increase over FY 2022 enacted levels. Annual Medicare Payment Changes Medicare providers were faced with 8.5%

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American Nurse

MARCH 13, 2024

A recent JAMA Network study found that sick people 85 and older were less likely than younger Medicare patients to get covid therapies like Paxlovid. The drug might have prevented up to 27,000 deaths in 2022 if it had been allocated based on which patients were at highest risk from covid. government 23.7 Pfizer reported $12.5

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American Medical Compliance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

On July 27th, 2022, the House implemented a bill to further expand Telehealth services. During the COVID-19 pandemic, most medical providers transitioned into online consultations with patients using Telehealth with the help of Medicare. 2022, July 27). Retrieved September 24, 2022, from [link]. Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.),

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Relias

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

The 2023 Home Health Final Payment Rule , which the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released in October, increases Medicare payments for home health agencies by 0.7%, or $125 million, compared to 2022. While this seems like a treat, William A. The final rule includes a 4.1% net inflation rate update.

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Capitol Beat

APRIL 30, 2024

That is why we are pleased about a recent regulatory win—the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued a final rule aimed at bolstering nurse staffing at long-term care (LTC) facilities. This landmark regulation sets minimum staffing standards for nurses in LTC facilities across the country.

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Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations

MARCH 8, 2024

CMS (2022) created rural emergency hospitals (REH) as a separate provider designation effective January 1, 2023. Hospitals within a rural area with not more than 50 beds or that closed after December 27, 2020, can seek designation as a REH as long as they meet the conditions of participation to participate in Medicare and Medicaid programs.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

In Spring 2022’s Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) reported that nearly $3 billion had been misspent on Medicare and Medicaid services. HHS Examines Medicare Spending and COVID-19 Tests. Increased Telehealth Services.

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Daily Nurse

APRIL 24, 2023

According to “The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition,” claims again nurse practitioners (NPs) are rising. NSO’s & CNA’s report entitled, The 2022 Nurse Practitioner Professional Liability Exposure Claim Report: 5th Edition , revealed that aging services claims increased from 17.2

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American Nurse

JULY 26, 2023

The drugs include Ozempic’s sister medication, Wegovy, a weight loss drug with identical ingredients, which the FDA approved in 2021, and Mounjaro, approved as a diabetes treatment in 2022. Because Medicare doesn’t cover weight loss medications and they can cost more than $10,000 a year, seniors’ ability to get the new drugs is restricted.

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Relias

OCTOBER 25, 2021

OTs working in home health can initiate the start of care in more situations beginning in 2022 under changes to the Medicare conditions of participation (CoPs). Under previous rules, an OT was not authorized by Medicare to conduct an initial assessment in home health. OTs Can Conduct Medicare Initial Assessment.

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American Medical Compliance

AUGUST 1, 2022

In Spring 2022’s Semiannual Report to Congress (SAR), the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG) reported that nearly $3 billion had been misspent on Medicare and Medicaid services. HHS Examines Medicare Spending and COVID-19 Tests. Increased Telehealth Services.

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Relias

AUGUST 15, 2022

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) proposes a decrease in Medicare reimbursement for home health agencies by 4.2% CMS estimates that this move would decrease reimbursements by about $810 million compared to 2022 projected reimbursements. The behavioral adjustment is required by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.

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American Medical Compliance

MARCH 13, 2023

Many of these individuals targeted elderly patients who receive Medicare benefits. Others controlled telemarketing schemes in order to target elderly Medicare patients to consent to tests by misleading and deceiving them. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services investigates these cases and prioritizes protecting patients.

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Empowered Nurses

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In it, 335,000 registered nurses and licensed practical/vocational nurses surveyed in 2022. For the first time ever, centers for Medicare and Medicaid services have proposed new staffing regulations for long term care facilities. That survey found that one in four nurses intended to leave the profession in the next four years.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

This bill would establish a permanent funding stream in Medicare for hospitals to partner with schools of nursing, community-based care settings, and other hospitals to increase clinical education for APRN students. ANA also proudly supported introduction of the Educating Future Nurses Act (S.

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Daily Nurse

JULY 31, 2023

The American Nurses Association (ANA) underscores the urgency for Congressional leaders, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), and other key stakeholders to advance efforts in implementing safe staffing standards , including minimum nurse-to-patient ratios.

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Health Leaders | Nursing

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

schools of nursing in the past 10 years, producing more than 13,000 new providers, according to the American Association of Colleges of Nursing Enrollment and Graduation Reports 2012-2022. Nearly 100 new psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner (PMHNP) programs have been added to U.S.

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Nurse.com

JULY 18, 2022

This ratio has remained constant even as the number of practicing NPs has exploded in recent years , from 148,000 in 2010 to 222,000 in 2016, to 355,000 by Spring of 2022. It is no surprise, then, that NPs are in particular demand in rural America and, over 80% of NPs accept Medicare and Medicaid patients.

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Nursing Review

APRIL 8, 2024

A ramping taskforce was established by the health minister in 2022, with the report released at the start of the year. "This, in turn, leads to overwhelming stress being placed on our nursing and midwifery workforce; at times resulting in resignations and early retirement."

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Minority Nurse

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Institute for Safe Medical Practices, 2022). Rodziewicz, Houseman, and Hipskind, 2022). Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid. Accessed July 29, 2022 [link]. Published April 7, 2022. Accessed September 25, 2022 [link]. Updated May 1, 2022. It is intentional.

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American Medical Compliance

DECEMBER 26, 2023

On December 27, 2020, the United States Congress adopted the No Surprises Act (NSA) as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which has various provisions to assist in protecting customers against unexpected costs beginning January 1, 2022. The following course highlights the NSA and how it impacts healthcare.

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Consult QD

JANUARY 19, 2024

She and her colleagues analyzed locations of neurologist practices from the 2022 Care Compare database of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and locations of MS centers as defined by the Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers. Their objective was to compute spatial access to these locations for all U.S.

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Consult QD

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Notably, one double-blinded, multicenter prospective randomized controlled trial published in 2022 demonstrated a larger safety and efficacy benefit for aquablation over transurethral resection of the prostate (TURP), the most common surgical treatment for small and medium-sized prostates.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

JULY 14, 2022

During the March 1, 2022 State of the Union address, President Biden reaffirmed the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to protecting residents and staff of nursing homes. The comment period for the Proposed Rule closed on June 10, 2022. More than 6,800 public comments were submitted. Conclusion.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The 2022 public health data paint a dismal picture for chronic disease management and outcomes ( Table 1 ). 2022, January) Preterm Birth. America’s Health Rankings 2022 Annual Report. America’s Health Rankings 2022 Annual Report. 2022, October). 2 March of Dimes. March of Dimes Report Card. 4 March of Dimes.

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Minority Nurse

JANUARY 27, 2023

In April 2022, New York and Kansas granted FPA to NPs. She notes that four states moved to full practice authority through the pandemic: Delaware and Massachusetts in 2021 and New York and Kansas in 2022. Now, patients in more than half of the states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S.

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American Nurse

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) worked with purchasers, physicians, healthcare organizations, and consumers to identify evidence-based process measures (core measures) to reduce morbidity, mortality, variability, and cost while improving quality outcomes. from Q4 2021 to Q4 2022. See Bundle compliance.)

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Capitol Beat

AUGUST 24, 2022

3173) : This legislation would protect patients from unnecessary delays in care by streamlining and standardizing prior authorization under the Medicare Advantage program. As we know, there are many issues nurses care about, but for this year’s Hill Day, we focused on three key topics: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2021 (S.3018/H.R.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 13, 2024

Current Vulnerability of Healthcare Data While 44 million people were affected by breaches of healthcare information in 2022, that number ballooned in 2023 as hackers and other cybercriminals have grown more sophisticated in their attacks.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 19, 2023

These same nurse-to-patient ratios were included in the AWHONN nurse staffing standards published in 2022. Recent data show that patients at high risk for severe maternal complications are more likely to give birth in teaching hospitals and have Medicaid as their insurer.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

In April 2022, New York and Kansas granted FPA to NPs. She notes that four states moved to full practice authority through the pandemic: Delaware and Massachusetts in 2021 and New York and Kansas in 2022. Now, patients in more than half of the states, the District of Columbia, and two U.S.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

APRIL 25, 2022

Prior to the pandemic a Centers for Medicare and Medicaid pilot study yielded positive results with respect to hospital readmission rates and follow-up emergency department visits. Barring Congressional action, this waiver is set to expire at the end of the Public Health Emergency , which CMS recently indicated would be in July 2022.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MAY 17, 2023

Vascular surgeons soliciting these patients who are seeking only to improve their appearance, but then claim medical conditions necessitating treatment that Medicare covers, run a tremendous risk of DOJ scrutiny. 11, 2022, available at [link]. [2] And not just DOJ scrutiny, but whistleblower scrutiny as well. 5] 42 U.S.C.

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Relias

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

With the successes reaped during the pilot of the Home Health Value-Based Purchasing (HHVBP) program, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) aims to accelerate the results nationwide. You will compete nationally in your applicable size cohort determined by your 2022 census.”. million decrease. Preparing for the change.

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IntelyCare

DECEMBER 27, 2022

To inform future proposals, the Centers for Medicare & Medicare Services (CMS) is conducting a mixed methods study that will include CNAs, LPNs/LVNs, and RNs. In the midst of a shortage and increasing healthcare costs, significant government intervention would be needed to support providers.

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American Nurse

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

“The message to older adults is: ‘Your time has passed, give up your seat at the table, stop consuming resources, fall in line,’” said Anne Montgomery, 65, a health policy expert at the National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare.

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Healthcare Law Insights blog

MARCH 25, 2022

On March 23, 2022, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a notice in the federal register announcing a limited re-opening of the comment period regarding OSHA’s final standard to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19. Contact us.

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