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The one-hour nurse visits that let insurers collect $15 billion from Medicare

Health Leaders | Nursing

A Wall Street Journal investigation of insurer home visits found the companies pushed nurses to run screening tests and add unusual diagnoses, turning the roughly hourlong stops in patients’ homes into an extra $1,818 per visit, on average, from 2019 to 2021.

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Tit for tat: Major parties put health at the centre of pre-election promises

Nursing Review

The Prime Minister has promised the largest single investment in Medicare in its 41 years , tripling the current bulk billing incentive but the opposition has said it will match it. How total Medicare payments for common visits will increase. Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton has promised to match Labor's Medicare pledge.

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Nurse Practitioner Driven Home Based Primary Care Access and Immunization Intiative for Adults with Autism and/or Intellectual Disability

American Nurse

Immunizations are the best protection from preventable diseases and have saved lives for over 100 years (Centers for Disease Control, 2024). These would also be individuals who were not up to date with immunizations according to the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Adult Immunization Schedule (AIS) for 2024. Castro et al. O’Brien, S.,

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AMA says ACT Medicare UCCs ignores federal government policy

Nursing Review

Existing Canberra walk-in health clinics will be able to treat a wider range of conditions through merging with new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics (Medicare UCCs). in federal government funding over three years to the sites from early 2024. “We The scheme will be joint funded by the ACT government and will attract an extra $7.1m

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The End of the Public Health Emergency and What this Means for Nurses

Capitol Beat

Because of specific Congressional action many of the telehealth flexibilities authorized under the PHE will continue through the end of 2024. Much of Medicare is in statute, and as a result the Administration has limited authority to expand telehealth absent Congressional action. The main waivers are: Physician Services. 42 CFR 483.30(c)(3):

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Healthcare Policy: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

The average cost of a data breach in healthcare was $9.77M in 2024. Healthcare Coverage In 2023, 92 percent of Americans had some form of healthcare coveragewhether employer-provided coverage, Medicare or Medicaid or private health insurance. Want to know more about our nursing programs? The University of St.

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Path to Penn Nursing with Barbara Doyle, RN, MSN

Penn Nursing

Penn Nursing This issue - Fall 2022 Spring 2025 Fall 2024 Spring 2024 Fall 2023 Spring 2023 Fall 2022 Spring 2022 Fall 2021 Spring 2021 Search SCOPE Fagin Hall Goes Digital Features Bright Ideas Meet the Leonard A. An opportunity in the bone marrow transplant program led to an inpatient Nurse Practitioner role in Oncology.