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Engage with patients eye to eye

American Nurse

QI project The national, standardized survey Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Pro­vide­rs and Systems (HCAHPS), endorsed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, measures patients’ views on their hospital experiences. 2025; 20(8). BMC Health Serv Res.

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Labor unveils next step in healthcare overhaul

Nursing Review

The Prime Minister said the latest announcement was on top of Labors largest investment in Medicare in over 40 years. This announcement of 50 additional Urgent Care Clinics if we are re-elected will provide the urgent care people need and all you will need is your Medicare card, not your credit card, he said.

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The Relentless School Nurse: Just Because They Can, Does Not Mean They Should.

The Relentless School Nurse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) rescinded key guidance on March 4, 2025, affecting Medicaid and Childrens Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage for services addressing health-related social needs (HRSNs).

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Health wins big in Victorian state budget

Nursing Review

in 2025-26 sitting at 25.1 Expanding pharmacy prescribing powers also fragments care, leading to a less well-connected health system and poorer patient health outcomes, Dr Munoz said. Mental health The budget has zeroed in on mental health with a $7.5m per cent of Victorias economy. A further $34.5m

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What is Medicaid, and why does it matter to nurses? 

Capitol Beat

House of Representatives passed a budget resolution in February that would require the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid, to cut $880 billion in federal spending from its jurisdiction through 2034. Senate passed a framework for budget cuts and the House narrowly adopted it on April 10, 2025.

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Dual Threats from Trump and GOP Imperil Nursing Homes and Their Foreign-Born Workers

Health Leaders | Nursing

This article was published on Thursday, June 26, 2025 in KFF Health News. Care for 6 in 10 residents is paid for by Medicaid , the state-federal health program for poor or disabled Americans. "We Medicare rates Goodwin House Alexandria as one of the best-staffed nursing homes in the country.

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Public vs private. Which is safer for childbirth?

Nursing Review

Birth outcomes including stillbirth and neonatal death have been found to differ widely between public and private hospitals, fuelling urgent calls to save private maternity units: [link] pic.twitter.com/SIiTPLOSY6 — The Australian (@australian) July 15, 2025 But the study and subsequent media reports don’t tell the whole story.