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Hospitals will get $1.7 billion more federal funding. Will this reduce waiting times?

Nursing Review

Labor created Medicare and we will protect it. Protecting the public hospital system, strengthen Medicare and help build Australias future. A new National Health Reform Agreement is due to take effect in 2026. But will it really make a difference? Were delivering an additional $1.7

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Navigating New CMS Skin Substitute Updates: Essential Policies for Wound Care Providers

Relias

million Medicare beneficiaries in the U.S. Wound care providers are entering a new compliance landscape, which will impact 10.5 with chronic wounds.

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Labor unveils next step in healthcare overhaul

Nursing Review

The clinics are slated to open by July 1, 2026 and once delivered will ensure four out of five Australians live within a 20-minute drive from a clinic, according to Department of Health and Aged Care analysis. The Prime Minister said the latest announcement was on top of Labors largest investment in Medicare in over 40 years.

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Nursing Home Industry Wants Trump to Rescind Staffing Mandate

Health Leaders | Nursing

The requirements would be phased in, starting in May 2026. billion a year, a 2% increase in expenses, though the changes do not include increases in federal Medicare or Medicaid payments. Four in 5 homes would have to increase staffing. Staffing is everything in terms of nursing-home quality," said R.

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Removing Regulations, Removing Barriers to Nursing Practice

Capitol Beat

Notably, this RFI from HHS is not the first health-related deregulatory RFI of this Administration—in May, ANA responded to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS’) RFI on deregulation. CMS continues to promote this RFI in its 2026 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Pay System and Physician Fee Schedule proposed rules.

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“We will not be gaslit” : Qld hospitals brace for more strikes

Nursing Review

per cent in both April 2026 and April 2027, with a final three per cent in December 2027. Other disruptions include a refusal to clean beds, move furniture, handle non-clinical waste, or participate in Medicare admissions documentation. The government’s proposal includes staged increases of three per cent in April 2025, 2.5

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Foot care nursing

American Nurse

Medicare expects beneficiaries or caregivers to perform routine foot care (nail trimming and shaving, paring, cutting, and removal of calluses [keratoma and tyloma] and corns [heloma]), so it’s excluded from coverage. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website lists codes that indicate medical necessity. October 2028.