Nursing Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

And at home, aged care was in crisis, Medicare under threat, bulk billing in free fall, real wages going backwards not by accident but as a deliberate design feature of the economic architecture. Mr Albanese confirmed that education was at the core of his government’s vision for a second term.

Medicare

Empowered Nurses

OCTOBER 12, 2023

million registered nurses expected to quit by 2027 means a potential loss of approximately 1.1 million who will move on to other job opportunities or continue their education to become nurse practitioners. With 25% of our country’s 4.5 The need for nurse practitioners is growing and, according to the U.S.

Long Term Care

Capitol Beat

JANUARY 4, 2024

Not surprisingly, the main focus of advocacy is the federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and its subagency, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). CMS is strengthening the Medicare Diabetes Prevention Program (MDPP) , which ANA supports.

APRN

Capitol Beat

MARCH 15, 2022

Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners Program – The bill includes $13 million, an increase of $4 million within the total for Advanced Education Nursing to expand training and certification of RNs, APRNs, and Forensic Nurses to practice as sexual assault nurse examiners. Agencies Health and Human Services : $108.3

Medicare

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. As nationwide expansion begins in 2023, the program is expected to save $3.376 billion in the next five years (2023-2027).

Medicare