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Understanding Participating and Non-participating provider status for NPs

Nurse Practitioners in Business

On the surface, it sounds like having non-participating provider status with Medicare is a good thing. Medicare requires NPs enrolled with Medicare as a provider to accept assignment. Check out the Nurse Practitioners in Business Facebook Group Become a Member of the NPBO Ready to start your own practice?

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Full Practice Authority: APRN Readiness, Barriers to Practice and Access in South Carolina

American Nurse

To prepare for the legislative initiative, the Coalition for Access to Healthcare Board conducted a survey of APRNs’ readiness to seek full practice authority as well as identify any perceived barriers to practice and access to care. The 2022 public health data paint a dismal picture for chronic disease management and outcomes ( Table 1 ).

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2023 Regulatory Advocacy Roundup

Capitol Beat

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’ definition of practitioner specifically includes any clinician (including APRNs) that is eligible to bill for a particular service.

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Elevating the voice of nurses through advocacy

American Nurse

The association continues to engage with the Biden-Harris administration and key federal agencies on nursing priorities, including promoting and protecting the nursing workforce, removing practice barriers for advanced practice RNs (APRNs), and achieving payment parity for nurses.

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Leveling the Playing Field for Rural Health Providers

Health Leaders | Nursing

Hartl's business model is to establish relationships with local hospitals and communities, rather than just setting up a telemedicine platform and letting the chips fall where they may. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. We are up to more than 355,000 nurse practitioners across the U.S.

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2022: The Year of the Value of the Nurse

Capitol Beat

This year was a busy and turbulent time for all of us as we continued to navigate life under the COVID-19 pandemic—and nobody knows this more than nurses and healthcare workers. If enacted, this bill will remove practice barriers for advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs), improving access to care for Medicare and Medicaid patients.

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Nurse Practitioners Are Primed to Help Bridge Physician Shortage

Nurse.com

Kapu, DNP, APRN, ACNP- BC, FAANP, FCCM, FAAN, President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP), in a news release. Thomas, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PPCNP-BC, FNAP, FAANP, Immediate Past-President of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners (AANP). NPs as Primary Care Providers.