Nurse Practitioners in Business

JULY 30, 2025

Healthcare fraud is big business… In the majority of cases, it’s not the providers committing the fraud initially, but other parties. Telemedicine Scams: Here, providers are paid to “approve” medical equipment or prescriptions after a very brief, or even nonexistent, telehealth visit. No, it is not!

Medicare

Relias

JULY 23, 2025

While federal guidelines, such as HIPAA and reimbursement rules from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), set the baseline, telehealth and telemedicine standards are largely governed by state regulatory boards. drugs, supplies, or health care services for Medicare or Medicaid patients).

Best Practices

Hospital Recruiting | Nursing

APRIL 1, 2020

Remote Patient Care In this age of social distancing, telemedicine has come out on top. The emergency decision by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) on March 17, 2020 (and retroactively in effect beginning March 6, 2020) to pay for telehealth visits outside of rural areas has eased physician concern.

Telemedicine

Health Leaders | Nursing

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

They're using platforms that enable rural residents to meet with specialists online, either from their homes or from telemedicine stations set up at local hospitals, health clinics, or doctor's offices. of full-time NPs seeing Medicare patients and 82% seeing Medicaid patients. Medicare is about 46% and Medicaid is about 14%.

Medicare